Messages by Desiring God (Video)

Messages by Desiring God (Video) episodes:

• 04.20.2022

  Christ Died to Make Us Holy: And Why Some Preachers Avoid It

  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.

  
• 04.17.2022

  The Gospel in All Caps: Glorified Scars in the Body of Christ

  David Mathis | We boast on Sunday because Christ died on Friday. No cross, no favor with God. No crucifixion, no resurrection. We live because he died.

  
• 04.17.2022

  Behind the Times: Survival in a Day of Suffocating News

  David Mathis | What if, with some intentionality, the news could become a source of refreshment rather than a continual distraction and discouragement?

  
• 03.20.2022

  What Is ‘Freedom in Christ’?

  David Mathis | What is freedom in Christ? Freedom from trying to earn God’s acceptance, and freedom to know and enjoy God forever.

  
• 03.13.2022

  We Rejoice to Suffer for You: Pastoral Pain and the People’s Joy

  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.

  
• 03.02.2022

  Brother Ass: Stewarding the Body as Christian Hedonists

  David Mathis | Why would Christians exercise? Working and pushing these bodies, as God designed them, serves our learning, our joy, and our love.

  
• 02.27.2022

  The Supremacy of Christ in Everything

  John Piper | The sovereign supremacy of Christ both keeps us from error and enables us to persevere through hardships with patience and joyful thankfulness.

  
• 02.07.2022

  ‘The Joy of the Lord Is Your Stronghold’

  John Piper | Joy in God becomes our stronghold when we are awakened to see and savor him as our greatest joy.

  
• 12.31.2021

  The Missionary Miracle: Christ’s Call to Cross a Culture

  John Piper | How does the miracle of a missionary happen? God gives us a burning desire to taste and enjoy the joy of others in Jesus Christ.

  
• 12.19.2021

  The Fearlessness of Christmas Joy: Six Wonders of Christ’s Lordship

  John Piper | The first Christmas brought good news. With it came fearless, great joy for all those who confess, “Jesus is Lord.”

  
• 11.21.2021

  The Pleasures of God’s Faithfulness: Reflections on Bethlehem’s 150 Years

  John Piper | In 2021, Bethlehem Baptist celebrated 150 years as a church. As part of the celebration service, former pastor John Piper reflects on how a church could endure, and bear fruit, over generations.

  
• 11.14.2021

  Workers for Your Joy: The Call of Christ to Christian Leaders

  David Mathis | God made us to be led, every one of us. He designed us to thrive, not in autonomy, but under the wisdom and care of worthy leaders.

  
• 11.12.2021

  23 Tips from 23 Years of Book Reading

  Tony Reinke | Many of us today love to swipe, scroll, and stare, but hardly read. Tony Reinke shares 23 tips for reading more and better in a digital age.

  
• 11.03.2021

  Prayer Vocalizes Our Abiding in Christ

  John Piper | Prayer says more than the words it speaks. The act of praying vocalizes a profound reality: God himself abides in us, and we abide in him.

  
• 10.24.2021

  The Global Glorification of the Merciful God

  John Piper | The church exists for missions — and because of missions. God plans for his people to come from the peoples, a promise he first made to Israel.

  
• 09.15.2021

  We Win the World with Singing

  John Piper | God plans to win the world with singing. Here are five connections between our joy-filled worship and the finishing of the Great Commission.

  
• 06.23.2021

  Who Are the Nations? Discovering God’s Global Mission

  John Piper | The Lamb who was slain will one day receive the reward of his suffering — people will come to him in joyful faith from every tribe, tongue, and nation.

  
• 05.21.2021

  Serious Joy for Leaders Who Last: To the Class of 2021

  John Piper | Christian leaders often carry great burdens. But God never leaves them without the opportunity to know serious joy, even in the hardest trials.

  
• 05.05.2021

  ‘Rejoice When You Are Slandered’: How to Do the Humanly Impossible

  John Piper | One of the most challenging commands in all the Bible is to rejoice when reviled. It’s not just difficult; it is humanly impossible.

  
• 05.02.2021

  Can Joy Come in Sorrow? Lessons for an Authentic Christian Life

  John Piper | How do joy and sorrow mingle in the Christian life? Does joy come only after sorrow passes, or can it come in the very midst of our griefs?

  
• 04.13.2021

  The Achievement of Christ Without Which There Would Be No Others

  John Piper | Christ has secured innumerable benefits for his people. But without this central, most foundational achievement, all the rest would collapse.

  
• 01.24.2021

  Doing the Right Thing Never Ruins Your Life: A Belief That Prevents Abortion

  John Piper | Abortion holds out hope that ending the unborn child’s life will spare you misery and hardship. But doing the right thing will never ruin your life.

  
• 01.10.2021

  Is Love for Jesus, or Faith in Jesus, the Root of Ministry and Obedience?

  John Piper | Believing in Jesus, according to the Gospel of John, overlaps with love because it involves an act of the soul whereby one receives Jesus as their soul-satisfying bread, thirst-quenching water, and life-giving vine.

  
• 01.10.2021

  Leading by Feeding

  John Piper | The central work of pastoral ministry is leading the people of God by feeding them with the word of Christ.

  
• 12.29.2020

  ‘Hallowed Be Your Name’: The Greatest Prayer in All the World

  John Piper | The lines of the Lord’s Prayer tend to pass by our eyes, and through our mouths, in a routine manner. But what might we be missing in our familiarity?

  
• 11.21.2020

  Bible Reading Has Been My Life: Personal Reflections for Christian Fathers

  John Piper | What does Bible reading look like for John Piper? In this message to fathers, he tells personal stories and shares how he has weaved Bible reading into all of life.

