January
The Marks of a Spiritual Leader …
“I define spiritual leadership as knowing where God wants people to be and taking the initiative to use God’s methods to get them there in reliance on God’s power (p. 3).”
What Jesus Demands from the World …
“The kind of obedience that glorifies God is free and joyful, not constrained and cowering. Even when the cost is supreme, the joy is triumphant, because the cause of Jesus cannot fail” (p. 27).
Our Deepest Prayer: Hallowed Be Your Name …
The Lord's Prayer teaches us to go to God for every need, especially our need to hallow him above all things.
The Pastor as Scholar & the Scholar as Pastor …
Reflections on Life and Ministry
“What ‘scholarly’ would mean for me is that the greatest object of knowledge is God and that he has revealed himself authoritatively in a book; and that I should work with all my might and all my heart and all my soul and all my mind to know and enjoy him and to make him known for the joy of others” (p. 67).
Cultivating Private Prayer as a Pastor …
Desiring God 2011 Conference for Pastors
The Powerful Life of the Praying Pastor: In His Room, With His Family, Among the People of God
February
The Sovereignty of God …
Theology Refresh: Podcast for Christian Leaders
Francis Chan discusses the sovereignty of God, highlighting some important biblical texts and commenting on its practical impact.
The Doctrine of Prayer …
Theology Refresh: Podcast for Christian Leaders
Paul Miller discusses the importance of prayer in the life of the pastor. He explains that we pray not out of discipline, but out of desperation.
The Great Commission …
Theology Refresh: Podcast for Christian Leaders
Jerry Rankin discusses unreached and unengaged peoples, the dynamics of mission strategy, and international church planting.
The Sanctity of Human Life …
Theology Refresh: Podcast for Christian Leaders
Justin Taylor discusses the sanctity of human life and why pastors cannot ignore this important doctrine.
Prayer as a Way of Walking in Love: A Personal Journey …
Desiring God 2011 Conference for Pastors
The Powerful Life of the Praying Pastor: In His Room, With His Family, Among the People of God
Helping Your People Discover the Praying Life …
Desiring God 2011 Conference for Pastors
The Powerful Life of the Praying Pastor: In His Room, With His Family, Among the People of God
He Kissed the Rose and Felt the Thorn: Living and Dying in the Morning of Life …
Meditations on the Life of Robert Murray McCheyne
Desiring God 2011 Conference for Pastors
Leading Family Worship …
Desiring God 2011 Conference for Pastors
The Powerful Life of the Praying Pastor: In His Room, With His Family, Among the People of God
Unreached Peoples and the Power of Prayer …
Desiring God 2011 Conference for Pastors
The Powerful Life of the Praying Pastor: In His Room, With His Family, Among the People of God
Speaker Panel with Beeke, Miller, Chan, Rankin, and Piper …
Desiring God 2011 Conference for Pastors
The Powerful Life of the Praying Pastor: In His Room, With His Family, Among the People of God
Why We All Need the Gospel …
Wednesday Night Connection
Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, MN
I Act the Miracle …
Bethlehem College and Seminary Chapel
Minneapolis, MN
March
God Is the Gospel …
Meditations on God's Love as the Gift of Himself
“The supreme demonstration of God’s love was the sending of his Son to die for our sins and to rise again so that sinners might have the right to approach God and might have the pleasure of his presence forever” (p. 14).
The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit …
Theology Refresh: Podcast for Christian Leaders
Kevin DeYoung discusses the role of the Holy Spirit in our understanding of the Bible and our assurance of salvation.
Poetry, Pain, and the Power to See: Why Words Matter at Desiring God …
Staff Devotional at Desiring God
Twin Cities, MN
The Sum of Your Word Is Truth …
Children Desiring God Conference
Twin Cities, MN
Don't Waste Your Life …
Ligonier Ministries National Conference
Orlando, FL
25 Years of Desiring God …
Ligonier Ministries National Conference
Orlando, FL
Let the Nations Be Glad! …
Ligonier Ministries 2011 National Conference
Orlando, FL
Ministry Reflections with John Piper and R. C. Sproul …
Ligonier Ministries 2011 National Conference
Orlando, FL
The Supremacy of Christ and the Sorrow of Calamity …
St. Andrews Chapel
Sanford, FL
April
Leadership and Scripture Memory …
PassionTX
Fort Worth, TX
Desiring God Roundtable: Chapters 1–2 …
Bethlehem College and Seminary
Desiring God Roundtable: Chapters 3–4 …
Bethlehem College and Seminary
Desiring God Roundtable: Chapters 5–6 …
Bethlehem College and Seminary
Desiring God Roundtable: Chapters 7–8 …
Bethlehem College and Seminary
Desiring God (Session 1) …
Desiring God 2011 Regional Conference
Desiring God
Desiring God (Session 2) …
Desiring God 2011 Regional Conference
Desiring God
Desiring God (Session 3) …
Desiring God 2011 Regional Conference
Desiring God
May
John Piper Interviews Rick Warren on Doctrine …
Desiring God 2011 Regional Conference
Saddleback Church
Desiring God Roundtable: Chapters 9–10 …
Bethlehem College and Seminary
John Piper Interviews John Knight (Part 1) …
Disability and the Sovereignty of God
June
John Piper Interviews John Knight (Part 2) …
Disability and the Sovereignty of God
John Piper Interviews John Knight (Part 3) …
Disability and the Sovereignty of God
John Piper Interviews David Platt …
Local Discipleship and World Missions
Phoenix, AZ
Hallowing God's Name in Public Life …
Alliance Defense Fund
Phoenix, AZ
Be a Radically God-Centered Pastor …
Southern Baptist Pastors' Conference
Phoenix, Arizona
God's Grace Through Injuries …
Interview with Blake Hawksworth
Pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers
July
The Infinite Worth of the Word of God …
Crossway Banquet
Atlanta, GA
August
The Gospel and Sanctification (Part 2) …
Theology Refresh: Podcast for Christian Leaders
John Piper discusses the gospel and sanctification, including the practical dynamics of how faith in the gospel relates to faith in God's future grace.
The Gospel and Sanctification (Part 1) …
Theology Refresh: Podcast for Christian Leaders
John Piper discusses the differences between the doctrines of sanctification and justification.
Proclaiming Christ …
Queensland Theological College
Brisbane, Australia
Don't Waste Your Life …
Queensland Theological College
Brisbane, Australia
God's Passion for His Glory in Christ …
Oxygen 11
Sydney, Australia
Feel Christ …
Oxygen 11
Sydney, Australia
Faithful Women. Faithful God. …
Oxygen 11
Sydney, Australia
Think Christ …
Oxygen 11
Sydney, Australia
Preach Christ …
Oxygen 11
Sydney, Australia
Show Christ …
Oxygen 11
Sydney, Australia
September
God's Passion for His Glory …
Engage 2011
Katoomba, Australia
God’s Passion for Our Joy …
Engage 2011
Katoomba, Australia
God’s Passion for Other’s Joy …
Engage 2011
Katoomba, Australia
A Holy Ambition …
To Preach Where Christ Has Not Been Named
“‘Holy ambition’ means something you really want to do that God wants you to do. Something you want to do so much that doing it keeps you from doing other things that you also really like to do” (p. 17).
