Resting and Wrestling for the Cause of Christ—Together …
Christian fellowship cuts our burdens in half and doubles our joy.
September
Commending and Welcoming Radical Risk-Takers for Christ …
What can we learn from how Paul sends his greetings?
Serious Sound Bites from Strong Men: Thoughts from Our Conference Speakers …
Excerpts to pique your interest and give you a flavor of what was preached at the Desiring God National Conference.
Thank You Letter to J. I. Packer, Celebrating 80 Years …
John Piper expresses his gratitude for God's work in the life of Dr. Packer.
The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World …
Desiring God 2006 National Conference
The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World
A Conversation with the Pastors …
Desiring God 2006 National Conference
The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World
The Supremacy of Christ and Truth in a Postmodern World …
Desiring God 2006 National Conference
The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World
The Supremacy of Christ and the Gospel in a Postmodern World …
Desiring God 2006 National Conference
The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World
The Supremacy of Christ and the Church in a Postmodern World …
Desiring God 2006 National Conference
The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World
Speaker Panel …
Desiring God 2006 National Conference
The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World
The Supremacy of Christ and Love in a Postmodern World …
Desiring God 2006 National Conference
The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World
October
The Supremacy of Christ and Joy in a Postmodern World …
Desiring God 2006 National Conference
The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God …
“So my prayer for this book is that God would stand forth and reassert his Creator-rights in our lives, and show us his crucified and risen Son who has all authority in heaven and on earth, and waken in us the strongest faith in the supremacy of Christ, and the deepest comforts in suffering, and the sweetest fellowship with Jesus that we have ever known” (p. 18).
How can Jesus be God and man? …
Jesus Christ is both fully divine and fully human, yet one person.
What Is That to You? You Follow Me! …
Freed from Comparing by Blunt Words
We're wired to compare ourselves to others, so it's freeing to hear Jesus say, "Mind your own business and the work I have for you."
Carry My Love to My Beloved …
Christians are precious to each other when they feel deeply what they have been saved from.
Meditations After a Monday at Barnes & Noble …
On the Sadness of Sam Harris and Diane Setterfield
Thoughts on Christians in culture, postmodernism, truth, and story.
Marriage Lived to the Glory of God …
SEMBEQ Conference
Montreal, Quebec
Delighting in God for the Sake of His Supreme Glory …
SEMBEQ Conference
Montreal, Quebec
Delighting in God as the Fountain of Love …
SEMBEQ Conference
Montreal, Quebec
We Work With You for Your Joy …
SEMBEQ Conference
Montreal, Quebec
All Flesh Will Come and Worship …
Except Those "Outside"
A Meditation on Isaiah 66:22-24
How can eternal punishment fit with the breadth of God's redemption?
Jesus Died to Bring You to God …
A Gospel Message for Men
East Valley Bible Church, Gilbert AZ
God Is the Gospel, Session 1 …
Desiring God 2006 Regional Conference
God Is the Gospel
God Is the Gospel, Session 2 …
Desiring God 2006 Regional Conference
God Is the Gospel
God Is the Gospel, Session 3 …
Desiring God 2006 Regional Conference
God Is the Gospel
Brothers — Feel, Think, Preach God (Part 1) …
Phoenix Conference for Pastors
Phoenix, Arizona
Brothers — Feel, Think, Preach God (Part 2) …
Phoenix Conference for Pastors
Phoenix, Arizona
How Did John Piper Come to Believe in the Sovereignty of God? …
Listen to John Piper tell how he fell in love with the supremacy of God over all things, including his will.
Brothers — Feel, Think, Preach God (Part 3) …
Phoenix Conference for Pastors
Phoenix, Arizona
If God Is Sovereign Over What We Do, How Can He Get Angry At Us? …
Listen to John Piper explain how God can be both all-powerful and justifiably angry at what he has ordained.
God's Undeserved Gift to the World: Christian Sufferers …
Thoughts on Hebrews 11:37-39
A Christian's suffering shows the world that Jesus is more valuable than whatever life can give and death can take.
The Aroma of Christ Among the Nations …
Who can bear the weight of the responsibility of missions work?
Paul gives us five tests to help us know.
November
How to Be Spiritually Minded …
What does Mac vs. PC have to do with spiritual-mindedness? Seventeen practical ways to align your attitude with God's.
Are You Willing to Stand in God's Place or Go at His Pace? …
Battling the Unbelief of Impatience
Can Pluralistic Relativism Lead to Peace? …
If truth is not the arbiter of our competing cultural desires, totalitarianism will result.
Watch Out for Those Who Lead You Away from the Truth …
Watch out for smooth-talking pastors, no matter how popular, if they do not manifestly prize the whole counsel of God.