  
• 11.04.2020

  Faith That Satisfies — and Saves: What It Means to Come to Jesus

  John Piper | The nature of genuine saving faith isn’t mere mental assent, but receiving all that God is for us in Jesus Christ.

  
• 09.02.2020

  Singing, Suffering, and Scripture: How God Keeps Us Through Song

  John Piper | Suffering may quiet our singing for a time, but God designed singing to sustain our souls. And one day, we will sing forever with unrestrained joy.

  
• 06.07.2020

  Does God Intend Evil for Our Good? Providential Peril for Joseph, Jesus, and You

  John Piper | What sinners and Satan intend for evil, God always superintends for good. Our all-wise God brings restoration from ruin and deliverance out of danger.

  
• 05.19.2020

  Every Letter Kills, Including Shakespeare: Pressing Through Texts in the Power of the Spirit

  John Piper | To exposit a text is only one part of preaching and teaching. We must drill down into the words and unearth the reality that holds the text together.

  
• 05.14.2020

  Exposition or Imposition? How Gospel-Centered Preaching Can Go Wrong

  John Piper | Preachers, instead of taking your text and making a beeline to the cross, take the cross and make a beeline to your text.

  
• 02.05.2020

  The Second Coming: Not Before the ‘Man of Lawlessness’

  John Piper | As we look forward to Christ’s second coming, what matters most is not that we have the timing and details down, but that we hold fast to Jesus as our great hope.

  
• 02.03.2020

  The Second Coming: Wrath and Rescue

  John Piper | Suffering, pain, and trouble never have the last word for the people of God. He is our hope and our joy, and he will bring us all the way home.

  
• 01.01.2020

  Live for Your Greatest Desire: Jesus

  John Piper | Jesus’s call to deny ourselves isn’t a demand to give up happiness but an invitation to walk with him on the path to deep, lasting joy.

  
• 11.10.2019

  Seven Reasons We Must Pursue Supreme Satisfaction in God

  John Piper | Enjoying God, being satisfied in him, is essential in glorifying him as he deserves. God is not as glorified by mere duty as he is by delight.

  
• 11.08.2019

  Serious Joy, Cultural Conflict, and Christian Humility: Thoughts on Christian Education

  John Piper | True Christian education fills our hearts and minds with a joy so serious and strong that our society loses its power to control where we stand and what we say.

  
• 11.03.2019

  Christ Magnified in His World Through Servants Satisfied in His Worth

  John Piper | God will not settle for redeeming people from just a few parts of the globe. He will have people from every tribe, tongue, and nation.

  
• 11.03.2019

  A Peculiar Act of Worship: Preaching as Expository Exultation

  John Piper | The preacher’s task is not merely to teach or inform, but to rejoice with his people over the wonders of Scripture.

  
• 10.24.2019

  How Does Humility Lead in Conflict? A Charge to Christian Leaders

  John Piper | The humblest response to our culture’s tirade against objective truth isn’t to retreat, but to lovingly and kindly contend for what the Bible says.

  
• 10.16.2019

  Seek the Things That Are Above

  John Piper | Every believer in Jesus Christ has a potent spiritual superpower. With the Spirit’s help, we now can seek the very things of heaven above.

  
• 10.06.2019

  The Explosive Power of the Resurrection — Now

  John Piper | Jesus’s resurrection not only guarantees that we too will rise, but that we can taste steadfast, heavenly joy here and now — even in suffering. John Piper preached this sermon at the Sing! Conference in Nashville.

  
• 09.30.2019

  A Peculiar Act of Worship: Preaching as Expository Exultation

  John Piper | The preacher’s task is not merely to teach or inform, but to rejoice with his people over the wonders of Scripture.

  
• 09.27.2019

  ‘How God Made Me Happy in Him’: John Piper’s Journey to Joy

  John Piper | Glory and joy appear all over the Bible, but how they relate is not readily obvious. Listen to John Piper tell the story of how God connected the dots between the two.

  
• 09.27.2019

  Seven Reasons We Must Pursue Supreme Satisfaction in God

  John Piper | Enjoying God, being satisfied in him, is essential in glorifying him as he deserves. God is not as glorified by mere duty as he is by delight.

  
• 08.25.2019

  Christians Care About All Suffering and Injustice

  John Piper | Suffering and injustice infect every inch of our world. But Jesus grants his people the resolve to labor for change that makes an everlasting difference. John Piper preached this message at the Sing! Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland.

  
• 08.20.2019

  The Explosive Power of the Resurrection — Now

  John Piper | Jesus’s resurrection not only guarantees that we too will rise, but that we can taste steadfast, heavenly joy here and now — even in suffering. John Piper preached this sermon at the Sing! Conference in Nashville.

  
• 08.18.2019

  How to Preach in the Power of the Spirit

  John Piper | Sermons are not speeches. Preaching isn’t a lecture. When a pastor speaks God’s words to his gathered people, in the power of the Spirit, miracles happen. John Piper delivered this message at the Sing! conference in Edinburgh,...

  
• 07.28.2019

  The Glory of God and Why We Sing

  John Piper | The greatness of God’s glory invites a response that moves his people beyond mere words. And so we sing. John Piper preached this sermon at the Sing! Conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

  
• 07.21.2019

  Our Worth Is Not in What We Own: Fifteen-Minute Gospel Presentation

  John Piper | We will never find true worth in what we have or who we are. True, full, lasting satisfaction can only come through all that God is for us in Jesus Christ. After the congregation sang “My Worth...

  
• 06.24.2019

  Who Will Give My Head Waters? Seven Reasons to Pray for Holy Tears

  John Piper | Tears, crying, and weeping are all a proper response to the God-ordained sorrow and pain we face. Just because God is sovereign doesn’t mean we ignore our pain.