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In the Beginning Was the Word …

September 21, 2008 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 1:1–3

When we come to know Jesus in John's Gospel, we come to know God.

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In Him Was Life …

October 5, 2008 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 1:1–13

Not only is Jesus the Life that created all material life, but he is the Life that creates all eternal life.

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John Was Not the Light, but a Witness to the Light …

October 12, 2008 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 1:6–36

Let's join John the Baptist in saying, “Jesus must increase, but I must decrease.”

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We Beheld His Glory, Full of Grace and Truth …

November 2, 2008 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 1:14–18

By becoming a man, Jesus shows us the glory of God.

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From His Fullness We Have All Received, Grace Upon Grace …

November 9, 2008 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 1:14–18

Those who by grace are born of God have seen the glory of God that Moses asked to see but wasn't permitted.

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Behold the Lamb of God …

November 16, 2008 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 1:19–34

Those who embrace Jesus as their Lamb and their Lord will be sheltered from God's otherwise inescapable wrath.

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This Is He Who Baptizes with the Holy Spirit …

November 23, 2008 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 1:25–34

Baptism by the Holy Spirit is mainly about Jesus, not the Holy Spirit.

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We Have Found the Messiah …

November 30, 2008 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 1:35–51

7 ways John shows us the glory of Jesus.

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Son of God, Son of Man, King of Israel …

December 7, 2008 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 1:43–51

What do Jesus' titles in the first chapter of John say about him?

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Obedient Son, Ultimate Purifier, All-Providing Bridegroom …

December 14, 2008 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 2:1–11

3 of Christ's glories on display in John 2.

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Destroy This Temple, and in Three Days I Will Raise It Up …

December 21, 2008 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 2:12–22

Jesus is the new temple. Authentic worship is no longer attached to any place. It is attached to Jesus.

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Put in the Fire for the Sake of Prayer …

December 28, 2008 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 16:16–24

God can put his people through the fires of suffering to awaken their appetite for prayer.

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If My Words Abide in You …

January 4, 2009 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 15:1–7

More than just memorizing Scripture, Jesus' words abiding in us means they take root in us and bear fruit.

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He Knew What Was In Man …

January 11, 2009 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 2:23–25

Jesus knows everything about everyone and is still willing to love those who trust in him.

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The Son of Man Must Be Lifted Up—Like the Serpent …

April 5, 2009 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 3:1–15

What does Jesus mean by comparing himself to the bronze snake Moses raised in Numbers 21?

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I Have Seen the Lord …

Easter Sunday

April 12, 2009 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 20:1–23

Twenty centuries later, we can still see the truth of the Resurrection.

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The Free Will of the Wind …

April 26, 2009 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 3:1–10

The Wind of God's Spirit gives new birth to whoever he pleases.

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God So Loved the World, Part 1 …

May 3, 2009 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 3:9–18

In John 3:16, seven of the greatest realities in existence are packed into one sentence.

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God So Loved the World, Part 2 …

May 10, 2009 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 3:14–18

John 3:16 represents a glorious love, but there is more to God's love than the free offer of the gospel.

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This Is the Judgment: Light Has Come into the World …

May 17, 2009 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 3:16–21

Jesus didn't come to a neutral world. He came to those already dead and guilty to make some alive and free.

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He Must Increase, I Must Decrease …

May 24, 2009 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 3:22–30

John the Baptist models how we ought to respond to the exaltation of Jesus.

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The Father Has Given All Things into Jesus’s Hands …

May 31, 2009 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 3:31–36

The Gospel of John lifts Jesus up as coming from God, being full of God, and speaking and ruling as God.

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You Will Never Be Thirsty Again …

June 14, 2009 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 4:1–15

The woman-at-the-well account reveals woeful truth about us and wonderful truth about Jesus.

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The Tragic Cost of Her Cavernous Thirst …

June 21, 2009 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 4:16–26

We are blind to Jesus' living water, but he'll expose this sin in us and then save us from it.

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Not in This or That Mount, but in Spirit and Truth …

June 28, 2009 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 4:16–30

Only those who know Jesus have the Spirit and know the truth that makes real worship possible.

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The Food of Christ Is to Give Eternal Life …

August 9, 2009 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 4:27–42

The natural timeframe of sowing and reaping does not pertain to Jesus and his saving power.

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Go, Your Son Will Live …

August 16, 2009 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 4:43–54

What do Jesus' miracles say about Jesus?

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Healed for the Sake of Holiness …

August 23, 2009 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 5:1–18

Miracles should motivate us to look past the miracle to Jesus and move away from sin.

