The Isaac Factor …
Education for Exultation: Beyond the Possible
Why does God make us depend on him for what is humanly impossible?
Christian, Know Whose You Are …
You Have the Spirit of Christ
What are the essential distinctions between true Christians and non-Christians?
The Gentiles Have Obtained Righteousness by Faith …
The law teaches two things about obtaining salvation.
Everlasting Truth for the Joy of All Peoples …
Missions Week
Jesus Christ is building his church around the world with missionaries.
When I Am Raised Up, I Will Go Before You To Galilee …
Easter Sunday
He is risen! Trust him today. By his mercy he can forgive your sins. And by his sovereignty he can turn all things for your good.
We, Though Many, Are One Body in Christ …
Our true individuality is found only in relationship to the body of Christ.
Use the Inspired Scriptures to Rejoice in Hope …
If we give ourselves daily to the word of God, our hope and joy will be made unshakably strong—even in suffering.
The Present Effects of Trembling at the Wrath of God …
Believing that God is furious against sin produces a good fear that transforms everything in life.
When Is It Right to Repay Evil with Pain? …
Does God ever intend for his justice—his right to punish wrong—to be shared with men?
Do Not Destroy the Work of God …
Faith is what really matters in Christian behavior, not just whether you accomplish certain things or abstain from others.
The Kingdom of God is Righteousness and Peace and Joy in the Holy Spirit …
The kingdom produces more than Christian liberty. It governs how you use your liberty too.
How to Argue with God …
Summer Psalms
Sunday Evening Message
Don't let your sinfulness hinder your prayers. Run into the arms of God and fill his ear with arguments that aim for His honor.
Final Judgment: Eternal Life vs. Wrath and Fury …
Every responsible person, on the basis of their actions and attitudes, will meet the final judgment of God.
Who Should We Invite to Thanksgiving Dinner? …
Who you invite to share in your abundance shows where your treasure is.
The Aim of Dr Luke …
Sunday Evening Message
It is important to try to persuade people, like Luke in his Gospel, of the truth of Christianity.
What Do Answers to Prayer Depend On?, Part 1 …
Obedience
If we are unloving and unrepentant then we should not think that God is likely to answer our prayers.
The Son of God at 12 Years Old …
Sunday Evening Message
I feel tremendously challenged by the example of Jesus to strive for increased wisdom and understanding of Scripture.
The Cosmic Church …
The church is the cosmic showcase of God's mercy, but he gets cosmic reproach when we fail to receive his mercy with joy.
The Local Church: Minimum Vs. Maximum …
There are at least seven qualifications if a group wants to be a church in the NT sense.
Even the Hairs of My Head Are All Numbered …
Reflections on My First Year in the Pastorate
Do not fear the work God calls you to. He loves you deeply, knows you fully, and will turn all for your good.
Quantitative Hopelessness and the Immeasurable Moment …
For the Encouragement of Sunday School Teachers
Sunday Evening Message
Never underestimate the power of truth spoken in a single sentence.
Why the Law Was Given …
The law is a description of the obedience of faith; it is not a job description for how to earn the wages of God's blessings.
Can God Spread a Table in the Wilderness? …
Do not grumble; it is God's grace that sends you into the wilderness. He is inoculating you against the infections of wealth.
Jesus Is Precious Because Through Him We Become Authentic …
We don't have a deep sense of peace and fulfillment when we have successfully deluded everybody about who we really are or what we really feel or think. There is a deep (and I believe God-given) longing to be authentic, not to be hypocrites.
Grow in Grace and in the Knowledge of Our Lord …
The best fertilizer for our hope and godliness is the knowledge of our future in God's grace.
Go and Make Disciples, Baptizing Them... …
When we make disciples, we bid people to come and die to their old, destructive ways and to live for Jesus, who loved them and gave himself for them.
Those Who Have Faith Are the Sons of Abraham …
The central concern of your life is to ensure that you are a child of Abraham.
The War Within: Flesh Vs. Spirit …
A Christian is not a person who experiences no bad desires. A Christian is a person who is at war with those desires by the power of the Spirit.
Money: Currency for Christian Hedonism …
What you do with it—or desire to do with it—can make or break your happiness forever.
Holy, Holy, Holy Is the Lord of Hosts …
Revival happens when we see God majestic in holiness, and when we see ourselves disobedient dust.
Tell How Much the Lord Has Done for You! …
Strategies and actions to seek and save the lost must have high priority in the life of our church.
How the Spirit Sanctifies …
Sanctification is obeying the Commander-in-Chief. Sanctification is a wartime word.
I Will Be Gracious to Whom I Will Be Gracious …
When I choose God, it is because he has first chosen me. My will is not sovereign and self-determining. God's is.
The Son of God Appeared to Destroy the Works of the Devil …
The reason there is a Christmas is because God aims to destroy something.
Job: Reverent in Suffering …
Job's worship was remarkable because it came in the midst of great suffering.
I Will Not Be Enslaved by Anything …
Preserve your freedom in Christ! Can you say with Paul, "I will not be enslaved by anything!"?
Why We Need a Savior: Dead in Sins …
We need a Savior because we are spiritually dead and helpless without him, no matter how good we look on the outside.
What Is Hope? …
Biblical hope not only desires something good for the future; it expects it to happen.
The Fruit of Hope: Love …
Heavenly-mindedness is what frees our hands to do the works of love.
Don't Steal, Work and Give! …
You can live to HAVE, either legally or illegally. Or you can become a Christian and live to give.
