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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If a Grain of Wheat Dies, It Bears Much Fruit
12/11/2011 Duration: 45minThe Christian life is far from being easy. It’s no stroll in the park. But God guarantees that our journey will end in glory.
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Gravity and Gladness
12/11/2011 Duration: 43minJohn Piper | God making much of God, in communicating his glory to our minds and hearts, is the greatest act of love toward us.
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Gravity and Gladness
11/11/2011 Duration: 01h46minJohn Piper | The essence of worship is the experience of being satisfied with all that God is for us in Jesus.
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Gravity and Gladness
11/11/2011 Duration: 44minJohn Piper, Bob Kauflin, and David Mathis | Gravity and gladness on Sunday mornings does not need to be dour or gloomy, but should be done with sensitivity to the moment and in the spirit of sorrowful yet always rejoicing.
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Leave Her Alone, Judas — This Is for My Burial
05/11/2011 Duration: 40minIf Jesus is your greatest treasure, then your affections for him should be lavish and unbounded.
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Bloodlines: Race, Cross, and the Christian
03/11/2011 Duration: 01h09minThe only hope we have for genuine, lasting ethnic harmony is the death and resurrection of Christ along with all of its implications for our unity.
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Get a Holy Ambition — and Skip Adultolescence
22/10/2011 Duration: 44minAdultolescence impedes the advance of the gospel. Skip years of immature indulgence and get a holy ambition.
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How the Offspring of Isaac Blesses the Sons of Ishmael
22/10/2011 Duration: 42minGod invites everyone to embrace the good news of Jesus. And he uses his people to proclaim and spread the message.
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Sovereignty, Substitution, and Solidarity
18/10/2011 Duration: 24minThe sovereignty of God brings about the substitution of Christ, which produces the globally diverse solidarity of the church of Jesus Christ.
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Let the Nations Be Glad!
15/10/2011 Duration: 01h24minJohn Piper | The ultimate goal of missions is worship, which is pursued by reliance upon God through prayer and the life-giving means of the word of God.
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Let the Nations Be Glad!
15/10/2011 Duration: 01h18minJohn Piper | Our motivations of compassion for the lost and living for the glory of God come together as we pursue the highest joy of the nations through the gospel.
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Let the Nations Be Glad!
14/10/2011 Duration: 40minJohn Piper | Though the calling of a missionary may include some subjective and mysterious elements, it can never be divorced from a deep, prayer-saturated study of the Scriptures.
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Let the Nations Be Glad!
14/10/2011 Duration: 01h54minJohn Piper | The goal of global evangelization is both a great remaining task and also something that through the power of God the church is able to complete.
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We Were Eager to Share with You Our Own Souls
01/10/2011 Duration: 47minJohn Piper | God made us to live life together. We can only flourish with brothers and sisters in Christ at our side.
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Let the Peoples Praise You, O God, Let All the Peoples Praise You!
25/09/2011 Duration: 01h05minMissions exists because the knowledge of God, the praise of God, the enjoyment of God, and the fear of God don’t exist among the nations.
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Thoughts on Christ, Weakness, Insults, and Homosexuality
23/09/2011 Duration: 25minTrue contentment that is able to weather all kinds of hardship comes from knowing Christ as our surpassing treasure.
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Jesus Is the Resurrection and the Life
17/09/2011 Duration: 44minGod does not mainly love us in this life by sparing us from suffering. He mainly loves us by giving us more of himself and his glory.
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Victor Watters Converses with Death: A Meditation on 1 Corinthians 15:55-57
11/09/2011 Duration: 22minListen Now