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Jesus: Equal With God …

September 6, 2009 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 5:1–24

John 5:1-24 has at least 3 extraordinary things to teach us about Jesus.

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The Life-Giving Voice of the Son of God …

September 13, 2009 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 5:25–29

At least six observations about the final judgment can be made from John 5:25-29.

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The Love of Human Praise as the Root of Unbelief …

September 20, 2009 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 5:30–47

What does Jesus see as the underlying problem when he indicts unbelievers?

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If You Believed Moses, You Would Believe Me, for He Wrote of Me …

October 4, 2009 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 5:33–47

Wherever God is revealed in the Old Testament, Jesus is revealed.

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The All-Providing King Who Would Not Be King …

November 1, 2009 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 6:1–15

Look beyond the bread God provides to the Bread of Life.

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Twelve Baskets of Bread and the Walk on Water …

November 8, 2009 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 6:16–29

Jesus’ presence brings the kind of fullness that produces generosity and risk-taking in his church.

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Do Not Labor for the Food That Perishes …

November 15, 2009 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 6:22–29

When Jesus is our highest Treasure something about everything changes.

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Behold, Believe, Be Raised …

November 22, 2009 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 6:27–40

Jesus and all that God is for us in him is what we hunger and thirst for, and saving faith is being satisfied in him.

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Skeptical Grumbling and Sovereign Grace …

November 29, 2009 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 6:41–51

What does it mean that no one can come to Jesus unless the father draws them?

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They Will All Be Taught of God …

December 6, 2009 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 6:41–51

To know God, we need to be taught by him who Jesus is.

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It Is the Spirit That Gives Life …

December 13, 2009 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 6:52–71

As once-adoring followers disappear, Jesus' message becomes clearer and clearer: Their resistance itself is in God's hands.

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You Have the Words of Eternal Life …

December 20, 2009 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 6:60–71

Though numerous questions remain, we know there's no one like Jesus and no words of eternal life like the words he spoke.

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The Common Root of Unbelief in the Brothers of Jesus and the Jewish Crowds …

January 30, 2011 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 7:1–24

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Willing God's Will As a Way of Knowing Christ's Word …

February 13, 2011 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 7:1–24

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Out of Your Heart Will Flow Rivers of Living Water …

February 19, 2011 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 7:25–39

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No One Ever Spoke Like This Man! …

February 27, 2011 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 7:40–52

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Neither Do I Condemn You …

March 6, 2011 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 7:53–8:11

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I Am the Light of the World …

March 12, 2011 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 8:12–30

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The Truth Will Set You Free …

March 19, 2011 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 8:30–59

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If You Abide in My Word, You Are Truly My Disciples …

April 16, 2011 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 8:31

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You Will Know the Truth and the Truth Will Set You Free …

Easter Sunday

April 23, 2011 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 8:30–36

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You Will Never See Death …

May 14, 2011 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 8:48–59

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Why Was This Child Born Blind? …

May 21, 2011 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 9:1–23

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The Works of God and the Worship of Jesus …

June 4, 2011 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 9:1–39

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For Judgment I Came into This World …

June 11, 2011 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 9:35–41

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My Abandoned Life for Your Abundant Life …

August 6, 2011 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 10:1–21

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I Have Other Sheep That Are Not of This Fold …

August 13, 2011 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 10:11–18

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I and the Father Are One …

August 20, 2011 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 10:22–42

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This Illness Is for the Glory of God …

September 10, 2011 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 11:1–16

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Jesus Is the Resurrection and the Life …

September 17, 2011 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 11:17–44

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Jesus Died to Gather the Children of God …

October 29, 2011 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 11:45–57

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Leave Her Alone, Judas, This Is for My Burial …

November 5, 2011 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 12:1–11

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If a Grain of Wheat Dies, It Bears Much Fruit …

November 12, 2011 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 12:12–26

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For This Purpose I Have Come to This Hour …

December 3, 2011 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 12:27–36

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Belief in Jesus: Its Barriers and Blessings …

December 10, 2011 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 12:37–50

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For His Sake and for Your Joy, Go Low …

December 17, 2011 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 13:1–20

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You Cannot Follow Me Now …

March 10, 2012 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 13:21–38

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As I Have Loved You, Love One Another …

March 17, 2012 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 13:31–38

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I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life …

March 23, 2012 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 14:1–11

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Doing the Works of Jesus and Greater Works …

April 21, 2012 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 14:12–14

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If Anyone Loves Me He Will Keep My Word …

June 2, 2012 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 14:15–24

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My Peace I Give To You; Let Not Your Hearts Be Troubled …

June 9, 2012 |by John Piper | Scripture: John 14:25–31

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