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.
Treasuring Christ Together: The North Campus Extension, Part 2 …
Grace Abounding for Every Good Work
Build Your Life on the Mercies of God …
Of all the things Paul could have chosen as the foundation of your life in Christ, he picks the mercies of God. Why?
Doing Mercy to the Brothers of Jesus and the Broken Neighbor …
If we are true Christians we will want to show mercy to suffering people.
Racial Harmony and Interracial Marriage …
Racial Harmony Sunday
Interracial marriage is not only permitted by God, it is a positive good.
It is not just to be tolerated, but celebrated.
Fathers, Bring Them Up in the Discipline & Instruction of the Lord …
A Tribute to My Father, William Solomon Hottle Piper
Eleven precious truths taught and demonstrated to John Piper by his father.
Ten Aspects of God's Sovereignty Over Suffering and Satan's Hand in It …
Desiring God 2005 National Conference
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God
God Created Us for His Glory …
What is God's goal in creating and governing the world? How can I bring my life into alignment with that goal?
Don't Eat the Bread of Anxious Toil …
Summer Psalms
Sunday Evening Message
What We See When the Spirit Reigns: Love …
If we are unmerciful, unforgiving people, if we hold grudges or cherish resentments or plan revenge, then what we are saying in effect to God is, "This is the way I prefer life to be." And so he will give us what we have preferred at the day of judgment; no mercy, no forgiveness, but only vengeance. If Christ has not changed us (and I don't mean perfection, but only significant change), then probably we have never known him.
It's My Pleasure! …
Humility & Christian Hedonism
The humble Christian does not crave the praise of men. He longs for God to be praised and thanked and for truth to be honored.
Christmas Joy Vs. the Kirchensteuer …
If God values joyful, loving generosity so much as to give his beloved Son to create it in his people, then we can be absolutely assured that when we are more generous, we will be more happy and more fulfilled because God is bound to work mightily for those whose behavior he values so highly.
John the Baptist and the Brood of Vipers …
Sunday Evening Message
Don't trust in the kind of tree you are. If there is no fruit that accords with repentance, you will be destroyed.
Sexual Relations in Marriage …
Marital sex is a great joy that also proves to be a fearsome weapon against our ancient foe.
The Sifting of Simon Peter …
It is relatively unimportant to Satan whether we are healthy or sick, rich or poor; what he wants is to sift out our faith. If he can do it by suffering, he will try that; if he can do it by wealth, he will try that.
The Education of a Prophet: Jonah …
You can't bless somebody if you desire their harm. If you are a follower of Jesus, you must desire the good of everyone, no matter what their race or nationality.
To See You Fills Me With Joy …
When you value someone because they value God, you are not denying that God is your only good; you are expressing it.
He Commanded and They Were Created …
Since God created everything, we and all our so-called possessions are his to do with as he pleases.
Remember That You Were Hopeless …
You can't cleave to Christ with white-hot devotion if you don't remember and feel what your plight would be without him.
Prayer at Harvest Time: Now! …
Before God enables his people to bring in a harvest, he pours out a Spirit of prayer upon them. The surest sign that God is about to send power upon us is a great movement of prayer in our midst.
A Celebration of Baptism …
What counts in the new people is not who your parents are but whom you live for; and therefore a new symbol for the new covenant people is given, baptism.
Liberating Promises …
If you want to enjoy God's peace and be the aroma of his grace in the world, your knowledge of him has to grow.
God Works for Those Who Wait for Him …
If God undertakes to work for us, he cannot fail. He will succeed in providing all the services we need.
Calling all Clay Pots …
A Celebration of Ministry
Every Christian has received a gift from God which he is responsible to use for the good of the church and for the glory of God.
How to Buy Gold When You're Broke …
The essence of lukewarmness is the statement, "I need nothing." The lukewarm are spiritually self-satisfied.
Why Then the Law? …
If we don't understand why the law was given, we can kill ourselves with it.
Christ in Combat: Defense by the Spirit …
Satan might do anything to prevent you from suffering.
Adam, Where Are You? …
Father's Day
I urge you. Humble yourselves. Grow up. Become a godly man.
Hallowed Be Thy Name: In All the Earth …
Missions Week
In the Lord's prayer, Jesus teaches that the first priority in praying is to ask that our heavenly Father's name be hallowed.
Jesus Christ Is an Advocate for Sinners …
We must walk in the light if we are to go on experiencing the cleansing of Jesus. And if we sin, we do indeed have an advocate with the Father.
Perfect Love Casts Out Fear …
A life poured out in love for others yields peace of mind and the hope of a glorious destiny.
Those Whom He Justified He Also Glorified …
Glorification is the work of God by which he makes his children both spiritually and physically glorious.
Blessed Are the Peacemakers …
God is a peace-loving God, and a peacemaking God. God's children have the character of their Father.
Our Hope: The Glory of God! …
If there is any wonder or awe or admiration or fame or praise or applause, it belongs to the glory of God. For all other glory is like grass compared to God's.
Escape from Futility …
Escape from futility! Live a different way. Walk a different path.
The Life of God in the Soul of Man …
God lives in the soul of man by the indwelling of his Spirit.
