Messages by Desiring God

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  1. Born Again Through the Living and Abiding Word

    13 januari 2008 · 50 min

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    The new birth does not give us a mere temporary resuscitation. It gives indestructible, imperishable life.

  2. Receive with Meekness the Implanted Word

    6 januari 2008 · 47 min

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    Our souls need Scripture just like our bodies need oxygen: moment by moment, every day. If we learn to live apart from it, we will surely die.

  3. Pray Like This: ‘Hallowed Be Your Name’

    30 december 2007 · 55 min

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    When we pray, not only does God get more glory, but in his glorification, we get a fuller and lasting joy.

  4. The Reason the Son of God Appeared Was to Destroy the Works of the Devil

    23 december 2007 · 45 min

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    If any human is to be saved from their sin and from the righteous wrath of God, the Son of God had to become human for our regeneration.

  5. Free at Last: The Miracle of New Birth

    16 december 2007 · 33 min

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    Dead men need one thing before anything else can happen: They must be made alive. They must be born again.

  6. A Pastor and His Poetry

    15 december 2007 · 1 uur 9 min

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  7. Why Do We Need to Be Born Again?

    9 december 2007 · 42 min

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    If God did not make us alive to his grace and glory, we would remain dead — completely enslaved to our sins.

  8. What Happens in the New Birth? Part 2

    2 december 2007 · 39 min

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    Being born again is not the improvement of your old nature, but the creation of a new one.

  9. What Happens in the New Birth? Part 1

    25 november 2007 · 46 min

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    In the new birth, God takes dead souls and resuscitates them to new life in Christ. This is not a work of our own, but the grace of God.

  10. You Must Be Born Again

    18 november 2007 · 44 min

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    The new birth produces new desires and new behaviors. An unchanged life is not a born-again life.

  11. Justification and the Diminishing Work of Christ

    14 november 2007 · 58 min

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    When the glory of Christ is partially obscured and the assurance of the soul is weakened, the costly, sacrificial labor of love is hindered.

  12. Treasuring Christ in Planting Churches and Loving the Poor

    11 november 2007 · 42 min

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    Lessons from the Philippian church on planting churches and giving to the needy.

  13. Sexual Complementarity

    10 november 2007 · 35 min

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    John Piper | The New Testament promotes male leadership in the church, Christian ministry, and the nobility of women.

  14. Sexual Complementarity

    10 november 2007 · 59 min

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    John Piper | What does submission and its relational dynamics look like in the church, the home, and the workplace.

  15. Sexual Complementarity

    10 november 2007 · 55 min

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    John Piper | There are distinctions between men’s and women’s roles in marriage worth exploring.

  16. Sexual Complementarity

    9 november 2007 · 51 min

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    John Piper | What are the roles of men and women? And nine reasons why masculine leadership is a good thing.

  17. Sexual Complementarity

    9 november 2007 · 50 min

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    John Piper | The significance and relevance of Biblical manhood and womanhood in the culture.

  18. Treasuring Christ Together as a Church on Multiple Campuses

    4 november 2007 · 47 min

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    We must strategize for church growth because we have a God who builds his church day by day and thousands at a time.

  19. How to Love Your People: The Gladness of Your People and the Glory of God

    30 oktober 2007 · 44 min

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    If pastors are going to labor for the joy of their people, as Paul says in 2 Corinthians 1:24, then they must first make it their priority to pursue their own joy in the Lord.

  20. Treasuring Christ Together Because He Is More Valuable Than All Else

    28 oktober 2007 · 43 min

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    Nothing is more important as a church grows than that its people help each other rejoice in Jesus.

  21. ‘I Am Sending You Out as Sheep in the Midst of Wolves’: The Cost and Blessing of Being a Christian Missionary

    21 oktober 2007 · 47 min

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    The costs of taking the gospel to the unreached is high, but the Lamb who is worthy to receive the reward of his suffering is infinitely greater.

  22. Some Sweet Blessings of Masculine Christianity

    17 oktober 2007 · 1 uur 8 min

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    The church is blessed by strong, humble, Christ-like male leadership and the corresponding culture it breeds.

  23. The Pleasures of God, Part 1

    12 oktober 2007 · 1 uur 15 min

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    God has eternally enjoyed himself as Trinity and creates us to make his glory go on public display that we may be satisfied in him forever.

  24. Judas Iscariot, the Suicide of Satan, and the Salvation of the World

    7 oktober 2007 · 40 min

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    Every detail of the death of Christ happened according to the plan of God — even his betrayal and agonies.

