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—John Piper, from No Global Mission Without God’s Mighty Spirit

Sermon of the Day

What Happens in the New Birth?

Part 2

Scripture: John 3:1–10

Topic: Regeneration

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

What Happens in the New Birth?

Part 2

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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

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

Why Did God Create the World?

Why Did God Create the World?

Scripture: Isaiah 43:1–7

Topic: The Pleasures of God

Kill Sin by the Spirit

Kill Sin by the Spirit

Scripture: Romans 8:10–17

Topic: Killing Sin

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

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.

Romans: The Greatest Letter Ever Written

Romans: The Greatest Letter Ever Written

Apr 26, 1998 – Dec 24, 2006

In John Piper’s longest and most memorable sermon series, he tracks the magisterial epistle of the apostle Paul to the Romans — the greatest letter ever written.

Battling Unbelief

Battling Unbelief

Sep 11 – Dec 18, 1988

John Piper shows how to sever the clinging roots of sin that ensnare us, including anxiety, misplaced shame, regret, covetousness, lust, envy, bitterness, impatience, despondency, and pride.

Biographies

The Swan Is Not Silent

The Swan Is Not Silent

The Swan Is Not Silent

Sovereign Joy in the Life and Thought of St. Augustine

Seminars

Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer

Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer

Nov 2 – Nov 3, 2012

God has invited us into a relationship with him, but like any relationship, it requires effort and intentionality. We fight for intimacy with him through prayer, meditation, and fasting.

Small Talks

Precision with God’s Words, Love for God’s Glory

Precision with God’s Words, Love for God’s Glory

Scripture: John 7:16–18, John 21:20–23

Topic: Life of the Mind