Synopsis
John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org; he is author of more than 50 books and travels regularly to preach and teach. New messages are posted to this podcast as they become available. Pipers sermons, books, articles, and more are available free of charge at desiringGod.org. We want people everywhere to understand and embrace the truth that God is most glorified in us, when we are most satisfied in him.
Episodes
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One Gospel
28/12/2015 Duration: 46minThe more horrible, foreign, startling, fearful, uncertain, and stomach-turning the days become, the more relevant the gospel of Jesus Christ is.
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You Cannot Obey God Without God
11/11/2015 Duration: 11minJohn Piper | How do we set about obeying the hundreds of commands in the Bible? John Piper explores what it means to be born again and how it happens.
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The Glory of God as the Ground of the Mind’s Certainty and the Goal of the Soul’s Satisfaction
09/10/2015 Duration: 01h06minIn the Bible, the glory of God reveals itself to be inescapably real to the mind, and incomparably rewarding to the heart. Nothing could be more true, and nothing could be more precious.
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All Authority in Heaven and Earth
08/10/2015 Duration: 56minThe audacity to make disciples for Jesus from followers of other lords and other religions is based on the rock solid foundation of the words — and the reality — “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.”
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How to Know the Will of God: Finding Direction with the Renewed Mind
27/09/2015 Duration: 53minGod wants to make you new more than he wants to reveal his secret plans for tomorrow. That’s his good purpose for you in all things.
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You Are Not Appointed for Wrath
13/09/2015 Duration: 47minThe word of God is meant to be our unshakable rock and comfort in times of trouble, and we should encourage each other with its precious truths.
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The Path to Full and Lasting Pleasure
11/08/2015 Duration: 54minPsalm 16 gives us some of the clearest, most powerful words about our greatest happiness.
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Money, Sex, and Power: The Potential
28/06/2015 Duration: 55minMoney, Sex, and Power. Three precious gifts of God. Three dangers ready to destroy our souls. Three beautiful possibilities for worship and love.
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Money, Sex, and Power: The Dangers
27/06/2015 Duration: 55minThe glory of God is the brightest beauty, and the greatest treasure, the sweetest pleasure in all of reality, and is, therefore, never to be exchanged for what sex, money, or power can bring.
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Money, Sex, and Power: Definitions and Foundations
27/06/2015 Duration: 39minMoney, sex, and power are three good gifts of God. We know the basic definition of each — but is there more underneath the surface?
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How You Can Know You’re a Child of God
31/05/2015 Duration: 49minEveryone struggles with doubts at some point, but God doesn’t want us to wallow in uncertainty. He gives us his Spirit to testify to our new life.
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Called to Be Lights in the World
24/05/2015 Duration: 25minJohn Piper | Christians, as chosen lights, proclaim God’s excellencies through transformed living, silencing ignorance, shaming the revilers with good behavior, and bringing glory to their heavenly Father.
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Destined to Obey, or Disobey
24/05/2015 Duration: 19minJohn Piper | Is stumbling because of disobedience any different from being born again by the mercy of God? If we are not born again, we will disobey, destined by our nature.
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Born Again by the Book
24/05/2015 Duration: 12minJohn Piper | According to 1 Peter, what does it mean to have your soul purified by “obedience to the truth”?
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The Infinite Price of Your Freedom
24/05/2015 Duration: 15minJohn Piper | Christians are called to both “fear not” and fear — fear to squander the precious ransom of Christ’s blood.
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New Passions Are the Path to Holiness
24/05/2015 Duration: 18minJohn Piper | New passions give rise to new conduct. And if you try to turn it around, you don’t have Christianity anymore.
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A Faith More Precious Than Gold
24/05/2015 Duration: 21minJohn Piper | Your faith is so valuable that God is willing to put it through fire to burn out all the dross. Don’t begrudge the school of suffering because God deems it necessary.
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Simultaneous Joy and Sorrow
24/05/2015 Duration: 15minJohn Piper | The Christian life is characterized by the simultaneous experience of both joy and sorrow. Trials are allowed by God’s necessity to test and strengthen one’s faith, all while God provides the necessary grace for each day’s challenges.
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Why Your Faith Will Not Fail
24/05/2015 Duration: 15minJohn Piper | God sustains faith, trials refine faith, and faith glorifies Christ.