  25. Getting Old for the Glory of God

    30 september 2007 · 1 uur 3 min

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    Getting old is about God's glory, not the American Dream

  26. The Sinful Origin of the Son of David

    23 september 2007 · 46 min

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    Israel’s bad kingship was a grievous sin. But God planned bad kings to pave the road for a spectacular Savior.

  27. Encouraging Each Other at the End of the Age

    16 september 2007 · 43 min

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    God's command to us to meet with and encourage each other is for our happiness.

  28. The Sale of Joseph and the Son of God

    9 september 2007 · 48 min

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    Injustice marks both Joseph’s story and Jesus’s, but even in dire circumstances, God is sovereignly working everything for our good and his glory.

  29. Treasuring Christ and the Call to Suffer

    7 september 2007 · 35 min

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    In the Christian life, joy sustains us in suffering, flavors our suffering, and is the goal of our suffering.

  30. Treasuring Christ and the Call to Suffer, Q & A

    6 september 2007 · 1 uur 21 min

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    How can Christians fulfill their vows to their family and provide for them spiritually while facing terminal cancer, despite being at peace with it as a gift from God? How can Christians seek to maintain a good reputation without becoming excessively focused on being overly well-liked? Lees meer
  31. Treasuring Christ and the Call to Suffer

    6 september 2007 · 43 min

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    The world exists in its current suffering state because it best prepares the world for God’s plan of redemption, which is centered on displaying the worth of Christ through his death and resurrection.

  32. Treasuring Christ and the Call to Suffer

    6 september 2007 · 31 min

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    All suffering experienced of any kind, all suffering experienced in the path of faithful obedience to God is suffering with Christ and is suffering for Christ.

  33. Treasuring Christ and the Call to Suffer

    5 september 2007 · 34 min

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    Suffering is an essential part of the Christian life, and through it we have a unique opportunity to show the preciousness of Christ.

  34. The Pride of Babel and the Praise of Christ

    2 september 2007 · 39 min

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    The global glory of the gospel shines all the more beautifully when it filters through the prism of diversity.

  35. Funeral Message for Luke Kenneth Anderson

    31 augustus 2007 · 22 min

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    The story of Lazarus serves as an anchor to those who have lost loved ones to suicide by showing the preciousness of Christ over life.

  36. The Fatal Disobedience of Adam and the Triumphant Obedience of Christ

    26 augustus 2007 · 45 min

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    We are sinful by nature because of our father, Adam, but we can claim the righteousness of our Savior, Jesus.

  37. The Fall of Satan and the Victory of Christ

    19 augustus 2007 · 45 min

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    Satan and all his works are evil. But Jesus crushes Satan’s head and disarms him of his deathly power.

  38. All Things Were Created Through Him and for Him

    12 augustus 2007 · 44 min

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    God will use everything — even the tragedies of our lives — to shine a bright light on the goodness and glory of Jesus Christ.

  39. The Mercies of God and the Transformed Christian Mind

    29 juli 2007 · 1 uur 20 min

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  40. The Mercies of God and the Transformed Christian Mind

    28 juli 2007 · 1 uur 3 min

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  41. The Mercies of God and the Transformed Christian Mind

    28 juli 2007 · 1 uur 1 min

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  42. The Mercies of God and the Transformed Christian Mind

    28 juli 2007 · 1 uur 8 min

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  43. The Mercies of God and the Transformed Christian Mind

    27 juli 2007 · 1 uur 10 min

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    In order to understand how we display the mercy of God to others, we must first understand how God has displayed his mercy toward us.

  44. "I Will Build My Church"

    23 juli 2007 · 14 min

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    Christ promises that he will build his church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.

  45. What God Has Joined Together, Let Not Man Separate, Part 2

    1 juli 2007 · 48 min

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    John Piper answers four crucial questions people ask about divorce and remarriage.

  46. What God Has Joined Together, Let Not Man Separate, Part 1

    24 juni 2007 · 44 min

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    Jesus calls us to keep our marriage covenant in a way that tells the truth about him.

  47. Why We Should Have Courage to Speak About Christ

    18 juni 2007 · 40 min

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    Jesus gives us more than one reason why it is worth the risk to share the gospel.

  48. Marriage Is Meant for Making Children . . . Disciples of Jesus, Part 2

    17 juni 2007 · 48 min

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    Don’t provoke your children to anger. Show them in your own soul how it can be replaced with tenderhearted joy.

  49. When Did God Become for Us?

    12 juni 2007 · 43 min

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    The moment that we put our trust in Christ, God began to work all things for our good. And only he can move us to pour out his forgiving love on others.

  50. Marriage Is Meant for Making Children . . . Disciples of Jesus, Part 1

    10 juni 2007 · 39 min

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    Marriage is not just about filling the earth with warm bodies but filling the earth with worshipers of Jesus.