Messages from the Teaching Team at Desiring God.
Messages from the ministry of John Piper.
Messages from the Teaching Team at Desiring God.
Articles from the Teaching Team at Desiring God.
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David Mathis | An astounding and holy contest runs through the pages of Scripture, as the Father and Son seek to “outdo one another in showing honor.”David Mathis
David Mathis | What is freedom in Christ? Freedom from trying to earn God’s acceptance, and freedom to know and enjoy God forever.David Mathis
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There is a kind of unhealthy preaching that fails to make plain the effective connection between the sin-bearing work of Christ and the sin-killing work of the Christian.John Piper
April 24, 2022 Affliction, Persecution, and God’s Vengeance 2 Thessalonians 1, part 1 Coty Pinckney preaching, Series: Living in Light of Jesus’ Return Click here to listenTaylor Allen
Joe Rigney | Our own sense of reality is not the same as reality itself. And simply recognizing that distinction can be the first step toward aligning our thoughts and emotions with God’s word.Joe Rigney
Greg Morse | Jesus could love people like he did because he did not fear them like we do.Greg Morse
David Mathis | What is freedom in Christ? Freedom from trying to earn God’s acceptance, and freedom to know and enjoy God forever.David Mathis
Scott Hubbard | Sometimes, God seems to be answering a longtime prayer or fulfilling a deep desire — until it all crumbles before our face. How do we receive such painful turns from the hand of God?Scott Hubbard
Marshall Segal | What makes the church a pillar and buttress of the truth? She holds up and lives out what God has said — whatever God has said, however he has said it, whatever it means for us.Marshall Segal
David Mathis | A midlife crisis, disorienting as it may be, is not only a trial to be endured, but an opportunity for Christian maturity. New cracks in our soul may allow our theology to sink deeper than ever before.David Mathis
Joe Rigney | The surest way to give the world over to evil is to begin to deny such evil exists. And this is exactly what we have begun doing.Joe Rigney
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John Piper | There is a kind of unhealthy preaching that fails to make plain the effective connection between the sin-bearing work of Christ and the sin-killing work of the Christian.John Piper
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Jon Bloom | “A woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” For Mother’s Day, Jon Bloom obeys this verse and honors his mother’s beautiful love for the least of these.Jon Bloom
There is a kind of unhealthy preaching that fails to make plain the effective connection between the sin-bearing work of Christ and the sin-killing work of the Christian.John Piper
Greg Morse | God is not honored by mere checked boxes. He’s honored by a life that says he can be trusted, obeyed, and treasured above all else.Greg Morse
Scott Hubbard | If you want more joy, more warmth, more life from your devotions, don’t bypass the hard, necessary work of thinking.Scott Hubbard
David Mathis | Christians stand for truth, but not in the way the world might. Truth, for us, is unavoidably and irreducibly personal.David Mathis
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John Piper | Why does the apostle Paul speak so much about himself and his suffering? Because his suffering for the sake of others makes the love of Christ tangible to them.John Piper
Marshall Segal | The joy God gives is not a fragile joy, ready to vanish in painful circumstances. It is strong enough to sustain fragile people through them.Marshall Segal
Why does the apostle Paul speak so much about himself and his suffering? Because his suffering for the sake of others makes the love of Christ tangible to them.John Piper
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Why does the apostle Paul speak so much about himself and his suffering? Because his suffering for the sake of others makes the love of Christ tangible to them.John Piper
Scott Hubbard | How do we show hospitality to the Holy Spirit? We hear his voice, heed his motions, hate his enemies, and receive his grace.Scott Hubbard
Marshall Segal | One of Satan’s favorite strategies is isolation, and smartphones and social media have made his work that much easier.Marshall Segal
David Mathis | Why would Christians exercise? Working and pushing these bodies, as God designed them, serves our learning, our joy, and our love.David Mathis
David Mathis | Why would Christians exercise? Working and pushing these bodies, as God designed them, serves our learning, our joy, and our love.David Mathis
Joe Rigney | If you want to understand the Holy Spirit better, you can begin by grasping the images of the Spirit given in Scripture: wind and breath, spirit and river, oil and bird.Joe Rigney
John Piper | How does saving faith honor Christ? By seeing him as not only all-sufficient, but all-satisfying. Not only efficacious, but glorious. Not only trustworthy, but a treasure.John Piper
Greg Morse | The Spirit can be grieved with us. But if we are in Christ, the Spirit will never leave us.Greg Morse
Resurrection Sunday April 17, 2022 Remember Jesus Christ, Risen from the Dead! 2 Timothy 2:8 Coty Pinckney preaching, Click here to listenTaylor Allen
David Mathis | What if, with some intentionality, the news could become a source of refreshment rather than a continual distraction and discouragement?David Mathis
David Mathis | Jesus did not merely rise from the dead — he had to rise from the dead. His resurrection was not optional. Do you know why?David Mathis
David Mathis | What if, with some intentionality, the news could become a source of refreshment rather than a continual distraction and discouragement?David Mathis
Jon Bloom | Why do Christians call this Friday, of all Fridays, good? Because we would have no good apart from the horrors of the cross.Jon Bloom
The sovereign supremacy of Christ both keeps us from error and enables us to persevere through hardships with patience and joyful thankfulness.John Piper
The sovereign supremacy of Christ both keeps us from error and enables us to persevere through hardships with patience and joyful thankfulness.John Piper
Scott Hubbard | When hope flees, and faith feels weak, and the dawn seems to die, what will keep us from falling away? Jesus prays for us.Scott Hubbard
John Piper | The sovereign supremacy of Christ both keeps us from error and enables us to persevere through hardships with patience and joyful thankfulness.John Piper
Joe Rigney | Many of us struggle to experience contentment because we look for it in the wrong places. The satisfied heart prays, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.”Joe Rigney
April 10, 2022 The Righteous, the Poor, and the Coming Kingdom of God Isaiah 2:1-11 I’John Gatewood preaching, Click here to listenTaylor Allen
Joy in God becomes our stronghold when we are awakened to see and savor him as our greatest joy.John Piper
Marshall Segal | The best marriages take their cues not only from the romance of the Song of Solomon, but from the daily, unspectacular faithfulness of the Sermon on the Mount.Marshall Segal
Joy in God becomes our stronghold when we are awakened to see and savor him as our greatest joy.John Piper
John Piper | Joy in God becomes our stronghold when we are awakened to see and savor him as our greatest joy.John Piper
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Greg Morse | In all the emphases on slow, patient, relational evangelism, have we forgotten just how much God can do in a single conversation?Greg Morse
David Mathis | Jesus’s miracles certainly show that he is God — but the New Testament’s answer as to how he performed those miracles is not quite as simple.David Mathis
Marshall Segal | If you belong to Christ, God has flooded every familiar and unremarkable corner of your life with his Spirit.Marshall Segal
April 3, 2022 God’s Guarantee 1 Thessalonians 5:23-28 Coty Pinckney preaching, Series: Living in Light of Jesus’ Return Click here to listenTaylor Allen
David Mathis | When you think about the love of God, how much has your imagination been shaped by the sentimental age in which you live?David Mathis
Greg Morse | The risen Jesus remembers us, loves us, intercedes for us — and not in a way that diminishes his heavenly joy. That is really good news.Greg Morse
Jon Bloom | Why is the Holy Spirit so often connected to joy in Scripture? Because he is the Joy at the center of reality.Jon Bloom