Take a Risk for Life and Fruitfulness
John Piper | God often uses risks to bring life to others and to end long-standing fruitlessness in our lives. What would it look like to st...
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Messages by Desiring God (Video)
Messages from the Teaching Team at Desiring God.
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20 of 953 episodesWhen God Became My Song
Marshall Segal | God’s presence makes heaven worth wanting. Because of his salvation, Christians not only rest in him and trust in him but s...
Fear That Sings and Dances
David Mathis | The hostile army ignored God as long as they could, but when he looked down at them, they panicked. Then his people’s newfoun...
Jesus: A Priest After the Order of Melchizedek
John Piper | For the writer to the Hebrews, understanding Melchizedek means understanding Jesus. But how can an ancient king help us know th...
Honor Jesus by Cherishing His Church
David Mathis | Why is the writer of Hebrews so enthralled with an often weak and wavering church? He sees her calling, her splendor, and her...
Sing to the Lord, All the Earth
Marshall Segal | Why do we gather to sing week after week, and why should we sing even more? God has saved his people, and all of creation j...
What Stirs the Church to Sing? A Live Lab on Ephesians 1:1–6
John Piper | When the church sets aside every boast and embraces God’s ancient plan of grace, she sings with all her heart for God’s glory a...
The Strange and Wonderful Love of Christ
John Piper | Love moved Jesus to let Lazarus die. Why? Jesus wanted Lazarus, his family, and the watching crowd to taste his all-satisfying...
‘Moses Wrote of Me’: The Messianic Hope of the Law
John Piper | Jesus claimed that Moses wrote about him long before he ever walked the earth as man. If that’s true, how could anyone miss Jes...
David’s God-Entranced Song: Know It, Feel It, Say It, Sing It
John Piper | When David wrote a song about becoming king, he ascribed all his victories to the God who gave them. How do we join David in su...
Steep Your Soul with Christian Meditation
David Mathis | How is meditation different from simply reading the Bible? Slowing down and sinking deep into God’s word aids our joy and dra...
Graduates, Remember the Rich Young Man: To the Class of 2026
John Piper | There once was a man who gave up everything important so he could cling to things that fade. If we want to follow Jesus, we can...
Reset Your Mind on Jesus: A Live Lab on Colossians 3:1–4
John Piper | Paul doesn’t just want Christians to know the truths of the Bible — he wants us to set our minds on them. But what does that me...
Get Your Heart Happy in God
Scott Hubbard | To his friends, George Müller embodied Psalm 23 even under the towering burdens of orphan ministry. What kind of communion w...
Make War on Sin with Exercise
David Mathis | How can exercise equip us for the daily fight against sin? Training the body for our joy, mind, and will frees us to pursue e...
The Glory of God in His Glorious Church
John Piper | God fulfills his purpose for the church by his work in the church: He magnifies his grace by beautifying his people.
Hear His Voice in the Thunder
David Mathis | God’s voice thunders through the forests and the pages of Scripture, calling heaven to rejoice and setting his people at peac...
Radiance, Power, and Purification: The Superiority of Jesus Christ
John Piper | Sharing God’s nature and upholding creation by his word, the heir of all things suffered in our place to purify us from sin. Wh...
Plead for the Insight You Need: Word + Spirit in Pastoral Study
John Piper | For the preaching pastor, each sermon demands a fresh hunt for insight in service of a hungry people. How do we find that life-...
Navigate the Impossible: Word + Spirit in Pastoral Wisdom
David Mathis | To lead the church faithfully, we need supernatural, sober-minded wisdom. God meets us in his word, by his Spirit, through pr...