Is Faith Meritorious? …
Does a person earn salvation by believing in Jesus?
The Glory of God As the Ground of Faith …
If well-grounded, saving faith is to be available to all, it must be found in a more direct way than through detailed historical arguments.
Is Faith a Way of Seeing? …
Reflections on Faith and Reason
Faith is not a decision made in spite of lacking evidence. It is the affection that results when glory is truly seen.
How Not to Talk to an Angel …
Sunday Evening Message
It is not wrong to want evidence for our faith. Belief is not groundless. But there is an evil in demanding signs beyond what a humble and open heart would require.
I Have Kept the Faith …
For me, the end of a year is like the end of my life. And in these last hours, I face the inevitable question: Did I live it well? Will Jesus Christ, the righteous judge, say "Well done, good and faithful servant"?
Rivers From the Heart …
We are afflicted and blessed with a chronic restlessness, an insatiable soul-thirst, for this reason: that we might keep looking until we find Christ.
Believe in Your Heart that God Raised Jesus from the Dead …
Easter Sunday
Faith never says, "The righteousness that leads to life is inaccessible." But faith recognizes its own helplessness and gladly accepts this righteousness as a gift from God.
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.
Saving Faith Produces Love …
Being a loving person is absolutely essential to being saved, because the faith which saves by its very essence works through love.
Camaraderie in the Fight of Faith …
All Christians must lay hold on eternal life by fighting the good fight of faith.
The Strong Need Strength …
Unless there is hope of winning there is no motivation to fight. The apostle John motivates the fight with the confidence of victory.
By Grace Through Faith: The Source of Saving Faith …
Desiring God 1988 Conference for Pastors
By Grace Through Faith
By Grace Through Faith: The Nature of Saving Faith …
Desiring God 1988 Conference for Pastors
By Grace Through Faith
By Grace Through Faith: The Path of Saving Faith …
Desiring God 1988 Conference for Pastors
By Grace Through Faith
The God Who Strengthens His People, Part 2 …
EFAC National Conference
Melbourne, Australia
The God Who Strengthens His People, Part 3 …
EFAC National Conference
Melbourne, Australia
How Does the Spirit Produce Love? …
And Why He Does It This Way
Why does the Spirit limit himself to bring about love only through conscious faith in the word of Jesus?
"Please Feed Me More!" …
The Cry of Dying Faith
If you are dissatisfied with your Christian courage, joy, and purity of heart then you should check the way you are feeding your faith.
The Faith of Noah, Abraham, and Sarah …
Installation of Chuck Steddom As Minister of Worship and Music
Saving faith isn't merely the one-time act of receiving Jesus. It goes on trusting him.
Facts: Seen and Unseen …
When the Bible says, "We walk by faith, not by sight," it doesn't mean there wasn't any visible evidence or that there isn't any today.
God Has Allotted to Each a Measure of Faith …
If God grants faith, why wouldn't he give every believer the same amount?
The Faith - Grace - Certainty Connection …
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.
Fulfilling the Law of Love …
Education for Exultation: Through the Spirit by Faith
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 Jesus Helped His Disciples Increase Their Faith …
We never move beyond the need for grace, so let us trust God to do great things with our little faith.
"Fact! Faith! Feeling!" …
Testing a Common Slogan
Command of God: the Obedience of Faith …
How does justifying faith manifest itself in the life of a believer?
The Nature of Saving Faith …
ReFocus Conference
Vancouver, BC
What Does It Mean to Believe? …
Listen to John Piper discern how Satan's belief in Christ differs from the way that Christians believe in him.
How Can I Have Faith in Times of Crisis? …
Listen to John Piper talk about how we can keep our shield of faith up at all times.
What Do I Do If I've Tried to Believe In Jesus but Can't? …
John Piper says it is a gift to realize that you can't believe on your own.
What Must Someone Believe In Order to Be Saved? …
John Piper says that there are a cluster of things that someone must believe in order to be saved.
Why We All Need the Gospel …
Wednesday Night Connection
Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, MN
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- How Justified Sinners Love Each Other (Sermons)
- Justified to Break the Power of Sin (Sermons)
- Look at the Kindness and the Severity of God (Sermons)
- Do Not Destroy the Work of God (Sermons)
