Messages by Desiring God (Video)
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Your Emotions Matter to God: Learning from the Bible’s Songbook
11 september 2018 · 37 min
John Piper | Satan is trying to steal your joy. God gave us the Psalms to fight back.
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An Impossible Covenant — And How It Becomes a Permanent Joy
16 juni 2018 · 1 uur 8 min
John Piper | Jesus bought an unbreakable covenant for his people. He takes hardened rebels and transforms them into a beautiful bride for their eternal joy.
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Joy Makes All Things New
3 juni 2018 · 53 min
John Piper | Joy is not a wishful add-on to the Christian life, but essential to knowing and worshiping God. When we finally discover joy in Jesus, everything changes.
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Lord, Teach Us to Fight: The Double Battle in Gethsemane
2 juni 2018 · 46 min
John Piper | Jesus took the cup of God’s wrath so that we would never have to. And now he beckons each of us to join him in speaking and sharing the good news of his victory.
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God Rules the Heart of Every Man: Elijah’s Battle with the Prophets of Baal
2 juni 2018 · 53 min
John Piper | The people of God may appear weak, but God loves to be at a disadvantage — just before he wins.
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Your Thorn for the Shaming of Satan: To the Class of 2018
28 mei 2018 · 23 min
John Piper | Your pains and weaknesses are not obstacles to everything you want to accomplish, but the very instruments God uses to make you more like his Son.
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New God, New Gospel, New Gladness: How Is Christian Joy Distinct?
27 april 2018 · 56 min
John Piper | The most basic distinction between the church and the world is not godly decisions, good deeds, or even true doctrines, but glad delight in God himself.
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How to Get Wisdom: Become a Fool
20 april 2018 · 37 min
John Piper | Wisdom from God is more valuable than gold. It may look foolish to a watching world, but the lasting path of happiness comes only in the guidance God gives.
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If I Could Start All Over: Six Lessons for Your Twenties
11 april 2018 · 15 min
John Piper | What would John Piper say to those with most of their adult life ahead of them? Here are six rules he would live by.
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The Glory of Christ and Racial Unity: On the 50th Anniversary of MLK’s Death
4 april 2018 · 46 min
John Piper | When we come to Christ, we don’t lose our ethnic or cultural identities. But we all put on his insignia and find new possibilities for unity in him.
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From Darkness to Delight: A Fresh Call for Christian Hedonists
27 februari 2018 · 27 min
John Piper | If you find Jesus boring or unsatisfying, you haven’t really discovered yet who he is.
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Right with God, Right with Man: The Power of Superior Pleasure
22 februari 2018 · 55 min
John Piper | Receiving Jesus as our greatest joy unlocks right standing with God and right living with others.
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Jesus Raised Jesus from the Dead — And Why It Matters
29 januari 2018 · 32 min
John Piper | A one-of-a-kind death, and a one-of-a-kind resurrection, has been carried out by this one-of-a-kind Person who is more valuable than all else.
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How to Preach with Supernatural Power
17 januari 2018 · 1 uur 14 min
John Piper | Christian preaching is not simply an exchange of information, but a channel through which the Holy Spirit works his miracles in both preacher and hearers.
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How to Seek the Holy Spirit
15 januari 2018 · 54 min
John Piper | Without the work of the Holy Spirit, we are helpless. Seek him, and he will rest upon you — especially in your hour of greatest need.
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What Is It Like to Enjoy God?
2 januari 2018 · 51 min
John Piper | God created you not mainly to do things for him, but to delight in him. The more we enjoy God, the more he is honored, and our very purpose in life is fulfilled.
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Joy Changes Everything: An Invitation to Christian Hedonism
12 november 2017 · 58 min
John Piper | When you finally recognize that God wants to make you happier than you could ever dream, nothing will ever be the same again.
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What Made Jonathan Edwards a Christian Hedonist?
11 november 2017 · 1 uur 22 min
John Piper | The supreme goal of all Jonathan Edwards’s life and work was that God would be glorified through his people being supremely satisfied in him.
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Heart Comes Before Head: Seeing and Savoring the Glory of God in Scripture
28 oktober 2017 · 53 min
John Piper | When a Christian reads the Bible, a supernatural event takes place. Our regenerate souls meet the inspired word in a divine encounter.
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Better to Lose Your Life Than Waste It
27 oktober 2017 · 48 min
John Piper | Only what’s done for Christ will last. Any risk, any trial, any tribulation is worth the risk when your aim in all of life is to make others glad in God.
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Our Eyes Are on You, Lord: Thoughts on Pastoral Succession
12 oktober 2017 · 46 min
John Piper | Sooner or later, every leader will hand off the baton to the next generation — and where better to center pastoral succession than in the word of God himself?
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How to Find Gold in God’s Word: Reading the Bible with Supernatural Help
22 september 2017 · 53 min
John Piper | All the Bible knowledge in the world won’t help you unless you cherish God’s truth. We’re nothing more than Pharisees unless we taste the glory of God in his word.
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Faith Alone: How (Not) to Use a Reformed Slogan
13 september 2017 · 40 min
John Piper | No truth was more central to the Reformation that turned the world upside down 500 years ago: God justifies sinners by faith alone.
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Soli Deo Gloria: Heart and Soul of the Reformation
30 augustus 2017 · 36 min
John Piper | God works every dot on the timeline of history for his glory. Nothing stands outside the scope of his plan to bring fame to his name, for the joy of his people.
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Did Christ Die for Us or for God?
31 mei 2017 · 57 min
John Piper | We often live as though we are God, but biblical thinking assumes that God is the center of all reality.
