Messages by Desiring God (Video)

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  1. A Hunger for God: The Foundation for Faithful and Effective Ministry

    19 maart 2013 · 1 uur

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    John Piper | Every pastor must work hard for the joy of his people. But he can only do this from the overflow of a hunger for God.

  2. Q & A with Eric Metaxas and John Piper

    8 maart 2013 · 48 min

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    John Piper | Is Dietrich Bonhoeffer a theological liberal? How should the church respond to the current political trend to legalize so-called “gay marriage”? In this interview, John Piper and Eric Metaxas discuss these questions and more.

  3. How to Give the Bible Functional Authority in Your Speech and Writing

    7 maart 2013 · 38 min

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  4. The Pursuit of God’s Glory in Salvation

    2 maart 2013 · 1 uur 17 min

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    John Piper | The doctrine of perseverance of the saints is the reality that our only hope of making it to the end and pressing on in holiness rests upon the keeping power of God.

  5. The Pursuit of God’s Glory in Salvation

    2 maart 2013 · 1 uur 26 min

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    John Piper | The doctrine of limited (or definite) atonement conveys the reality that Christ died not only to secure the free offer of forgiveness for all people but also to secure the salvation of his bride.

  6. The Pursuit of God’s Glory in Salvation

    2 maart 2013 · 1 uur 23 min

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    John Piper | Unconditional election is the reality that God chooses his own before the foundation of the world and apart from any foreseen virtue or faith in them.

  7. The Pursuit of God’s Glory in Salvation

    2 maart 2013 · 1 uur 24 min

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    John Piper | Total depravity means that we are corrupt in our nature and unable to do anything to please God or be the decisive actor in conversion.

  8. The Pursuit of God’s Glory in Salvation

    1 maart 2013 · 1 uur 7 min

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    John Piper | The doctrine of irresistible grace does not mean that grace cannot be resisted, but that whenever God chooses he can overcome our resistance.

  9. The Pursuit of God’s Glory in Salvation

    1 maart 2013 · 55 min

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    John Piper | The promises of God stand only if he is supremely sovereign. What does that mean for our individual salvation?

  10. Life Together at the End of the Age

    25 februari 2013 · 50 min

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  11. All Scripture Is Breathed Out by God: Continue in It

    17 februari 2013 · 1 uur 4 min

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    John Piper | In light of opposition to Christianity in culture, we must hold fast to the Scriptures according to the pattern of 2 Timothy 3:14–17.

  12. Sailing to the Nations to Finish the Task

    15 februari 2013 · 42 min

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    John Piper | Every Christian should have a holy ambition that is rooted in the word of God and aimed at meeting needs in the cause of world evangelization.

  13. Sailing to the Nations to Finish the Task

    15 februari 2013 · 45 min

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    John Piper | The essence of worship is the experience of being satisfied with all that God is for us in Jesus.

  14. The Sadness and Beauty of Paul’s Final Words

    14 februari 2013 · 35 min

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    John Piper | A life of ministry is a life of hardship. But Jesus will strengthen us to endure every trial and struggle when we press on in faith.

  15. Saying Beautifully as a Way of Seeing Beauty: The Life of George Herbert and His Poetic Effort

    5 februari 2013 · 1 uur 16 min

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    John Piper | George Herbert’s work and effort shows that words in our life matter. And how we use them can help us capture what’s really beautiful.

  16. The Gospel of the Glory of the Blessed God

    20 januari 2013 · 17 min

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  17. Joy as the Power to Suffer in the Path of Love for the Sake of Liberation

    3 januari 2013 · 40 min

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  18. Sorrowful Yet Always Rejoicing

    29 december 2012 · 45 min

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    John Piper | What the world needs from the church is our indomitable joy in Jesus in the midst of suffering and sorrow.

  19. God Created Man Male and Female: What Does It Mean to Be Complementarian?

    24 november 2012 · 44 min

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    John Piper | God has designed men for Christlike servant-leadership, and God has designed women to honor and affirm her husband’s leadership.

  20. Living by Faith in Future Grace

    17 november 2012 · 45 min

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    John Piper | Though our faith is founded on past acts of redeeming grace, the way faith works now is by looking to the boundless fountain of future grace.

  21. The Price and the Prize of the Gospel

    10 november 2012 · 42 min

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    John Piper | The gospel is the good news that God in Christ paid the price of suffering, so that we could have the prize of enjoying him forever.

  22. When Jesus Meets Disability: How a Christian Hedonist Handles Deep Disappointment

    8 november 2012 · 59 min

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    John Piper | God reigns so supreme, that he can even turn our deepest disappointments into our greater good.

  23. Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer

    3 november 2012 · 1 uur 21 min

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    John Piper | The essence of fasting is hunger for God, and we can forgo food for a season in order to demonstrate that hunger.

  24. The Sovereignty of God: ‘I Will Accomplish All My Purpose’

    3 november 2012 · 47 min

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    John Piper | From galaxies to molecules, God rules over all. His power encompasses everything.

  25. Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer

    3 november 2012 · 1 uur 21 min

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    John Piper | Communion with God in prayer involves expressing our desires for God and asking him for assistance in understanding and living out his word.

