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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 ava...
John Piper | God fulfills his purpose for the church by his work in the church: He magnifies his grace by beautifying his people.
David Mathis | God’s voice thunders through the forests and the pages of Scripture, calling heaven to rejoice and setting his people at peac...
Sharing God’s nature and upholding creation by his word, the heir of all things suffered in our place to purify us from sin. Who is like Jes...
David Mathis | The church depends on Jesus Christ for its existence, authority, and ultimate joy. But how does the God-man’s nature direct t...
For the preaching pastor, each sermon demands a fresh hunt for insight in service of a hungry people. How do we find that life-giving truth?
David Mathis | To lead the church faithfully, we need supernatural, sober-minded wisdom. God meets us in his word, by his Spirit, through pr...
Jesus endured for the joy set before him. Moses obeyed, expecting the Messiah. The early church suffered for a better reward. This is faith.
Scott Hubbard | Self-awareness can be good, but it can also go too far. Our thoughts of self often grow quieter when we look to God and foll...
David Mathis | Exercise may seem like a distraction from a life of serving others, but God can use our movement to deepen our joy and broade...
Marshall Segal | When the Bible talks about setting an example, does it mean only super-Christians? No, even the humblest high-school mentor...
David Mathis | Pursuing a holy ambition means seeking maturity in Christ more than we seek influence in the world. An enduring example takes...
When God ordains sufferings for the good of his people, he also sustains them and cares for them with all the strength of his love.
Because God’s purposeful sovereignty reaches absolutely everywhere, his gospel can satisfy, his mission will succeed, and his people can nev...
Jesus’s glorified body, his purpose for believers, his astonishing power, and the glory of the new creation all insist that the resurrection...
Marshall Segal | Jesus’s sheep are happy to be his, and Jesus will never leave them behind. But why would anyone reject this patient, kind,...
There has never been, nor will there ever be, a greater reality than the God we see when we look at Jesus Christ. His very supremacy is our...
David Mathis | How can we sing in the valley of sorrow? In Christ, joy and grief can coexist — and grief now prepares for us far greater joy...
What is the fullness of the Holy Spirit, and how does it relate to making music to God in a church gathering? God opens our eyes so we can s...
Marshall Segal | Where will we find true blessedness? Sexual sin tempts us to find it in fleeting, false pleasures — but God’s promises hold...
David Mathis | Where do we find more of God’s grace to increase our joy in Christ? God has created patterns for us to follow in reading, pra...
David Mathis | When Jesus came to Bethlehem, and later to Jerusalem, he was not the king we expected. He was far, far better.
Joy in Jesus is an invitation and a privilege. Is it also a duty? John Piper lays out six reasons joy in God is essential to the Christian l...
When we believe in Jesus, we receive him as living water, bread of life, and all-satisfying treasure. Saving faith is the awakening of joy i...
David walked with God through disasters, diseases, attacks, and his own sins. What pattern of life did he follow to depend on God through it...
How do Christians respond to God’s fatherly indignation against our sin? The prophet Micah teaches us: Respond with brokenhearted boldness,...
David Mathis | God invites us to quench our thirst by hearing his voice, having his ear, and belonging to his body. So, come stand under the...
Cowardice, consumption, and comfort often stand between us and God’s global work. What can set us free to be world Christians?
David Mathis | Does seeking joy in God ruin our love for others? Jesus meant what he said: Remembering God’s radical reward frees us to serv...
David Mathis | As the Son of God, Jesus pursued his joy and God’s glory in an unrepeatable way — but as man, he stands forth as an example f...
David Mathis | Christian, your joy in God shows the kind of God he is: awesome and glorious, happy and holy, beautiful and delightful beyond...
What are the doctrines of grace? Before we wade into the depths of these doctrines, we need to know something of the greatness of God.
David Mathis | Those who cherish God’s majesty become a certain kind of people: a commending, called, candid, conquering, and soon-to-be cro...
Marshall Segal | How do mature Christians pray when trouble comes? David teaches us from Psalm 86: “Meet my need.” “Glorify your name.” “Tea...
In Jesus Christ, we find a Treasure more precious than everything we have in life and everything we lose in death.
How does the chief end of man — to glorify God by enjoying him forever — shape our approach to classical Christian education?
Marshall Segal | No sin is too great, no place is too far, and no wall is too high to keep us from receiving the living water of Jesus — if...
Tony Reinke | No star or ocean, insect or tree, bird or cloud has a voice to speak God’s praise. But when we rejoice in God, we take creatio...
As Jesus bleeds in Gethsemane and then submits to arrest, we see that the mission of God triumphs through prayerful suffering, not the self-...
When Jesus returns in glory, he will stand ashamed of those who were ashamed of him here. But what will it really mean for Jesus to be asham...
David Mathis | How might regular exercise serve not just our bodies but our souls, and so make us more ready to honor God by doing good to o...
David Mathis | Our “habits of grace” prime us for witnessing, giving, and serving — and God uses even these outward expressions to give us e...
Marshall Segal | When our Bible meditation feels more like a job than a joy, these five short prayers can take us beyond discipline into del...
Why did God set his saving love on his people before the foundation of the world? So that we might praise the glory of his sovereign grace.
David Mathis | Did Jesus endure the cross for his joy or despite it? The answer takes us to the heart of Jesus’s unusually human joy, and ou...
It’s one thing to know God is sovereign; it’s another to know just how far his sovereignty extends and the purposes for which he wields it.
David Mathis | At the end of his Gospel, John gives us a grand finale of the mercy, wisdom, greatness, and never-ending glory of Jesus Chris...
The story of Jesus and Thomas assures us that Jesus really rose bodily, that his patience surpasses our indwelling sin, and that we need not...
David Mathis | Where do we turn when the ground beneath our feet seems to buckle and shift? Psalm 46 offers a vision of God to keep us throu...
How can we be set free from selfishness so that, at any earthly cost to ourselves, we will love other people in a way that makes Christ look...
Tony Reinke | In the age of artificial intelligence, do we still need preachers? Answering that question well takes us to the heart of God-g...