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.
Only a New Creation Counts …
The mindset of the new creation does not just agree that Christ died for sinners; it glories in the cross.
From a Pastor’s Journal …
Sunday morning, November 18, 1984
In that terrible moment when we see ourselves standing guilty before the Almighty, nothing shines forth but the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Letter to a Friend Concerning the So-Called "Lordship Salvation" …
Jesus seems more eager to explode the false assurance of faith than he is to give assurance to people who are intent on living in sin.
Magnificent Manumission …
The whole concept of slavery as we know it is blown out of the water when God becomes the “Slavemaster.”
What Is a Christian? …
Christianity is not merely believing a set of ideas about Christ’s love. It is an experience of being constrained by that love.
God's Great Mercy and Our New Birth …
Our response to being born again and being given a living hope and an imperishable inheritance in heaven should be to bless God.
How Do You Obey the Command to Be Born? …
The call of God creates what it commands.
How to Get a Camel through a Needle's Eye …
With God all things are possible. That is the basis of our prayer and our giving and our evangelism.
All Things for Good, Part 3 …
God takes the initiative to cause a person to love him, and he takes the initiative to keep them to the end.
A Divine and Supernatural Light Immediately Imparted to the Soul by the Spirit of God …
2003 Desiring God National Conference
The Unrivaled Legacy of Jonathan Edwards
Sunday Morning General Session
Conversion is when something supernatural happens in a sinner's heart that causes him to want Jesus more than anything else.
What does it mean to say that Christ is self-authenticating? …
Christ has both the power and the excellence to make himself known by opening the eyes of the blind to his beauty.
Is being born again up to us? …
Listen to John Piper clarify how people come to believe in Jesus.
You Must Be Born Again: Why This Series and Where Are We Going? …
Being "born again" means something very different than how many understand that phrase today.
What Happens in the New Birth? Part 1 …
What is it about being born again that saves us?
What Happens in the New Birth? Part 2 …
Being born again is not the improvement of your old nature but the creation of a new one.
How the Lord of Life Gives Life …
A Meditation on Acts 16:14
Why do some who are “dead in trespasses and sins” come to believe and some do not?
Why Do We Need to Be Born Again? Part 2 …
What do we need that new birth gives us?
Born Again Through the Living and Abiding Word …
The new birth does not give us a mere temporary resuscitation. It gives indestructible, imperishable life.
Through the Washing of Regeneration …
New birth is God's kindness, philanthropy, and mercy to us. It has nothing to do with even our best deeds.
What Man Does in the New Birth …
Our believing does not cause new birth. The new birth causes our belief.
Do I need to understand the nuances of how I got saved? …
John Piper says that understanding the role of good works in our salvation is really significant.
Finally Alive …
What Happens When We Are Born Again
What is your Book Finally Alive about, and what Insights did you Gain while Writing it? …
John Piper shares how our understanding of the new birth affects evangelism.
The Son of Man Must Be Lifted Up—Like the Serpent …
What does Jesus mean by comparing himself to the bronze snake Moses raised in Numbers 21?
Preaching Regeneration Undiminished …
2009 Basics Conference
Chagrin Falls, OH
Related Topics
The Doctrines of Grace / Calvinism Faith Justification Evangelism The Gospel The Grace of God
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