Messages by Desiring God (Video)

John Piper | Jesus demands the impossible, whole-hearted love for God and others, but he does not abandon us to the task.

John Piper, Thabiti Anyabwile, Voddie Baucham, D.A. Carson, Tim Keller, and Miguel Núñez | The foundation of the gospel propels us to seek justice in this world which gives people what they deserve, and even more to seek grace which gives people better than they deserve.

John Piper | God graciously gives his people suffering and faith so that they might enjoy magnifying Christ to their adversaries through fearlessness of faith and humble love.

John Piper | The living hope every Christian enjoys now and waits for in the future is rooted in the mercy of God, the resurrection of Christ from the dead, and the new birth.

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John Piper | Addiction is a relative term. If the stakes are high enough and sure enough, you’ll have all the self-control you need to resist any sexual temptation.

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John Piper | We can joyfully accept hardship in this life because our true home is in heaven. Our best life is yet to come.

John Piper | No other religion or movement on the planet preaches and sings like Christians.

John Piper | All of history led to and flows from the cross. If the center of reality isn’t the center of our lives, we are tragically off course.

John Piper | Your convictions about the God of Romans 9 will profoundly shape your perspective on worship, prayer, salvation, and even the state of our culture.

John Piper | Election is God’s business, and our job is to pray like crazy for everybody we love.

John Piper | When we ask the question of how God is righteous to ordain evil (which we should), we should ask with humble faith — not to find fault with God, but to know and love God.

John Piper | As we come to realize how big God is, and how horrifying our sin is, we will come to understand election as a grace so impossibly great that we could not imagine it on our own.

John Piper | Theology is the study of God and his works as revealed in the Bible, and Christians should embrace mystery because we embrace the God that outruns our own reasoning.

John Piper | God chooses to love and bless and save individuals not based on anything that they do or don’t do. Rather, God chooses based on his own sovereign freedom.

John Piper | According to Romans 9, God has never defaulted on his promises to the true Israel of God. But who is the true Israel?

John Piper | The greatest comfort in the world is that God is good and that he never breaks his promises.

John Piper | According to the book of Romans, the majority of ethnic Israelites have rejected the Messiah even though they have unique privileges. How do we account for both Israel’s privileged status and Israel’s unbelief?

John Piper | The word of God has not failed. Therefore, God’s promises will hold true.

John Piper | The Bible, as God’s revealed word, offers us the unparalleled opportunity to come face to face with the reality of who he is and glimpse the glory of the King and Creator of the universe, making it more deserving of our efforts than any other book.

John Piper | Whether you want it to or not, your understanding of the God of Romans 9 will shape everything else in your life.

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John Piper | Knowing the love of God in Christ which not only chose us but purposes all things for our good makes us profoundly free to lay down our lives in sacrificial love for others.