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The Tipping Point of Sacrificial Missions: The Overflow of Joy in Jesus
28 mei 2017 · 58 min
John Piper | Only a love sustained by genuine joy in God will propel us to take the gospel to the hardest places in the world.
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God’s Purposes in a World of Pain
28 mei 2017 · 43 min
John Piper | Pain and suffering exist to make plain the horrors of the sinful heart and the wonders of the sovereign Christ.
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The Gospel-Shaped Heart: Treasuring the Glories of Christ
23 mei 2017 · 50 min
John Piper | The ultimate goal of the gospel is that God would be glorified in our enjoyment of him. God’s glory and our satisfaction are not two different ends, they’re one.
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Treasure God, Magnify Christ, Love People: The Way of Christian Hedonism
30 april 2017 · 40 min
John Piper | Real love is the overflow of joy in God that meets the needs of others, especially when it’s costly.
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We Need Each Other: Christian Fellowship as a Means of Perseverance
19 april 2017 · 43 min
John Piper | Christians don’t fly solo. Our faith won’t survive unless brothers and sisters in Christ keep us accountable.
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No Other Gospel: The Formal and Material Principles of the Reformation
4 april 2017 · 56 min
John Piper | Five hundred years ago, the Reformers fought to recover the true gospel. Fifteen hundred years before, God used Paul to pen the Reformers’ central text for justification by faith alone.
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The Pastor, the People, and the Pursuit of Joy
26 februari 2017 · 46 min
John Piper | Your joy in God multiplies exponentially as you seek the good of your brothers and sisters in the body of Christ.
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Gospel Worship: Holy Ambition for All the Peoples to Praise Christ
31 januari 2017 · 1 uur 6 min
John Piper | God has a place for every single one of us in missions. Some of us send, some of us go, but we must all have a gospel ambition.
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Gospel Depths: Why God Revealed the Depths of Salvation in Eternity Past
30 januari 2017 · 57 min
John Piper | The only reason any of us know God is because he chose us before the foundation of the world. Nothing we’ve done can earn our way to him — it’s all grace.
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Seven Resolutions for Aging and Dying Well: A Funeral Message for Verna Erickson
10 januari 2017 · 37 min
John Piper | At the end of your life, as your energy fades, God will be your refuge and strength.
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The Ultimate Essence of Evil: The Majesty of God, the Triumph of Christ, and the Glory of Human Life
3 januari 2017 · 47 min
John Piper | The very essence of evil is running to anything but God for ultimate joy. Watch, read, or listen to John Piper’s message from Passion 2017.
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No Global Mission Without God’s Mighty Spirit
28 december 2016 · 1 uur 9 min
John Piper | We are living in the third great era of world history — the era of the Spirit. Our only hope for advancing God’s mission is to lean on the power of his Spirit.
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Sons of Freedom and Joy: How a Christian Relates to the State
2 november 2016 · 41 min
John Piper | Christians claim their true citizenship in heaven. When we submit to earthly governments, we do so out of allegiance to Christ’s eternal kingdom.
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Put the Attorneys to Work: How to Give the Bible Functional Authority in Your Speech and Writing
25 oktober 2016 · 58 min
John Piper | Christian leaders should exude the Bible. They need to test everything they speak and write through the grid of biblical teaching.
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Teach the Nations to Do the Impossible
16 oktober 2016 · 41 min
John Piper | Jesus’s supreme authority empowers his Great Commission. We go, teach, and teach others to teach in the confidence that Jesus himself is with us.
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Fifteen Dreams for the Future of Christian Hedonism
7 oktober 2016 · 48 min
John Piper | Central to biblical Christianity is the pursuit of our joy in God. John Piper expresses fifteen hopes for the future of maximizing our joy in God.
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Volcanic Joy
7 oktober 2016 · 36 min
John Piper | God’s volcanic passion for his own glory erupts in overflowing delight for his Son and unceasing joy for his children who share in God’s own glorious bliss.
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Jesus Is the Test of True Faith
28 augustus 2016 · 49 min
John Piper | Christians embrace both the New Testament and the Old because every single page of the Scriptures points to Jesus who fulfills them.
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The Inexplicable Life: Humility, Hope, and Love in Suffering
18 juni 2016 · 1 uur 5 min
John Piper | Christians can show the world the hope they have within through joyful, humble willingness to suffer wrong and serve, rather than return evil for evil.
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Prayer: How to Do the Humanly Impossible
25 mei 2016 · 50 min
John Piper | God is glorified when Christians humble themselves openly as people who are not ashamed to beg for help.
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The Heart of the Gospel: The Righteousness from God that Depends on Faith
24 mei 2016 · 50 min
John Piper | Christ’s righteousness imputed to sinners through faith undergirds the whole of the Christian faith.
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The Roots of Fearless Unity in the Gospel
23 mei 2016 · 50 min
John Piper | Humble unity in the gospel beautifully displays to a watching world that Jesus is more satisfying than getting your own way.
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The Glory of Christ: Ultimate Goal, Alienating Problem, All-Transforming Answer
22 mei 2016 · 47 min
John Piper | God’s pursuit of his own glory opens the door to a feast of beauty and truth that satisfies the human soul forever.
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Courage and Contentment in the Call of the Gospel
13 mei 2016
John Piper | Communing with God fuels courage and contentment — and shows the resilience of our Savior before a resistant world.
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How to Experience the Outpouring of God’s Love
1 mei 2016 · 38 min
John Piper | God doesn’t merely give us arguments for his love, but he gives us a real, authentic experience of his love!