  26. Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer

    2 november 2012 · 1 uur 51 min

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    John Piper | The sacred Scriptures are the lifeblood of our relationship with God. Don’t disconnect yourself of the restoring, rejuvenating effects of God’s word.

  27. ABCs for Following God’s Call

    28 oktober 2012 · 24 min

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    John Piper | John Piper walks through eight facets of making decisions for the glory of Christ.

  28. Missions Exists Because Worship Doesn’t

    27 oktober 2012 · 39 min

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    John Piper | God will spread the fame of his name to every tribe, nation, and tongue, but he won’t do it without his people sending and going.

  29. Jesus Christ and the Life of the Mind: Examining the Word and Works of God

    26 oktober 2012

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    John Piper and Mark Noll | The world we inhabit — created, sustained, and held together by Christ — is necessary for us to come to the knowledge of God with corresponding delight.

  30. Ablaze for His Beauty: How Your Heart Treasures God

    20 oktober 2012

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    John Piper | The gospel not only shapes the mind to know God, but it also shapes the heart to love God with white-hot affection.

  31. Fuel for the Furnace: How Your Mind Serves Your Heart

    19 oktober 2012

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    John Piper | Our minds were meant to know God. We can only value him like we should when we know him rightly in his word.

  32. Don’t Waste Your Life

    17 oktober 2012 · 56 min

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    John Piper | The unwasted life is a life of pursuing joy in God at all costs, including the sacrificial love that brings people into that joy.

  33. God Is Most Glorified in Us When We Are Most Satisfied in Him

    13 oktober 2012 · 52 min

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    John Piper | God’s design to pursue his own glory turns out to be love. And our duty to pursue God’s glory turns out to be a quest for joy.

  34. Should We Celebrate Interracial Marriage?

    3 oktober 2012 · 30 min

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    John Piper | God is concerned with our purity of faith, not race. He never forbids marriage between ethnicities, but between believer and unbeliever.

  35. Ten Ways to Pursue Ethnic Harmony in Your Church

    3 oktober 2012 · 42 min

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    John Piper | Christ calls us to pursue unity in diversity, but what does that look like in a local church? John Piper offers ten ways forward.

  36. Act the Miracle: Future Grace, the Word of the Cross, and the Purifying Power of God’s Promises

    30 september 2012 · 1 uur 17 min

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    John Piper | Christians tap into the sin-killing power of God when we believe a blood-bought promise and embrace it as a more precious treasure than any temptation in front of us.

  37. Prelude to Acting the Miracle: Putting Sanctification in Its Place

    28 september 2012 · 57 min

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    John Piper | God will bring our feelings, thoughts, and actions into conformity to his infinitely satisfying worth. If we are in Christ, it is as good as done.

  38. Why Did God Create the World?

    22 september 2012 · 46 min

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    John Piper | God created and sustains everything in this universe to display his glorious grace in Jesus.

  39. Eternal Security Is a Community Project

    15 september 2012 · 44 min

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    John Piper | God designed his church so that her members endure in belief by giving and receiving faith-sustaining words of life.

  40. Reflections on Pastoring Three Decades Downtown

    9 september 2012 · 24 min

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    John Piper | Three decades of ministry at Bethlehem Baptist Church demonstrate five important things that pastors should rememember for their ministries.

  41. ‘I Am Who I Am’

    8 september 2012 · 48 min

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    John Piper | There is nothing more foundational, pervasive, and necessary than the truth and reality that God absolutely is who he is.

  42. He Stood by Me and Strengthened Me for the Sake of the Gospel

    26 augustus 2012 · 48 min

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    John Piper | No matter how rough the road of your life, Jesus is a rock-solid friend who encourages and strengthens you to press on.

  43. God's Delight in Being God

    25 augustus 2012 · 1 uur 16 min

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    John Piper | God’s pleasure in election, the death of Christ, doing good to those who hope in him, and the obedience of his people all stems from his fundamental pleasure in his own excellency.

  44. God's Delight in Being God

    25 augustus 2012 · 1 uur 21 min

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    John Piper | The destruction of the wicked is not ordained by God with the same kind of delight as the redemption of his people, though he is profoundly sovereign over all things.

  45. God's Delight in Being God

    24 augustus 2012 · 1 uur 39 min

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    John Piper | God’s delight in being God consists in his happiness in himself as the triune God and his passion to do all things for his name’s sake.

  46. Preach the Word, For the Time of My Departure Has Come

    18 augustus 2012 · 50 min

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  47. All Scripture Is Breathed Out by God — Continue in It

    11 augustus 2012 · 44 min

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    John Piper | In all your troubles, pain, joy, and pleasures, continue to stay in the Scriptures, because there’s no better way to invest than in God’s very words.

  48. When a Lover of Good Thinks About Evil

    4 augustus 2012 · 47 min

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    John Piper | It will cost you to stand up against evil in our day. But God will deliver you and bring you safely into his heavenly kingdom.

  49. He Cannot Deny Himself

    21 juli 2012 · 40 min

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    John Piper | We’re not called to run from suffering in the toils of ministry. We’re called to embrace suffering with confidence in Christ for the sake of his gospel.

  50. In the Throne Room: The God of Holiness and Hope

    23 juni 2012 · 45 min

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    John Piper | When we say that God is holy, we have sailed to the end of language and must worship in silence and wonder.