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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![The Sadness and Beauty of Paul’s Final Words]()
The Sadness and Beauty of Paul’s Final Words
14/02/2013 Duration: 35minA 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.
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![Saying Beautifully as a Way of Seeing Beauty: The Life of George Herbert and His Poetic Effort]()
Saying Beautifully as a Way of Seeing Beauty: The Life of George Herbert and His Poetic Effort
05/02/2013 Duration: 01h15minJohn 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.
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![The Gospel of the Glory of the Blessed God]()
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![Thinking Seriously About the Lost People You Love]()
Thinking Seriously About the Lost People You Love
18/01/2013 Duration: 41minWe don’t have the power to save the lost ones we love, but God can. Pray to him and share the good news of a glorious Redeemer.
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![Joy as the Power to Suffer in the Path of Love for the Sake of Liberation]()
Joy as the Power to Suffer in the Path of Love for the Sake of Liberation
03/01/2013 Duration: 39minWatch Now
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![Sorrowful Yet Always Rejoicing]()
Sorrowful Yet Always Rejoicing
29/12/2012 Duration: 45minWhat the world needs from the church is our indomitable joy in Jesus in the midst of suffering and sorrow.
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![God Created Man Male and Female: What Does It Mean to Be Complementarian?]()
God Created Man Male and Female: What Does It Mean to Be Complementarian?
24/11/2012 Duration: 43minJohn Piper | God has designed men for Christlike servant-leadership, and God has designed women to honor and affirm her husband’s leadership.
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![Living by Faith in Future Grace]()
Living by Faith in Future Grace
17/11/2012 Duration: 45minJohn 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.
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![The Price and the Prize of the Gospel]()
The Price and the Prize of the Gospel
10/11/2012 Duration: 42minThe 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.
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![When Jesus Meets Disability: How a Christian Hedonist Handles Deep Disappointment]()
When Jesus Meets Disability: How a Christian Hedonist Handles Deep Disappointment
08/11/2012 Duration: 59minJohn Piper | God reigns so supreme, that he can even turn our deepest disappointments into our greater good.
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![Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer]()
Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer
03/11/2012 Duration: 01h21minJohn Piper | The essence of fasting is hunger for God, and we can forgo food for a season in order to demonstrate that hunger.
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![Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer]()
Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer
03/11/2012 Duration: 01h20minJohn Piper | Communion with God in prayer involves expressing our desires for God and asking him for assistance in understanding and living out his word.
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![The Sovereignty of God: ‘I Will Accomplish All My Purpose’]()
The Sovereignty of God: ‘I Will Accomplish All My Purpose’
03/11/2012 Duration: 47minJohn Piper | From galaxies to molecules, God rules over all. His power encompasses everything.
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![Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer]()
Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer
02/11/2012 Duration: 01h51minJohn 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.
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![ABCs for Following God’s Call]()
ABCs for Following God’s Call
28/10/2012 Duration: 24minJohn Piper walks through eight facets of making decisions for the glory of Christ.
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![Missions Exists Because Worship Doesn’t]()
Missions Exists Because Worship Doesn’t
27/10/2012 Duration: 39minGod 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.
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![A Spectacular and Scary Promise: Fellow Heirs with Christ If We Suffer]()
A Spectacular and Scary Promise: Fellow Heirs with Christ If We Suffer
21/10/2012 Duration: 52minThe Holy Spirit wants to assure us that we are God‘s children. All he owns belongs to us — if we suffer alongside his Son.
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![Don’t Waste Your Life]()
Don’t Waste Your Life
17/10/2012 Duration: 56minJohn 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.
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![God Is Most Glorified in Us When We Are Most Satisfied in Him]()
God Is Most Glorified in Us When We Are Most Satisfied in Him
13/10/2012 Duration: 52minGod’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.
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![Should We Celebrate Interracial Marriage?]()
Should We Celebrate Interracial Marriage?
03/10/2012 Duration: 29minJohn Piper | God is concerned with our purity of faith, not race. He never forbids marriage between ethnicities, but between believer and unbeliever.
