Log In  
  1. Reset password

  1. Create Account
|
Contact | Support DG
  Form contents
Skip Navigation
Desiring God

Desiring God God-Centered Resources from the Ministry of John Piper

English

Site Translations

  • العربية
  • čeština
  • English
  • Español
  • فارسی
  • हिंदी
  • Português
  • Română
  • Русский
  • Kiswahili
  • 简体中文

For more translated resources see the Resource Library:

  • Language Index
  • Home
  • Resource Library

    Highlights

    • Essential Resources
    • Recently Added
    • Most Popular

    Browsing Tools

    • Language Index
    • Topic Index
    • Scripture Index
    • Author Index
    • Date Index

    Categories

    • Books
    • Sermons
    • Conference Messages
    • Articles
    • Online Books
    • Poems
    • Biographies
    • Seminars
    • Interviews
    • Study Guides

    Latest Resources

    • The Sadness and Beauty of Paul’s Final Words

      by John Piper

    • Sailing to the Nations to Finish the Task (Part 2)

      by John Piper

    • Special Episode: Explain Your New Poem “Grace Forfeited”

      by John Piper and Tony Reinke

    • Grace Forfeited

      by John Piper

  • Blog

    Latest Posts

    • Spiritually and Emotionally, How Far Is Too Far Before Marriage? (Ask Pastor John)

      by Tony Reinke

    • A Pentecost to Celebrate

      by Ryan Griffith

    • Recap of Recent Piper Messages

      by Marshall Segal

    • Grace Forfeited: A New Start for an Old Tradition

      by David Mathis

    Categories

    • DG Resources
    • Recommendations
    • Conferences
    • Ministry Updates
    • Outside Events
    • Commentary
  • Events

    Featured Events

    • 2013 National Conference

      The Romantic Rationalist: God, Life, and Imagination in the Work of C.S. Lewis

    Upcoming Events

    • The Legacy Conference

      Soli Deo Gloria
    • 2013 National Conference

      The Romantic Rationalist: God, Life, and Imagination in the Work of C.S. Lewis
    • Grace Agenda Conference

      Gospel Presence: The New Birth & the Nations
    • 2014 Conference for Pastors

      The Stupendous Reality of Union with Christ
  • About Us

    Get Involved

    • Contact Us
    • Support DG

    Learn About DG

    • Who is John Piper?
    • Our Distinctives
    • Our Staff
    • FAQs
  Home / Resource Library / Sermons / By Author / John Piper

John Piper

Subscribe to...    
  • Audio Podcast  
  • Video Podcast  
  • Text Only Feed  
First Previous ... 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ... Next Last

Take Care How You Listen! Part 1 …

For Whoever Has, to Him More Shall be Given

February 15, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: Luke 8:4–18

There are four ways to hear a sermon, but only one of them leads to life.

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Take Care How You Listen! Part 2 …

February 22, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: Luke 8:4–18

10 ways to prepare yourself to hear Sunday's sermon.

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

God, Marriage and Children …

March 1, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: Mark 10:1–16

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

The Sovereign Sacrifice: Foreknown, Foretold, for Faith …

Palm Sunday

April 5, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 13:12–20

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Funeral Meditation for Patty May Larson …

Therefore We Do Not Lose Hope

April 11, 1998 |by John Piper

  • Read

The Spirit of the Age and the Reality of the Risen Christ …

Easter Sunday

April 12, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 8:11

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

The Author of the Greatest Letter Ever Written …

First in a Series of Messages on Romans

April 26, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 1:1

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

God's Good News Concerning His Son …

May 3, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 1:1–4

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

By His Grace, for His Name, Through the Obedience of Faith …

May 10, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 1:1–5

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

The Called of Christ & the Loved of God, Part 1 …

May 17, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 1:6–7

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

The Called of Christ & the Loved of God, Part 2 …

May 24, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 1:6–7

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

The Treasure of Faith in the Life of the Church …

May 31, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 1:8–15

The great aim of our ministry should be the same as Paul's: to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of God's glory.