Melvin Brown, Community Ambassador for Bethlehem …
One small step our church is taking toward diversity and unity in the body of Christ.
What Does Love Look Like In Conflict? …
Listen to John Piper talk about how we should be different than this culture in the way we offer and receive criticism.
What to Pray For …
Paying attention to what the early church prayed for can help keep your prayer life from falling in a rut.
The God of Peace Will Soon Crush Satan Under Your Feet …
Satan gets one mention in the book of Romans just to remind us: he's doomed.
Unexpected Blows to Fatalistic Thinking …
What does it mean for the global cause of Christ that all things are possible with God?
William Tyndale and the Vernacular Bible …
Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) Annual Meeting
Washington, DC
Future Grace / Battling Unbelief (Session 1) …
Foundational Passions (Part 1)
The Pursuit of Holiness in Life and Ministry
Future Grace / Battling Unbelief, Session 2 …
Foundational Passions, Part 2
The Pursuit of Holiness in Life and Ministry
Future Grace / Battling Unbelief, Session 3 …
Is It Biblical? Part 1
The Pursuit of Holiness in Life and Ministry
Future Grace / Battling Unbelief, Session 4 …
Is It Biblical? Part 2
The Pursuit of Holiness in Life and Ministry
Future Grace / Battling Unbelief, Session 9 …
How Does It Work Against Sin? Part 3
The Pursuit of Holiness in Life and Ministry
Future Grace / Battling Unbelief, Session 6 …
How Does It Work for Holiness? Part 2
The Pursuit of Holiness in Life and Ministry
Future Grace / Battling Unbelief, Session 7 …
How Does It Work Against Sin? Part 1
The Pursuit of Holiness in Life and Ministry
Future Grace / Battling Unbelief, Session 5 …
How Does It Work for Holiness? Part 1
The Pursuit of Holiness in Life and Ministry
Future Grace / Battling Unbelief, Session 10 …
How Does It Work Against Sin? Part 4
The Pursuit of Holiness in Life and Ministry
Future Grace / Battling Unbelief, Session 8 …
How Does It Work Against Sin? Part 2
The Pursuit of Holiness in Life and Ministry
Nudity in Drama and the Clothing of Christ …
John Piper responds to a newspaper article about the increase of nudity on the stages of Minneapolis theaters.
10 Reasons Why I Am Thankful for the God-Breathed Bible …
What's so amazing about the Bible, and why should we be grateful for it?
God Strengthens Us by the Gospel …
God uses his gospel to strengthen believers so that they will persevere in faith and draw all attention to his glory.
The Sweet Providence of God in the Life of Our Four Sons …
Noel Piper wonders what her sons' favorite childhood books have to do with their personalities.
The Severed Toe, the Goodness of Flesh, the Gain of Death, and the Resurrection of the Body …
A Response to Kevin Corcoran
John Piper responds to a Christian materialist's denial of the human soul.
Email Interchange Between John Piper and Kevin Corcoran …
November 29-30, 2006
December
Learn to Fly By the Instruments …
Your Perceptions May Be Unreliable in a Spiritual Storm
Command of God: the Obedience of Faith …
How does justifying faith manifest itself in the life of a believer?
What's the Main Reason Jesus Died? …
John Piper talks about the ultimate goal of Jesus dying on the cross.
Jesus, Islam, Pharisees, and the New Perspective on Paul …
If Jesus and the Pharisees didn't worship the same God, then surely Muslims and Christians don't either.
The Great Work of the Only Wise God …
God is infinitely able to know the best possible outcome of any situation and then achieve it.
God Alone Is Wise …
A hymn written to celebrate the wisdom of the only wise God.
Christmas, Truth, Christ and the Mile-Long Buffet of Worldviews …
We know no truth aright if we do not know and love Christ himself as the ground and the goal of it.
How Did You Meet Noël? …
In a Q&A time with the youth group at Bethlehem Baptist, John Piper talks about how he met his wife.
To Him Be Glory Forevermore …
What is God's glory, and what is its role throughout the book of Romans?
When the Darkness Will Not Lift …
Doing What We Can While We Wait for God—and Joy
“My aim is to give some guidance and hope to those for whom joy seems to stay out of reach” (p. 12).
Can the Regenerate Be Erased from the Book of Life? …
Meditation on Revelation 3:5
Perseverance isn't ours without a struggle, but we struggle as victors.
Jesus Christ in the Book of Romans …
A Final Prayer
John Piper preaches a prayer as his final sermon in the book of Romans.
Letter for Noël on Her Birthday …
John Piper celebrates the gift Noel has been in this birthday letter.
Ask Your Father in Heaven …
God's lavish invitations to ask him for good things, with the promise that he will give them, is unimaginably wonderful.
