Synopsis
John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org; he is author of more than 50 books and travels regularly to preach and teach. New messages are posted to this podcast as they become available. Pipers sermons, books, articles, and more are available free of charge at desiringGod.org. We want people everywhere to understand and embrace the truth that God is most glorified in us, when we are most satisfied in him.
Episodes
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Remember That You Were Hopeless
27/12/1981 Duration: 30minYou can't cleave to Christ with white-hot devotion if you don't remember and feel what your plight would be without him.
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Christmas as the End of History
20/12/1981 Duration: 30minChristmas marks the arrival of the end of history, which will soon be consummated by Christ's second appearing.
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I Will Raise Up for David a Righteous Branch
13/12/1981 Duration: 31minThe promise will be fulfilled in spite of all judgment.
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The Evil Origin of a Good King
06/12/1981 Duration: 29minThe way we seek to have something may be wrong, when the having, itself, may not be wrong.
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The Conquest of Canaan
29/11/1981 Duration: 35minIf the old Joshua was victorious over the enemies of God, then how much more the new Joshua.
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Can God Spread a Table in the Wilderness?
22/11/1981 Duration: 26minDo not grumble; it is God's grace that sends you into the wilderness. He is inoculating you against the infections of wealth.
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Why the Law Was Given
15/11/1981 Duration: 34minThe law is a description of the obedience of faith; it is not a job description for how to earn the wages of God's blessings.
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God Meant It for Good
09/11/1981 Duration: 27minAs I was reading about Joseph's unjust imprisonment the other day, I was struck all of a sudden with the similarity and contrast between Joseph and John the Baptist.
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Exodus for All the Earth
08/11/1981 Duration: 25minGod shows great power on behalf of his people so that others might see and fear.
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The Covenant of Abraham
18/10/1981 Duration: 33minGod's 4,000 year old relation to Abraham is of immense importance for your life as a believer today.
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The Emergence of Sin and Misery
11/10/1981 Duration: 38minThe essence of the Fall and of our depraved hearts is the desire not to depend on God.
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He Commanded and They Were Created
04/10/1981 Duration: 27minSince God created everything, we and all our so-called possessions are his to do with as he pleases.
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To See You Fills Me With Joy
27/09/1981 Duration: 28minWhen you value someone because they value God, you are not denying that God is your only good; you are expressing it.
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Alone in a Big Church
20/09/1981 Duration: 34minGod designs human support to sustain his children's faith and to lighten the burdens they bear in the service of love.
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Worship Is an End in Itself
13/09/1981 Duration: 27minOnly worship is an end in itself. Only worship should not be done as a means to achieving something other than itself.
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Do Not Labor for the Food Which Perishes
06/09/1981 Duration: 25minLabor to feast on Jesus. Satisfy yourself with his beauty and his hope-filled fellowship.
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Jesus Vs. the Occult
26/07/1981 Duration: 31minJesus is God's fullest revelation and the source of all the knowledge and power that is good for us to have.
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Rivers From the Heart
19/07/1981 Duration: 31minWe are afflicted and blessed with a chronic restlessness, an insatiable soul-thirst, for this reason: that we might keep looking until we find Christ.
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Quantitative Hopelessness and the Immeasurable Moment
13/07/1981 Duration: 27minNever underestimate the power of truth spoken in a single sentence.
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Even the Hairs of My Head Are All Numbered
12/07/1981 Duration: 33minDo not fear the work God calls you to. He loves you deeply, knows you fully, and will turn all for your good.