I Will Meditate on All Your Work and Muse on Your Deeds …
Moment by moment, our vital union with Christ is sustained, shaped, and carried by the Word of God.
The Sons Are Free …
Palm Sunday
A Service of Sorrow, Self-Humbling, and Steady Hope in Our Savior and King, Jesus Christ …
A Response to the Attack on the World Trade Center
How can our hope be steady on days like 9-11?
Hold Fast to the Word and Pray for Us …
How the Spirit and the Word Produce Change
Prayer and meditation are as inseparable in the Christian life as the Spirit and the Word of God.
The Spirit Helps Us in Our Weakness, Part 2 …
How does the Holy Spirit pray for us?
Bethlehem, Break Forth Like the Dawn …
The people of Christ should not be known primarily for what we don’t do, but for what we do do.
For God's Sake, Let Grace Be Grace! …
No one's obstinance can stop them from being saved, because God can remove the hardness.
Israel, Palestine and the Middle East …
What does Scripture say about the Promised Land and Israel's rights to it today?
Do Not Be Conformed to This World …
The Indigenous and Pilgrim Principle of Christian Living
What is the balance between being in the world and yet not of the world?
Bless Those Who Persecute You …
If you see and savor mercy in Christ, you will love being merciful.
The Suffering of Christ and the Sovereignty of God …
Desiring God 2005 National Conference
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God
Is God for Us or for Himself? …
God is the one Being in all the universe for whom seeking his own praise is the ultimately loving act. For him self-exaltation is the highest virtue.
The Lips of Knowledge Are a Precious Jewel …
God teaches us things for our good, and he intends for us to share them for the good of our neighbor.
Christmas and the Cause of Truth …
You can read every fairy tale that was ever written, every mystery thriller, every ghost story, and you will never find anything so shocking, so strange, so weird and spellbinding as the story of the incarnation of the Son of God.
That Which Is Born of the Spirit Is Spirit …
The Role of the Holy Spirit in Conversion
Something has to happen if we are to be saved from the wrath of God. We must be profoundly changed.
The Ascent of Joy …
Why was Jesus' ascension into heaven good news for his disciples?
I Chose You to Bear Fruit …
Ordination of Glen Bloomstrom
Everything that you try to do will come to nothing unless you do it through a conscious, abiding dependence on the enablement of Christ.
I Seek Not What Is Yours but You …
A Sermon on Tithing
The question that Jesus drives us to ask again and again is not, "How much should I give?" but rather, "How much dare I keep?"
Men Moved by the Holy Spirit Spoke from God …
The meaning of Scripture does not change with every new reader or every new reading. It cannot be twisted to mean whatever we like. It is what it is, unchanging and unending.
The Lord Will Rejoice over You …
Every staff on which we try to lean in our pride will snap and pierce us through. One refuge will be secure: God.
This Is Not Man's Gospel …
To try to explain the change from Paul's pre-conversion persecution to his post-conversion passion for the gospel merely by the work of men is to grasp at a straw.
O, That Christ Would Be Formed in You! …
We are freed from the burden of the law when we are given the power to fulfill it from within. And that happens when Christ is formed in us.
God's Covenant with Noah …
The story of Noah and the flood is incomplete in itself. God still hates sin and no remedy was found. The story cries out for an epilogue.
The Spirit Is upon Him Gentle for Now …
Palm Sunday
Jesus did not come to snuff out your struggling flicker but to fan it carefully into a torch for his glory.
Ruth: the Best Is Yet to Come …
The life of the godly is not a straight line to glory, but they do get there. No matter where you are, if you love God, the best is yet to come.
The Ministry of the Word …
Ordination of Steve Roy
There is no better way to spend a brief life on this little earth than to spend it in the ministry of the Word.
Do Not Love the World …
Anything that is not God can draw your heart away from God.
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.
How Can We Be Clothed with Power? …
Missions Week
God gives special power, extraordinary power, for the extraordinary challenges of an expanding witness to Christ. How do we seek it?
His Dominion Shall Be from Sea to Sea …
Palm Sunday
Jesus has laid down his life so that he might make you a genuine offer of reconciliation.
