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Sermon of the Day

Thank God for the Mercies of Christ

Festival of Thanksgiving

Scripture: Lamentations 3:21–25

Topic: Gratitude

Popular Collections: Conference Messages; Bethlehem Sermons; Biographies; Seminars; Small Talks

Popular References: Romans 8; Hebrews 10; Philippians 1; John 3; Isaiah 55

Popular Topics: Christian Hedonism; World Missions; Pastoral Ministry; The Gospel; Sanctification & Growth

Popular Series: Romans: The Greatest Letter Ever Written; The Gospel of John; Hebrews; Acts: What Jesus Did After the Beginning; 1 Peter: Grow in the Grace & Knowledge of Christ

Sermon of the Day

Sermon of the Day

Thank God for the Mercies of Christ

Festival of Thanksgiving

Recent

Conference Message

Who Will Have Your Attention? Clinging to Christ in the Digital Age

Who Will Have Your Attention? Clinging to Christ in the Digital Age

Who Will Have Your Attention?

Clinging to Christ in the Digital Age

Scripture: Proverbs 27:20, Colossians 3:1–3, Mark 9:7, Hebrews 2:1

Topic: Sanctification & Growth, Technology

Conference Message

Singing, Suffering, and Scripture: How God Keeps Us Through Song

Singing, Suffering, and Scripture: How God Keeps Us Through Song

Singing, Suffering, and Scripture

How God Keeps Us Through Song

Scripture: Psalm 147:1

Topic: Suffering, Corporate Worship

Classics

What Is the Will of God and How Do We Know It?

What Is the Will of God and How Do We Know It?

Scripture: Romans 12:1–2

Topic: Knowing God’s Will

How to Receive the Gift of the Holy Spirit

How to Receive the Gift of the Holy Spirit

Scripture: Acts 2:32–42

Topic: The Holy Spirit

Conference Message

Getting to the Bottom of Your Joy

Getting to the Bottom of Your Joy

Topic: Christian Hedonism

Conference Message

Sex and the Supremacy of Christ, Part 2

Sex and the Supremacy of Christ

Part 2

Topic: Sexual Purity

Conference Messages

Conference Message

None Can Stay His Hand: The Certain Triumph of the Gospel

None Can Stay His Hand

The Certain Triumph of the Gospel

Scripture: Daniel 4:34–35

Topic: The Sovereignty of God

Conference Message

The Second Coming: Not Before the ‘Man of Lawlessness’

The Second Coming: Not Before the ‘Man of Lawlessness’

Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 2:1–3:15

Topic: End Times

Conference Message

Does God Intend Evil for Our Good? Providential Peril for Joseph, Jesus, and You

Does God Intend Evil for Our Good?

Providential Peril for Joseph, Jesus, and You

Scripture: Genesis 37:1–50:26

Topic: The Sovereignty of God

Conference Message

Glory-Finding in the Gospel of John: The War in Our Social Media Feeds (Part 2)

Glory-Finding in the Gospel of John

The War in Our Social Media Feeds (Part 2)

Scripture: John 17

Topic: Technology

Sermon Series

Spectacular Sins and Their Global Purpose in the Glory of Christ

Spectacular Sins and Their Global Purpose in the Glory of Christ

Aug 12 – Oct 7, 2007

God does not just rule the wind; he rules wickedness, your sin, and the sin of those who have hurt you. The question is, How can this be good news — for you and for the world? We must answer with unswerving allegiance to God’s word. And it is good news.

A Hunger for God

A Hunger for God

Jan 1 – Feb 19, 1995

Between the dangers of self-denial and self-indulgence is the path of pleasing pain called fasting. When God is the supreme hunger or your heart, he will be supreme in everything. And when you are most satisfied in him, he will be most glorified in you.

Thirty-Year Theological Trademarks

Thirty-Year Theological Trademarks

Sep 8 – Dec 29, 2012

After a generation of investment in one church, here is John Piper’s summary of his most important emphases in one final sermon series.

Desiring God

Sep 11 – Nov 13, 1983

God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him. John Piper’s sermonic meditations on the centrality of the pursuit of joy in the Christian life, and how it changes everything.

Biographies

You Will Be Eaten by Cannibals! Lessons from the Life of John G. Paton

You Will Be Eaten by Cannibals! Lessons from the Life of John G. Paton

You Will Be Eaten by Cannibals! Lessons from the Life of John G. Paton

Courage in the Cause of Missions

Seminars

Biblical Eldership

Biblical Eldership

May 1, 1999 – Apr 24, 2020

The under-shepherds of the church should be those people whose satisfaction in God is so contagious that they naturally draw others into that enjoyment of God through teaching, preaching, ministry, and care.

Small Talks

The Pastor as Lead Affirmer

The Pastor as Lead Affirmer

Desiring God 2014 Conference for Pastors

Topic: Pastoral Ministry