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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You Will Never See Death
14/05/2011 Duration: 41minOne day your strength will fade and your body will fail, but if you are trusting in Jesus you will never see death.
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No One Will Take Your Joy from You
07/05/2011 Duration: 50minWe are commanded to pursue all-satisfying, never-ending, invincible joy. The place we can find, keep, and share this happiness is only in God.
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Desiring God (Session 2)
30/04/2011 Duration: 01h11minIf God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him, the life we must pursue for the sake of God’s glory and the good of others is the life of maximal joy in God.
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Desiring God (Session 3)
30/04/2011 Duration: 55minHow can you enjoy lunch or have sex with your spouse to the glory of God, so that those pleasures do not become supreme but appropriate? What does it mean to lay down your life for your brothers?
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Desiring God (Session 1)
29/04/2011 Duration: 01h15minPeople see God’s exaltation and communication of his own glory as a problem, but the Bible doesn’t. The most loving thing God can do is to show us his glory.
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You Will Know the Truth and the Truth Will Set You Free
23/04/2011 Duration: 45minJesus is light and life. Only he can set us free from the chains of sin and death.
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If You Abide in My Word, You Are Truly My Disciples
16/04/2011 Duration: 45minThe mark of the true disciple is lasting, enduring, persevering, and keeping on in the force field of the word.
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Bethlehem’s Antioch Moment
09/04/2011 Duration: 47minWhen you think you don’t know what to do, you at least know that you can pray. In the middle of transition, you can depend on God.
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Leadership and Scripture Memory
02/04/2011 Duration: 29minScripture memorization is important and should be practiced because it is a means to conformity with Christ, comfort for yourself and others, conflict with sin, communication of the gospel, and communion with God.
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The Supremacy of Christ and the Sorrow of Calamity
27/03/2011 Duration: 30minJohn Piper | The suffering of this present world exists by the sovereign plan of God, in order that the horrors of sin and the wonders of God’s grace in Christ might be shown.
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Ministry Reflections with John Piper and R. C. Sproul
26/03/2011 Duration: 01h28minIt’s not just enough to understand the truth — you’ve got to see the loveliness of it. In this interview, John Piper and R.C. Sproul reflect on decades of ministry.
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Let the Nations Be Glad!
25/03/2011 Duration: 52minGod blesses us in order that we might be a blessing for the sake of the nations.
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Twenty-Five Years of Desiring God
25/03/2011 Duration: 01h04minDelight in God is not optional. The regenerate heart finds joy in Jesus more than anything else.
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Don't Waste Your Life
24/03/2011 Duration: 59minYou only have one life now. Don’t waste it because this life will soon be past, and then the outcome will — for eternity — last.
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The Truth Will Set You Free
19/03/2011 Duration: 46minSelf-justification won’t work. Only Jesus can free you from Satan’s chains.
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Poetry, Pain, and the Power to See: Why Words Matter at Desiring God
18/03/2011 Duration: 43minThe Bible is a book full of inspired poetry, and God invites us to join him in his creative eloquence.
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I Am the Light of the World
12/03/2011 Duration: 40minThere is no light besides Jesus. It’s Jesus or darkness. It’s life or death. Choose this day whom you shall serve.
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Neither Do I Condemn You
06/03/2011 Duration: 40minThe Bible has unrivaled historical evidence. You can trust this book with your life because God has kept his word pure through the ages.
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No One Ever Spoke Like This Man
27/02/2011 Duration: 41minJesus will not allow you to call him merely interesting, intelligent, or instructive. Everyone must reckon with his actual claims.