John Piper's Senior Sermon at Fuller Seminary …
Fuller Theological Seminary
Pasadena, CA
Is God for Us or for Himself? …
God is the one Being in all the universe for whom seeking his own praise is the ultimately loving act. For him self-exaltation is the highest virtue.
Call Me Husband, Not Baal …
The point of Hosea is that God exalts his mercy by not giving up on his promiscuous wife.
"I Am Who I Am" …
Contained in the name Yahweh is the first and most important truth about God: he exists.
My Name Is God Almighty …
The omnipotence of God means reverence, recompense, and refuge, for his covenant people.
I Am Alpha and Omega …
At the end of every road is God. You will meet him as light and life or as fire and torment.
Is God for Us or for Himself? …
Wheaton College Chapel
Wheaton, IL
The Lord Whose Name Is Jealous …
God responds with terrible wrath against those whose hearts should belong to him but go after other things.
Hallowed Be Thy Name: In All the Earth …
Missions Week
In the Lord's prayer, Jesus teaches that the first priority in praying is to ask that our heavenly Father's name be hallowed.
The Pleasure of God in His Name …
God's first love is his name and not his people. And because it is, there is hope for his sinful people.
Honor Thy Majestic Father …
Those who know God as Father should honor their majestic Father.
The Lord Is Great and Does Wondrous Things …
Immanuel Baptist
God is more powerful than all the gods and he is more powerful than all the nations. On God's side you cannot lose.
The God of the Christian Leader …
Sanders Christian Foundation
South Hamilton, MA
Fireworks and Full Moon: A Parable …
Meditations from the Curb
Should we wonder at all that humans are oblivious to the glory of God when there are such clear parables of our blindness built into everyday experience?
God's Passion for His Glory (with Portuguese Interpretation) …
FIEL Conference for Pastors and Leaders
São Paulo, Brazil
God's Glory and the Deepest Joy of Human Souls Are One Thing …
Fifteen Implications
How is my desire to be happy not opposed to God's command to give him glory?
Did Christ Die for Us or for God? …
Passion
Austin, TX
God's Passion for the Supremacy of God …
PDI Celebration East Conference
Indiana, PA
God's Passion for His Glory …
Living the Vision of Jonathan Edwards
“Jonathan Edwards is in a class by himself in American history, perhaps in the history of Christendom” (p. xi).
God's Enjoyment of God …
Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in BC & Yukon Convention
One God and One Salvation for All the Nations …
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.
God Is Too Excellent to Need Servants …
ACT 3 Reformation Conference
Wheaton, IL
The Pleasures of God …
Meditations on God's Delight in Being God
“God’s delight in being God is not sung the way it should be, with wonder and passion, in the worship places of the word. And we are the poorer and weaker for it. My hope and prayer in writing this book is that more and more people would meditate with me on the pleasures of God” (p. 7).
All Things Are from God, Through God, and to God. The Glory Is All His …
Do you love the thought that you exist to make God look good?
The Whole Glory of God …
Reformission Conference
Seattle, WA
To Him Be Glory Forevermore …
What is God's glory, and what is its role throughout the book of Romans?
The Peculiar Mark of Majesty, Part 1 …
Palm Sunday
The glory of God is unique because of the lowly ways he chooses to show it.
The Reason for Our Creation …
ReFocus Conference
Vancouver, BC
Discern What Pleases God—Himself …
New Attitude Conference
Louisville, KY
Biblical Texts to Show God’s Zeal for His Own Glory …
Thirty-two evidences from Scripture that God loves his own glory most.
Is God Less Glorious for Choosing Us Rather Than Having Us Choose Him? …
John Piper explains how God's electing love brings him more glory than self-determined human wills could.
How Do You “Give” God Strength? …
How do we give the Lord what we don't have and he does?
The Story of His Glory …
Wednesday Night Connection
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Why God Is Not a Megalomaniac in Demanding to Be Worshiped …
Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) Annual Meeting
Providence, RI
The God-Centeredness of God …
Children Desiring God National Conference
Twin Cities, MN
What Is God's Glory? …
John Piper defines God's glory as holy perfection going public.
Why Is God Just to Punish Jesus for Our Sins When Doing a Similar Thing Would Be So Unjust for a Human Judge to Do? …
John Piper notes two things that make Christ's substitutionary death for us utterly unique.
Rebuilding Some Basics of Bethlehem: The Centrality of the Glory of God …
Seeing and sharing in God’s glory is our ultimate hope through the gospel of Christ.
God's Passion for His Glory …
Campus Crusade TCX Conference
Twin Cities, MN
Is Jesus an Egomaniac? …
Passion
Atlanta, GA
How Does the Bible Orient Us Around the Glory of God? …
John Piper says Scripture presents the glory of God as the goal of all existence and the hope of believers.
Does Everything That Happens Glorify God As Much As Possible? …
John Piper says everything will glorify God to the max when all is said and done.
Why God Makes Much of Us …
Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church
Los Angeles, CA
Why God Makes Much of Us …
Westmont College Chapel Message
Santa Barbara, CA
Be a Radically God-Centered Pastor …
Southern Baptist Pastors' Conference
Phoenix, Arizona
God's Passion for His Glory in Christ …
Oxygen 11
Sydney, Australia
God's Passion for His Glory …
Engage 2011
Katoomba, Australia
The Global God Who Gives the Great Commission …
Desiring God 2011 National Conference
Finish the Mission: For the Joy of All Peoples
Sovereignty, Substitution, and Solidarity …
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
Charlotte, NC
The Devotional on Glory …
God's Honor and Our Happiness in Five Scenes
Eyes Wide Open to God’s Created Beauty: An Interview with Steve DeWitt …
Authors on the Line
Enjoying God’s Beatific Beauty: An Interview with Kyle Strobel …
Authors on the Line
How Does It Glorify God to Predestine People to Hell? …
In Episode 52 talks about predestination and the glory of God.
How Do I Know If I Love the Gifts More Than the Giver? …
In Episode 55 Pastor John talks about how we discern whether we love God’s gifts more than we love him.
Related Topics
Creation The Sovereignty of God The Love of God The Grace of God The Wrath of God Life of Worship Christian Hedonism Jonathan Edwards The Holiness of God
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