January
You Are a Branch, Not a Vine …
Defeating Pride by Cultivating Prayerful Dependence
What Love Does and Does Not Do …
Anniversary Thoughts on 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Paul isn't abstractly defining love 1 Corinthians 13. He is showing how it applies to the church.
The Power to Risk in the Cause of Christ …
Passion
Atlanta, GA
The Word of God Abides in You, and You Have Overcome the Evil One …
Live in God's word and in prayer, and you will be strengthened to defeat the devil.
God’s Deliverance from God Is the Foundation of God’s Deliverance from Satan …
How the Cross of Christ Corresponds to and Conquers Satan’s Work
Satan’s accusations have no condemning power--nor his temptations any corrupting power--against those delivered through the death of Christ.
Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce …
“In other words, offending God is the essential consideration, not killing man or imperiling a nation. That is what made Wilberforce tick. He was not a political pragmatist. He was a radically God-centered Christian who was a politician. And his true affections for God based on the ‘peculiar doctrines’ of Christianity were the roots of his endurance in the cause of justice” (p. 25).
The Spring of Persistent Public Love …
Marking the Two-Hundredth Anniversary of the Abolition of Legal Slave Trading in Britain
A Sermon on Martin Luther King Weekend
Marking the two-hundredth anniversary of the abolition of legal slave trading in Britain.
Stereotypes, Generalizations, and Racism …
What is the difference between a stereotype and a generalization? Is either racist?
Jesus Christ and the Fight for Life …
United for Life Conference
When Is Abortion Racism? …
What does it mean that minority abortions are double those of whites?
A Service of Remembrance for the Life of Larry Jens Christensen …
March 26, 1935 - January 17, 2007
Twin Cities, MN
How and Why Bethlehem Pursues Ethnic Diversity …
Is it okay for a church to prefer minorities when looking for pastors and elders?
Staying Married Is Not About Staying in Love, Part 1 …
Marriage is about keeping a covenant, as Jesus does with his bride, the church.
Is Pastor John in Love with His Wife? …
He says marriage is not about staying in love, so is he in love with his wife?
February
Are You Willing to "Waste" Your Life? …
Extravagant Love for Jesus Looks to Some Like a Waste
Staying Married Is Not About Staying in Love, Part 2 …
Why were Adam and Eve unashamedly naked? And why did they become ashamed when they sinned?
The Holiness of God …
Desiring God 2007 Conference for Pastors
The Holiness of God
Holy Faith, Worthy Gospel, World Vision …
Andrew Fuller’s Broadsides Against Sandemanianism, Hyper-Calvinism, and Global Unbelief
Desiring God 2007 Conference for Pastors
The Holiness of Christ …
Desiring God 2007 Conference for Pastors
The Holiness of God
Holiness and Justice …
Desiring God 2007 Conference for Pastors
The Holiness of God
The Glory of Pervasive Holiness in the Life of a Pastor …
Desiring God 2007 Conference for Pastors
The Holiness of God
Words for the World: Rejoicing in God’s Global Use of Christian Literature …
Desiring God 2007 Conference for Pastors
The Holiness of God
Panel Discussion …
Desiring God 2007 Conference for Pastors
The Holiness of God
Adoption: The Heart of the Gospel …
MICAH Fund Adoption Enrichment Seminar
Twin Cities, MN
Marriage: God’s Showcase of Covenant-Keeping Grace …
We ought to treat our spouses with the same grace that God treats us.
Prosperity Preaching: Deceitful and Deadly …
Consider these seven concerns about the danger of prosperity preaching.
How Can I Magnify God With My Life? …
John Piper talks about how to glorify God by showing that Christ is your treasure in the way you live.
Marriage: Forgiving and Forbearing …
Where can you find the grace to see your spouse the way Jesus does?
God Is the Gospel …
Resolved Conference
Long Beach, CA
A Passion for God’s Supremacy and Compassion for Man’s Soul …
Resolved Conference
Long Beach, CA
Marriage: Is It Only Forgive and Forbear, or Also Confront? …
If a man and woman are totally commited to each other—even if neither changes—the call for change is grace, not an ultimatum.
Battling Unbelief …
Defeating Sin with Superior Pleasure
“Battling unbelief and fighting for faith in future grace means that we fight fire with fire. We throw against the promises of sin the promises of God. We take hold of some great promise God made about our future and say to a particular sin, ‘Match that!’” (p. 16).
Marriage: Pursuing Conformity to Christ in the Covenant …
Grace is not just forgiving and forbearing but also changing to become more like Jesus.