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

The Gospel in the Church for the Obedience of Faith through Spiritual Gifts …

June 7, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 1:8–15

Grace makes you a debtor, not to God, but to others who need grace.

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Not Ashamed of the Gospel …

June 14, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 1:16

The gospel elicits shaming behavior in those who will not believe it and it gives freedom from shame to those who do.

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

The Gospel Is the Power of God unto Salvation …

June 21, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 1:16

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

To the Jew First, and Also to the Greek …

July 5, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 1:16

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

How Does the Gospel Save Believers? Part 1 …

August 9, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 1:16–17

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

How Does the Gospel Save Believers? Part 2 …

August 16, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 1:16–17

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

How Does the Gospel Save Believers? Part 3 …

August 23, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 1:16–17

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

The Wrath of God Against Ungodliness and Unrighteousness …

August 30, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 1:18

How is the wrath of God being revealed in this present age?

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

The Wrath of God Against Holding Down the Truth …

September 13, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 1:18

The reason the mind evades, distorts, and suppresses the truth of God is mainly because of our moral, not mental, deficiency.

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Measures of Faith, Gifts of Grace, Ministry in Small Groups …

September 20, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 12:1–8

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Displays of God Remove the Excuse for Failed Worship …

September 27, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 1:19–21

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

The First Dark Exchange: Idolatry …

October 4, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 1:21–23

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

The Other Dark Exchange: Homosexuality, Part 1 …

October 11, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 1:24–28

God means for the beauty of worship to be dramatized in the right ordering of our sexual lives.

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

The Other Dark Exchange: Homosexuality, Part 2 …

October 18, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 1:24–28

John Piper offers seven points of counsel to those with homosexual desires, and five to their parents.

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

The Lofty Claim, the Last Command, the Loving Comfort …

Missions Week

November 1, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: Matthew 28:16–20

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

The Perils of Disapproving God …

November 8, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 1:28–32

Every form of evil ultimately comes from failing to know, approve, and love God above all things.

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Doing and Endorsing Evil …

November 15, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 1:28–32

The gospel of Jesus Christ is the perfect and only remedy for what people already know about themselves.

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

God's Response to Hypocrisy: Kindness and Judgment …

November 22, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 2:1–5

God's justice does not demand that he punish us for our sins immediately. His kindness leads him to forbear and to be patient with us, to a point.

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

The Final Divide: Eternal Life or Eternal Wrath, Part 1 …

November 29, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 2:6–10

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

The Final Divide: Eternal Life or Eternal Wrath, Part 2 …

December 6, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 2:6–10

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

The Final Divide: Eternal Life or Eternal Wrath, Part 3 …

December 13, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 2:6–10

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

The Son of God Appeared to Destroy the Works of the Devil …

December 20, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: 1 John 3:4–10

Jesus came to destroy sin, not because it's fun but because it's fatal.

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

There Is No Partiality With God, Part 1 …

December 27, 1998 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 2:11–16

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Meditate on the Word of the Lord Day and Night …

January 3, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Psalms 1

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Pray Without Ceasing …

January 10, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:12–18

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Class, Culture and Ethnic Identity in Christ …

Racial Harmony Sunday

January 17, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Colossians 3:5–17

It is impossible to believe that Christ indwells every believer and then mistreat one of a different race.

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Visiting Orphans in a World of AIDS and Abortion …

Sanctity of Life Sunday

January 24, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: James 1:26 –27

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

There Is No Partiality With God, Part 2 …

January 31, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 2:11–16

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

The Effect of Hypocrisy, Part 1 …

Dishonoring God

February 7, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 2:17–24

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

The Effect of Hypocrisy, Part 2 …

Dishonoring God

February 14, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 2:17–24

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Who is a True Jew? Part 1 …

February 21, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 2:25–29

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Who is a True Jew? Part 2 …

February 28, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 2:25–29

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Let God Be True Though Every Man a Liar …

March 7, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 3:1–8

Who are they whose condemnation is just? Those who play games with the Word of God.

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Why God Inspired Hard Texts …

March 14, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 3:1–8

What are some implications of the fact that God has founded Christianity on a book that has difficult passages?