Husbands Who Love Like Christ and the Wives Who Submit to Them …
Sin didn't create headship and submission; it ruined them, distorted them, and made them ugly and destructive.
Jesus Is the Ruler of Kings on Earth …
Jesus Christ is alive and reigning over all the kings of the earth, and all the events of the world.
When Will Prophecy Cease? …
The spiritual gift of prophecy has not passed away, but is meant for the good of the church until Jesus comes.
I Will Pour Out My Spirit …
We live between the beginning of the kingdom of God and the consummation of the kingdom. What is that like?
The Price and the Preciousness of Spiritual Power …
The preciousness of spiritual power is that it is finally in God's control, not ours.
Who Are the Elders? …
Then and Now
Congregational authority and strong leadership under that authority are not incompatible. They are biblical, and they are vital.
What God Has Cleansed Do Not Call Common …
Missions Week
Cornelius would not have been saved if no one had taken him the gospel. And no one will be saved today without the gospel.
God Vindicated His Righteousness in the Death of Christ …
God put sent Christ to die in order to demonstrate his righteousness.
His Body: The Fullness of Him Who Fills All in All …
God means to fill the universe with the glory of his Son by putting the church on display as the embodiment of his Son.
Ask Whatever You Wish …
God designed prayer to give his disciples the joy of bearing fruit while God himself gets the glory.
Loved Flock, Do Not Be Afraid to Give It Away …
How you handle your possessions shows where your heart is.
The Noble Army of the Martyrs Praise Thee …
There is a number of martyrs appointed by God which must be fulfilled before the consummation comes.
Let the Nations Be Glad …
Missions Week
God blesses us so that the nations will be blessed.
True Christianity: Inexpressible Joy in the Invisible Christ …
You love Jesus and trust him and rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory. This is true Christianity.
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?
But Christ Has Been Raised, You Are Not Still In Your Sins …
Easter Sunday
If we are saved by Christ's death, what does his resurrection add?
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.
Strengthened to Suffer: Christ, Noah, and Baptism …
The Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many. Let's follow him.
Man Shall Not Live on Bread Alone …
What to Eat While Fasting
Fasting is God's testing ground—and healing ground.
Fasting for the Safety of the Little Ones …
Sanctity of Life Sunday
Perhaps the Christian church has not used all the spiritual resources available to us in the effort to overcome darkness.
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.
Love One Another with Tender Affection …
God intends for us not merely to do to others as we would have them do to us, but he wants us to feel toward other believers a certain way.
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.
Vision for the Harvest: 2000 by 2000 …
Unpacking the Master Planning Team Document
When we give ourselves to the work of personal evangelism and world missions, God pours more life into our souls.
I Have Other Sheep …
The sovereignty of God over the wills of men doesn't make evangelism unnecessary; it makes it hopeful.
Getting Right with God and Each Other …
Human reconciliation is much harder than financial donation.
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.
For Whom Did Jesus Taste Death? …
Christ tasted death for everyone who has faith. Because the faith of everyone who believes was purchased by the death of Christ.
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.
Why Satan Is Left on Earth …
Incentives in the Battle for Joy in Jesus
God's plan to glorify himself involves defeating Satan in stages.
A Taste of Mueller and His God …
George Mueller's life is a testimony to the surpassing power that belongs to God and not to us.
Interracial Marriage: Celebrating and Serving Diversity in Christ …
In Christ ethnic differences are not barriers. Rather, they are blessings that visibly express the glory of the gospel.
When Unclothed Is Unfitting …
Thoughts on Selling with Sex
There are at least nine reasons--even from a secular perspective--for why sexually-explicit advertising is socially irresponsible.
Answers to Objections to Going into Missions …
What I Said at Missions in the Main Hall
Consider these 8 potential excuses for why a person can't do missions and what the Bible has to say about them.
Called …
A poem to remind us that, "None of us would live at all but by the Lord's triumphant call."
Is abortion a form of discrimination? …
John Piper talks about the connection between abortion and racism.
