To Deliver Us from the Present Evil Age …
The freest people in the world are those who submit most fully to the authority of Christ in Scripture.
Into Thy Hands I Commit My Spirit …
Good Friday
A Good Friday Meditation
What can we learn from Jesus about how to die?
The Pleasure of God in Bruising the Son …
God's pleasure in his name and his pleasure in doing good to sinners meet and marry in his pleasure in bruising his Son.
Lenten Preparations for Good Friday and Easter …
Seven ways to prepare yourself and others for commemorating the death of Christ.
The Achievement of the Cross: The Biblical Variety of Language …
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The Achievement of the Cross
The Achievement of the Cross: The Scope: Efficacy or Universality …
Desiring God 1989 Conference for Pastors
The Achievement of the Cross
The Achievement of the Cross: The Unifying Key: Substitution …
Desiring God 1989 Conference for Pastors
The Achievement of the Cross
Did You Kill the Lord of Glory? …
Do you join God in his affirmation of Jesus, or do you stand against God in the life of Jesus?
Surely He Has Borne Our Griefs …
Instead of crushing us for our iniquities, God's Servant is crushed for them as our substitute.
Like a Lamb That Is Led to Slaughter …
We deserved to be slaughtered for our sin, but Jesus was slaughtered instead.
Christ Died for Our Sins That We Might Die to Sin …
Jesus died for us to make us like him.
Did Christ Die for Us or for God? …
The root reason for why the cross is folly to the world is that it means the end of human self-exaltation.
Jesus' Finest Hour—His Last …
There was a kind of God-forsakenness on the cross, but the abandonment was not final.
The Depth of Christ's Love: Its Cost …
The most worthy of living, the least worthy of dying. This is the life Jesus gave for you—that you might live.
The Son of Man Came to Give His Life a Ransom for Many …
Christmas Eve Day
Were you ransomed when Christ died? Are you still under the guilt and power of sin when you might be free?
He Made Purification of Sins …
Maundy Thursday
The purification that was made was made once for all.
For Whom Did Jesus Taste Death? …
Christ tasted death for everyone who has faith. Because the faith of everyone who believes was purchased by the death of Christ.
Christ Crucified, Our Boast …
Education for Exultation: In the Cross
The Greatest Event in History …
Two Paradoxes in the Death of Christ
Christ's death on the cross was emotionally and theologically complex, to the greater glory of God.
Christ Suffered and Died to Deliver Us from the Present Evil …
Don't follow a defeated foe; follow Christ. You will be an exile in this age, but you will be free.
The Whole Glory of Christ …
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Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die …
“The early church acclaimed him Lord of heaven and earth. Jesus had finished the work God gave him to do, and the resurrection was the proof that God was satisfied. This book is about what Jesus’ death accomplished for the world” (p. 13-14).
What's the Main Reason Jesus Died? …
John Piper talks about the ultimate goal of Jesus dying on the cross.
God’s Deliverance from God Is the Foundation of God’s Deliverance from Satan …
How the Cross of Christ Corresponds to and Conquers Satan’s Work
Satan’s accusations have no condemning power--nor his temptations any corrupting power--against those delivered through the death of Christ.
Foreword to Pierced for Our Transgressions …
What Jesus accomplished when he died is not a mere academic dispute. Our present peace and our eternal life hangs on this work of Christ.
Did Christ Ever Descend to Hell? …
John Piper explains why he doesn't think Jesus visited hell after his death.
The Intensity of Christ’s Love and the Intentionality of His Death …
5 ways of seeing Christ’s intentionality in dying for us.
Behold the Lamb of God …
Those who embrace Jesus as their Lamb and their Lord will be sheltered from God's otherwise inescapable wrath.
If Our Sins Are Punished By Eternal Separation From God, Why Did Jesus Only Have to Suffer Momentary Separation? …
John Piper says that Christ's death should be evaluated according to his dignity, not its duration.
The Son of Man Must Suffer Many Things …
The death of Christ was planned by the Father and approved by the Son to ransom many people from their sins.
Did the Death of Jesus Accomplish Anything for the Non-Elect? …
John Piper believes every grace was bought by Christ—but there's a catch.
What Is Definite Atonement, and Why Does It Matter? …
John Piper explains definite atonement.
Love to the Uttermost …
Devotional Readings for Holy Week
“This Holy Week fix your gaze steadily on Christ as he loves you to the uttermost” (p. i).
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