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

All Jews and Gentiles Are Under Sin …

March 21, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 3:9–18

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Mouths Closed and All the World Accountable to God …

Palm Sunday

March 28, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 3:19–20

Christianity is not a narrow, provincial, or tribal religion. It declares things that have to do with the whole world.

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Christ Jesus is He Who Died, Yes, Rather Who Was Raised …

Easter Sunday

April 4, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 8:34

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

The Demonstration of God's Righteousness, Part 1 …

Justification and Mother's Day

May 9, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 3:21–26

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

The Demonstration of God's Righteousness, Part 2 …

May 16, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 3:21–26

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

The Demonstration of God's Righteousness, Part 3 …

May 23, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 3:21–26

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Justification by Faith Is the End of Boasting …

May 30, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 3:27–31

Boasting matters to Paul because it is the outward form of the inward moral corruption that lies behind all the evils and miseries of the world.

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Justification by Faith Establishes the Law …

June 6, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 3:27–31

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.

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

One God and One Salvation for All the Nations …

June 13, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 3:29–30

God is one, and everyone he justifies is justified in the same way. Therefore he is God not only over the Jews but over all peoples.

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

God Credits Faith as Righteousness …

August 1, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 4:1–5

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Does James Contradict Paul? …

August 8, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: James 2:14–26

Even though language can sometimes confuse us--like when the same word carries multiple meanings--the Bible is not contradictory.

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

When the Lord Does Not Take Account of Sin …

August 15, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 4:6–8

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Why Does it Matter Which Came First: Circumcision or Justification? …

August 22, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 4:9–12

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

How Do Circumcision and Baptism Correspond? …

August 29, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 4:9–12

The way God constituted his people under the old covenant is different than how he does it today.

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Inheriting the World Depends on Faith, Not Law …

September 5, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 4:13–15

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

The Children of Abraham Are Heirs of the World …

September 12, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 4:13–15

What does it mean to be an heir of the world?

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

The Faith - Grace - Certainty Connection …

September 19, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 4:16–21

Your faith is called into being out of nothing. That is the meaning of grace and the reason why God can guarantee his promises to you.

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Faith: in Hope, Against Hope, for the Glory of God …

September 26, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 4:16–21

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Why Was Jesus Put to Death and Raised Again? …

October 3, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 4:22–25

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

The Purpose and Perseverance of Faith …

October 10, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 4:22–25

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Faith and the Imputation of Righteousness …

October 17, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 4:22–25

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Let Us Exult in the Hope of the Glory of God! …

October 24, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 5:1–2

Whatever else you do or say or feel, of this you can be certain: God wills that you rejoice in the hope of seeing his glory.

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

The Revelation of God's Righteousness Where There Is No Church …

Missions Week

November 7, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 15:14–24

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Spiritual Warfare and Prayer …

Missions Prayer Meeting Devotional

November 7, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Ephesians 6:10–20

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

We Exult in Our Tribulations …

November 14, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 5:1–5

In this world you will have trouble, but in Christ it will only increase your joy and hope.

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Thanksgiving Toward the Past, Faith Toward the Future …

A Parable: The Anvil

November 21, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Isaiah 40:8

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |
  • Video: Download |

The Love of God Has Been Poured Out Within Our Hearts …

November 28, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 5:3–8

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

God Demonstrates His Love Toward Us …

December 5, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 5:5–8

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Much More Shall We Be Saved By His Life …

December 12, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 5:9–11

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

We Exult in God Through Our Lord Jesus Christ …

December 19, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 5:9–11

The biblical portrait of Jesus must be the essential content of your joy in God.

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Jesus Christ is the Same Yesterday and Today and Forever …

December 26, 1999 |by John Piper | Scripture: Hebrews 13:5–9

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

I Will Meditate on All Your Work and Muse on Your Deeds …

January 2, 2000 |by John Piper | Scripture: Psalms 77

Moment by moment, our vital union with Christ is sustained, shaped, and carried by the Word of God.