The Pleasure of God in All That He Does …
God is never constrained to do a thing that he despises. He does whatever he wants.
Striving for the Faith of the Gospel …
Spreading the Vision
The mark of living worthily of the gospel is a unified, fearless striving for the faith of the gospel.
The Nature of the Unity We Seek …
Sunday Evening Message
We should aim at full doctrinal unity and full heart unity.
Ready to Move with the Gospel of Peace …
Giving the gospel away is one of the best ways of experiencing its power in your own life.
Battling the Unbelief of Misplaced Shame …
The battle against misplaced shame is the battle against unbelief in the promises of God.
Jesus, Women, and Men …
Jesus has done more than anyone to bring purity and harmony between men and women.
Thanks Be to God for His Inexpressible Gift …
Celebration of Thanksgiving
The answer to the most important questions in life is Jesus Christ, God's inexpressible gift to you.
The Elders, the People, and the Prayer of Faith …
James 5 is a rebuke to pastors that never have the faith to heal and churches that don't pray in the spirit of Elijah.
Disarray or God's Design? …
2000 by 2000: What in the World Is God Doing at Bethlehem?
May God unite us in one vision of what he is doing so that we might not only endure but delight in the design of these days.
How Signs and Wonders Helped Add Multitudes to the Lord …
God wants us to pray for signs and wonders today.
Jesus Still Turns Things Around …
Jesus does not like pessimistic views of life or history. He has surprises in store that you have never dreamed.
God Predestined Us unto Sonship Through Jesus Christ …
The ultimate goal of God in election and predestination is that God might be praised for his glory.
Living Together When Christ Is All in All …
No matter what the issue is, it exists for Christ, or for nothing. Because CHRIST IS ALL.
If My Words Abide In You . . . …
The great need of the hour is to know God more deeply and personally and more biblically.
Loved Flock, Do Not Be Afraid to Give It Away …
How you handle your possessions shows where your heart is.
Let the Nations Be Glad …
Missions Week
God blesses us so that the nations will be blessed.
Forgive Just as God in Christ Also Has Forgiven You …
Palm Sunday
How do we get what we need to forgive those who sin against us?
Christ Is Hallowed in Us When We Hope in Him …
Jesus shines bright when our hope is meek, fearless, well-defended, and zealous for good deeds.
Man Shall Not Live on Bread Alone …
What to Eat While Fasting
Fasting is God's testing ground—and healing ground.
But I Say to You, Love Your Enemies, Part 2 …
Jesus is calling us not just to do good things for our enemy; he is also calling us to WANT their best.
Sustained by All His Grace …
Unpacking the Master Planning Team Document
All things are by his grace because all things are for his glory. The all-sufficient, inexhaustible Giver gets the glory.
I Have Other Sheep …
The sovereignty of God over the wills of men doesn't make evangelism unnecessary; it makes it hopeful.
Who Rules the World to Come? …
The second Adam, Jesus Christ, defeated death and restored the hope of Psalm 8 for all who are in him.
By This Time You Ought to Be Teachers …
Do you have the disease of "dullness of hearing," and if so, how can you get well?
Let Us Go with Jesus Bearing Reproach …
Christians have a hope that frees them to move toward need, not comfort.
The Other Dark Exchange: Homosexuality, Part 2 …
John Piper offers seven points of counsel to those with homosexual desires, and five to their parents.
The Effect of Hypocrisy, Part 1 …
Dishonoring God
Does James Contradict Paul? …
Even though language can sometimes confuse us--like when the same word carries multiple meanings--the Bible is not contradictory.
We Exult in Our Tribulations …
In this world you will have trouble, but in Christ it will only increase your joy and hope.
Being Loved and Being Hated …
What I Pray for in Missions Week
If your driving motive in life is to be liked and loved you will find it almost impossible to be a Christian.
Get Ready, O Please, Get Ready …
John Piper thanks God for the lives of two saints and asks how it is that their deaths are "precious in the sight of the Lord."
Courage to Follow, Courage to Lead …
Why 800 Pastors Are Coming to Bethlehem in February
Going Deep with God by Having Him Carry Our Loads …
One of the reasons we don't know God deeply is that we don't venture much on his pledge to carry things for us.
How Strange and Wonderful Is the Love of Christ! …
Let's not doubt Jesus' love—let's watch and learn what love really is.
Justification by Faith …
The Remedy for Paralyzed Sinners, Fallen Saints, and Provincial Christians
The doctrine of justification is immeasurably precious to every area of life.
Use Means, but Don’t Trust in Means; Trust in God …
God wants us to use means to get his work done, but he wants us to trust in him, not in these means.
How the Archbishop Got It Wrong: Humane Confidence vs. Destructive Doubt …
We must respond to suffering with both compassion and confidence in God.
Thoughts on the Sufficiency of Scripture …
What It Does and Doesn't Mean
To affirm truth with extra-biblical language is more biblical than using biblical language to defend falsehood.
A Compelling Reason for Rigorous Training of the Mind …
Thoughts on the Significance of Reading
The Bible often requires us to read thoroughly, not skim lightly. How should this affect the way we train our minds?
Missions, Orality, and the Bible …
Thoughts on Pre-, Less-, and Post-literate Cultures
Foreknown & Destined In The Son …
A poetic reflection on the glories of God in the doctrine of predestination.
The Gadarene …
(This audio comes from December 18, 2005)
What does Piper mean when he says he's a seven-point Calvinist? …
Historically, there are only five points of Calvinism, so what are the extra two?
