Messages by Desiring God (Video)

Latest Episodes:

Do Not Believe Every Spirit: The Threat and Defeat of False Teaching Today Oct 27, 2023

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John Piper | Are biblical warnings about false prophets still relevant? Yes, the threat looms as large today as in the first century.

Before You Quit the Ministry: Learning to Count Like Jesus Oct 26, 2023

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David Mathis | Good pastors are not naive: ministry comes with many costs. Even so, Christ has not called us to an impossible, joyless task. The cross proves otherwise.

What’s It Like to Be a Christian? Faith, Obedience, and Living as Strangers Oct 08, 2023

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David Mathis | What is Christian faith? Hebrews 11 not only answers the question but tells us what faith feels like, and how it leads to obedience, and living as exiles in this world.

Whose Son Is the Messiah? King David and the God of Israel Sep 30, 2023

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John Piper | When Jesus asks the Pharisees how David calls the Messiah “Lord,” they refuse to answer. What made that seemingly simple question so incendiary?

God Is: The Life-Altering Reality of Sheer Divine Existence Sep 25, 2023

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John Piper | God is. No reality is more mind-boggling, more valuable, more life-altering, more electrifying than the absolute being of God.

Grace Will Order All Your Pain: Retirement Message for Dana Olson Aug 20, 2023

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John Piper | What is sovereign, sustaining grace? It is not grace that spares us pain, but grace that orders our pain — and then sustains us through the pain.

The Leader You Long to Follow Aug 13, 2023

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David Mathis | From principals to presidents, leadership failures fill the news. We long for someone in power to lead with wisdom and fairness. Praise God, the ideal king has come.

The Spell That Opened Heaven: Funeral Message for Daniel Fuller (1925–2023) Jul 29, 2023

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John Piper | Romans 8:32 is perhaps the greatest verse in the Bible. No other text quite describes how far God has gone for our salvation and will go for our joy.

The Final Hours of Suffering: Funeral Message for Nancy Nelson (1952–2023) Jun 07, 2023

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John Piper | God’s word speaks to the mysteries of suffering. We will only bear pain well as we begin to see it like he does.

Happy Pastors Make Healthy Churches May 28, 2023

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John Piper | Christ’s blood bought more than our pardon, precious as it is. His death also purchased the power we need to live a radical Christian life.