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Devote Yourselves to Prayer …

January 9, 2000 |by John Piper | Scripture: Colossians 4:2–4

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Race and Cross …

Racial Harmony Sunday

January 16, 2000 |by John Piper | Scripture: Ephesians 2:11–22

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Christ, Culture, and Abortion …

Sanctity of Life Sunday

January 23, 2000 |by John Piper | Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9–17

Social involvement is demanded by a biblical orientation toward life.

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

I Am the Lord, and Besides Me There Is No Savior …

Education for Exultation: In God

January 30, 2000 |by John Piper | Scripture: Isaiah 43:8–13

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

The Word Was God and Became Flesh …

Education for Exultation: In Jesus

February 6, 2000 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 1:1–18

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Christ Crucified, Our Boast …

Education for Exultation: In the Cross

February 13, 2000 |by John Piper | Scripture: Galatians 6:11–18

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Set Apart Rick, Randy, and the Rest for the Work …

Education for Exultation: In Setting Some Apart

February 20, 2000 |by John Piper | Scripture: Acts 13:1–5

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Fulfilling the Law of Love …

Education for Exultation: Through the Spirit by Faith

February 27, 2000 |by John Piper | Scripture: Galatians 5:1–6, 13–18

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Building Our Lives on the Bible …

Education for Exultation: By the Word

March 5, 2000 |by John Piper | Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:10–17

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Let All the Peoples Praise Him …

Education for Exultation: Among the Nations

March 12, 2000 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 15:7–13

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

One Generation Shall Praise Your Works to Another …

Education for Exultation: in the Next Generation

March 19, 2000 |by John Piper | Scripture: Psalms 145:4

It is the Biblical duty of every generation to make sure that the next generation hears about the mighty acts of God.

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

The Gideon Venture …

Education for Exultation: Debt-Free

March 26, 2000 |by John Piper | Scripture: Judges 7:1–22

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

The Isaac Factor …

Education for Exultation: Beyond the Possible

April 2, 2000 |by John Piper | Scripture: Genesis 18:10–15

Why does God make us depend on him for what is humanly impossible?

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

If the Lord Wills …

Education for Exultation: Humbly Under God

April 9, 2000 |by John Piper | Scripture: James 4:13–16

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

The Sons Are Free …

Palm Sunday

April 16, 2000 |by John Piper | Scripture: Matthew 17:22–27

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Jesus Christ: Alive and With Us to the End …

Easter Sunday

April 23, 2000 |by John Piper | Scripture: Matthew 28

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

How to Get a Camel through a Needle's Eye …

April 30, 2000 |by John Piper | Scripture: Matthew 19:16–30

With God all things are possible. That is the basis of our prayer and our giving and our evangelism.

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Twenty Years, Then Romans …

June 11, 2000 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 5:12–21

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Adam, Christ, and Justification, Part 1 …

June 18, 2000 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 5:12–21

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Adam, Christ, and Justification, Part 2 …

June 25, 2000 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 5:12–21

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Adam, Christ, and Justification, Part 3 …

July 2, 2000 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 5:12–21

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |

Adam, Christ, and Justification, Part 4 …

August 20, 2000 |by John Piper | Scripture: Romans 5:12–21

  • Read
  • Audio: Listen | Download |
First Previous ... 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ... Next Last

Highlights

  • Essential Resources
  • Recently Added
  • Most Popular

Resource Categories

  • Books
  • Sermons
    • By Date
    • By Topic
    • By Series
    • By Scripture
    • By Author
    • By Occasion
    • By Language
  • Conference Messages
  • Articles
  • Online Books
  • Poems
  • Biographies
  • Seminars
  • Interviews
  • Study Guides

Browsing Tools

  • Language Index
  • Topic Index
  • Scripture Index
  • Author Index
  • Date Index


RSS

  • Blog
  • New Sermons

Facebook

  • Desiring God
  • John Piper

Twitter

  • @desiringgod
  • @johnpiper

Podcasts

  • New Sermons (audio)
  • New Sermons (video)

Email

© 2013 Desiring God

Get the Desiring God App, free in the App Store close