The Pleasure of God in Public Justice …
Having just and honest dealings in the world displays our confidence that God always cares and provides for his children.
What Must Happen Before the Day of the Lord? …
Before the day of the Lord comes, the man of lawlessness must come first.
Practical Help for Praying for Help …
Prayer is not a mere devotional interlude in the real business of living; it is the pathway of faith and obedience. There is no other.
The Doctrine of Perseverance: The Earnest Pursuit of Assurance …
The coach of Scripture and the floor of Christ conspire to keep the saints from breaking our necks again and again.
Battling Unbelief Together …
We must help each other battle unbelief. We must help each other fight the fight of faith.
Joy Exchanged and Joy Forfeited …
We have exchanged our joy for the dead-end street of judgment.
Manhood and Womanhood: Conflict and Confusion After the Fall …
The solution to bad harmonizing isn't to make everybody sing the same note.
Are Signs and Wonders for Today? …
Did the apostles have spiritual gifts that are now obsolete?
You Shall Receive Power Till Jesus Comes …
The extraordinary experience of being "clothed with power" is available to us for the fulfillment of the Great Commission.
Abortion: Shall We Listen to Men or God? …
Sanctity of Life Sunday
We are not called to win; we are called to witness.
The Leading of the Lord in Personal Evangelism …
God has yet more wonders to show us in the work of evangelism and world missions than we can imagine.
Prepare to Meet Your God …
When we come to meet God (whether in corporate worship, or in judgment at the last day), we should prepare.
The Full Assurance of Hope …
If second things become first things, we may have a rigorous religion, but we will not have evangelical, God-centered, biblical Christianity.
Called to Suffer and Rejoice: That We Might Gain Christ …
We come to know Christ better when we share his sufferings.
Body Pains: Feelings of Self-Sufficiency …
Even if we don't have the same heart for a particular issue facing us, let us have the same heart for each other.
Fearlessness as a Sign of Destruction and Salvation …
Unity in Christ and fearlessness before our opponents make the worth of the gospel clear.
God's Great Mercy and Our New Birth …
Our response to being born again and being given a living hope and an imperishable inheritance in heaven should be to bless God.
Why God Laid a Stone of Stumbling …
No human can thwart the purposes of God, neither by belief nor unbelief.
The Destiny: Eternal Life …
Why does eternity exist? It exists because it will take that long for us to know the inexhaustible glories of God.
Love Your Neighbor as Yourself, Part 1 …
All of Scripture hangs on two great purposes: that God be loved with all our heart, and that we love each other as we love ourselves.
Through Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Power of the Holy Spirit …
Unpacking the Master Planning Team Document
Jesus Christ has released the merciful power of God by his sin-bearing death; and the Holy Spirit is applying it to our church.
Walk in Wisdom: Seize the Moment …
Wisdom is the use of knowledge to reach worthy goals, such as winning outsiders to Christ.
The Word of God: Living, Active, Sharp …
The Word of God is living and active and penetrates to the bottom of our lives and rips the pleasant mask off the ugly face of sin.
Woe to Those Who Trample the Son of God …
Threatening judgment is an effective (and biblical) way to motivate people.
You Have Come to Mount Zion …
Obedience is not our way of getting God to do something. It is how we act when we trust that God is already working for us.
The Author of the Greatest Letter Ever Written …
First in a Series of Messages on Romans
Class, Culture and Ethnic Identity in Christ …
Racial Harmony Sunday
It is impossible to believe that Christ indwells every believer and then mistreat one of a different race.
Justification by Faith Establishes the Law …
The moral law in the Old Testament is not a ladder for climbing, but a track for riding in the power of the Holy Spirit.
The Sluggard Says, There Is a Lion Outside! I Shall Be Slain …
A Meditation
Laziness makes us resistant against any truth that exposes our laziness.
The Greatest Thing in the World Is to Be Saved …
The reason being saved is the greatest experience in the world is because God is the greatest Person in the world.
Nine Ways to Know That the Gospel of Christ Is True …
The claims of the New Testament have more support than you might think.
Is "Growing Without Growing" Working? …
Farewell to Sovereign Joy Fellowship
If You Want to Love, You Must Die to the Law …
The law is not our primary means for bearing fruit. It serves mostly to teach us that we don't bear fruit apart from the gospel.
What Does Jesus Want for Christmas? …
What Jesus wants most is that his elect get what they want most: eyes to see and savor the Son of God.
The Sweet Commands of God …
If God is sovereign, we are secure no matter how perilous it is to obey him.
The Passion of Jesus Christ and the Passion of Auschwitz …
Is there a way that Jewish suffering may find, not its cause, but its final meaning in the suffering of Jesus Christ?
What Pipers Do On Vacation …
How Can a Husband and Wife Fellowship with Jesus?
Tsunami, Sovereignty, and Mercy …
Natural disasters bring both judgment and mercy, punishment and purification.
If the Lord’s Day Is Sunday, Why Do We Have a Saturday Evening Service? …
It is acceptable to conduct your worship service on a day other than the Lord's Day?
The Loaves and Fishes …
A boy that's got to steal a cake has never seen what God can make.
What is the doctrine of the Trinity? …
What does the Bible teach about the Trinity? How is it not a contradiction for God to be both three and one?
