Desiring God Messages by John Piper Audio

Emotions are essential in the Christian life because Christ is most magnified in us when he is more valuable than anything life can give and death can take away.

Attempting to hide the truth for the sake of unity is essentially holding hands in the dark. In this interview, John Piper and Conrad Mbewe discuss the growing divisions in evangelical circles and emphasize why unity in the truth is essential.

John Piper | Thinking is firewood for burning love for God and others. It’s not the end in itself, but it’s a means to the end: to love God.

A wonderful life of unremitting service to others can only come from the great love of God demonstrated through the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Sometimes we experience so much pain and so much confusion, we don’t know what to pray for. But fear not: the Holy Spirit intercedes for his people.

True Christian preaching isn’t a lecture, but an awakening of worship in both the pastor and his people.

The same Spirit who awoke faith in your dead soul is the same Spirit who empowers you to live a holy life. Keep in step with the Spirit, not the flesh.

The cause of orphan care and adoption must be pursued by faith, both in success and suffering.

John Piper | God’s love for his people is so rich and full that they need the Holy Spirit’s help to really feel it.

Eight suggestions are given for how to persevere in ministry in the midst of sorrow.

John Piper | We are precious to God — so precious that he will not have us make that preciousness into our god.

Christ is our pardon. Christ is our perfection. Paul and Jesus agreed.

God seeks and is pleased with those who worship him in spirit and in truth — those who have the inner experience of being satisfied with him.

God-glorifying obedience is fruit of being born again, having a total change in our inner reality, believing in Christ, coming to Christ, loving Christ, and rejoicing in Christ as our all-satisfying treasure.

All the demands of the Great Commission flow from the person and work of Christ.

Everything in the universe points to God’s glory. He uses even our greatest sorrows to display his supremacy.

Suffering in the path of obedience is something promised to every believer, but we should be patient with those who struggle to grasp God’s sovereignty and goodness in their suffering.

The resurrection of Jesus shows the greatness of God's power toward us now in this life.

John Piper speaks about how to magnify Christ in the workplace.

The death of Christ was planned by the Father and approved by the Son to ransom many people from their sins.

John Piper | In every stage of parenting, knowing God's mercy gives us brokenhearted boldness—and hope.

John Piper | The love of God that makes much of us for his glory is a greater love than a love that would only make much of us.

John Piper | God’s children are immensely precious to him, and he ensures that their preciousness to him does not become their god, but that he is their God.

John Piper | The word of the cross is sufficient for our issues of ethnic harmony, political schisms, and standing against false doctrine in the church.

John Piper | We might not agree with Lewis on everything, but his romantic rationalism applied to the Christian faith can open our eyes to more of God’s wonders.