Foreword to Pierced for Our Transgressions …
What Jesus accomplished when he died is not a mere academic dispute. Our present peace and our eternal life hangs on this work of Christ.
Eight Reasons Why I Believe That Jesus Rose from the Dead …
For Christianity to stand, Christ must have been resurrected. How can we be confident that he was?
March
Hello, My Father Just Died …
John Piper’s journal entry narrating his father’s death on Tuesday, March 6, 2007.
Funeral Message for William S. H. Piper …
January 8, 1919 - March 6, 2007
Greenville, SC
How Do You Press On to Make It Your Own? …
Further Reflections from the Funeral Sermon for My Father
Further reflections from the sermon John Piper preached at his father's funeral.
Faith and Reason …
Ligonier National Conference
Orlando, FL
The Challenge of Relativism …
Ligonier National Conference
Orlando, FL
Lionhearted and Lamblike: The Christian Husband as Head, Part 1 …
What is the husband's role as head? What is the foundation of this headship?
How Is Marriage a Mystery? …
Listen to John Piper talk about why Paul calls marriage a mystery.
The Morning I Heard the Voice of God …
How does God still speak today?
Lionhearted and Lamblike: The Christian Husband as Head, Part 2 …
What Does It Mean to Lead
Husbands should take the primary role in providing for and protecting their families.
We Work with You for Your Joy …
Southern Seminary Chapel Service
Things I Have Learned …
John Piper shares some insights he found while he was going through his father's papers.
Lenten Lights …
Eight Biblical Devotions to Prepare for Easter
to be used weekly during Lent OR daily during Holy Week
Eight biblical devotions to read in preparation for Easter.
April
The Peculiar Mark of Majesty, Part 1 …
Palm Sunday
The glory of God is unique because of the lowly ways he chooses to show it.
We Are Not Peddlers of God's Word …
Giving and Selling in the Mission of Desiring God
Radical Effects of the Resurrection …
Texas A&M Rez Week
College Station, TX
Radical Effects of the Resurrection …
How can our hope of future resurrection kill our current materialism and consumerism?
What Everybody Knows Before the Gospel Comes …
Maundy Thursday Communion Meditation
There is knowledge that is common to all regardless of being familiar with the gospel.
The Peculiar Mark of Majesty, Part 2 …
Easter Sunday
We will reign with Christ and find our joy not in usurping God's majesty but in saying: “How majestic is your name in all the earth.”
The Beautiful Faith of Fearless Submission …
True womanhood is defined by hope in God, fearlessness, and inward adornment.
Submission and Headship in the Home Where I Grew Up …
John Piper tells how his parents exemplified Christian marriage.
Money, Markets, and Ministry …
Giving and Selling in the Mission of Desiring God
The radical nature of what we are called to spread profoundly shapes the way we spread it.
Can a Pastor Preach to 12 People? …
Watch John Piper talk about preaching for a very small group of people.
The Reason for Our Creation …
ReFocus Conference
Vancouver, BC
The Nature of Our Depravity …
ReFocus Conference
Vancouver, BC
The Nature of Saving Faith …
ReFocus Conference
Vancouver, BC
Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ, Session 1 …
Desiring God 2007 Regional Conference
Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ
Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ, Session 2 …
Desiring God 2007 Regional Conference
Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ
Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ, Session 3 (Q & A) …
Desiring God 2007 Regional Conference
Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ
Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ, Session 4 …
Desiring God 2007 Regional Conference
Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ
Let the Python Eat Its Tail. Amen. …
John Piper reflects on the Supreme Court's decision to ban partial birth abortion.
The Gospel for 11-Year-Olds Plus …
Children Desiring God Conference
Twin Cities, MN
Why God Is Not a Megalomaniac: Encouragement for Pastors …
College Park Church, Indianapolis
Single in Christ: A Name Better Than Sons and Daughters …
A survey of the scriptures to develop a biblical theology of singleness.
May
You Are What You Eat …
What to Feed Your Soul so that You Abound in Hope
Married or Single: For Better or Worse …
If what Piper says about the blessing of singleness is true, then why would one even want to be married?
Is It Ever Right to Lie? …
John Piper answers the most notorious question about falsehood.
12 Ways to Love Your Wayward Child …
Suggestions on how to parent rebellious sons and daughters.
Four Mistakes I Hope You Don't Make …
INSIGHT Graduation
Twin Cities, MN
The Sufficiency of Christ's Obedience in His Life and Death …
If we are made right with God because of Christ’s obedient life, does this mean that the cross itself is not enough to justify us?
Why Is It Important to Take the Sentences In the Bible Seriously? …
Listen to John Piper urge us to love the Bible and not define it by our pre-existing expectations.
