How We Come to Know Sin …
The law teaches us that it is God's desires, not our own, that are the measure of right and wrong.
Jesus Is the End of Ethnocentrism …
Racial Harmony Sunday
With Jesus came a radically new way of defining the people of God: all who have faith in the Messiah.
All Things for Good, Part 2 …
A call to follow Jesus in the risks of love no matter what it costs.
The Goodness and the Groaning of Growth …
Thoughts on Bethlehem's Future
Churches move forward by grace in the midst of great inadequacy.
The Renewed Mind and How to Have It …
Any effort to renew our minds must follow the Holy Spirit's initiatives and enablings.
The Savior's Supper and the Second Coming …
Lord's Supper is a memorial service looking back to Jesus' utterly unique death—a death that so satisfied the righteous demands of God that Jesus was granted to rise from the dead and come again as King of all. The sacrifice of Christ set the charge for the explosion of his second coming.
A Big God for Little People …
Seven Christmas Eve Meditations
All the mammoth political forces and all the giant industrial complexes, without their even knowing it, are being guided by God, not for their own sake but for the sake of God's little people—the little Mary and the little Joseph who have to be got from Nazareth to Bethlehem.
The Baptism and the Genealogy of Jesus …
Sunday Evening Message
You can learn more from a book if you stop and ask it questions than if you just read it passively. That includes the Bible too.
This Is What Was Spoken by the Prophet Joel …
When God almighty pours himself into an individual, the inner life is changed; it is filled with God.
The Covenant of Abraham …
God's 4,000 year old relation to Abraham is of immense importance for your life as a believer today.
Jesus Is Precious Because His Biblical Portrait Is True, Part 1 …
If the church has no compelling reasons for believing the biblical portrait of Jesus, then we are acting like well-trained animals who can be turned this way and that by arbitrary incentives.
Destruction Is not Sleeping …
Even though the rebellious and the licentious today may think they are safe, they should learn that "from of old their condemnation has not been idle, and their destruction is not sleeping."
The Poor of the Land and the Pride of Jacob …
Conversion isn't just changing your mind but exchanging the love of comfort for the love of goodness and justice.
That the Truth of the Gospel Be Preserved for You …
Very few people today stand up and praise the unity and coherence of truth.
Hagar and Slavery Vs. Sarah and Freedom …
For Paul, the experience of freedom is not icing on the cake of Christianity. Freedom in Christ is Christianity.
God's Covenant with Abraham …
We need a solid insight into the meaning of Christ's coming that will keep us sober in a world intoxicated by the love of things.
Into Thy Hands I Commit My Spirit …
Good Friday
A Good Friday Meditation
What can we learn from Jesus about how to die?
Do Not Be Anxious About Your Life …
Jesus gives us eight reasons in Matthew 6 for why we shouldn't be anxious.
Satan Takes the Word Away …
Without the Word of God abiding and taking root in our heart we cannot bear fruit, be disciples, or inherit eternal life.
Let What You Heard from the Beginning Abide in You …
The Spirit agrees with the apostolic doctrine or it is not the Spirit of God.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
God Vindicated His Righteousness in the Death of Christ …
God put sent Christ to die in order to demonstrate his righteousness.
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.
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.
If My Words Abide In You . . . …
The great need of the hour is to know God more deeply and personally and more biblically.
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.
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.
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?
