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Sing to the Lord, All the Earth

2

‘Moses Wrote of Me’: The Messianic Hope of the Law

3

Steep Your Soul with Christian Meditation

4

Radiance, Power, and Purification: The Superiority of Jesus Christ

5

Plead for the Insight You Need: Word + Spirit in Pastoral Study

6

Navigate the Impossible: Word + Spirit in Pastoral Wisdom

7

True Faith Tastes Future Joy

8

Lead with Your Life: How to Influence in Your Twenties

9

The Power of Hoping in God’s Meticulous Providence

10

This Body Must Be Raised: Four Reasons for Your Resurrection

11

Why You Do Not Believe

12

The Supremacy of Christ Our Hope

13

Is God Dishonored When We Grieve?

14

Sing in the Fullness of the Spirit: A Live Lab on Ephesians 5:15–20

15

Word, Prayer, and People: Three Habits for Enjoying Jesus

16

What King Would Come Like This? The Surprising Advent of Jesus

17

Is Joy in Jesus a Christian Obligation?

18

Saving Faith as the Awakening of Joy in Jesus

19

What to Do When Your Spirits Sink

20

Our All-Nations Charge: What It Means to Be a World Christian

21

Our Pursuit: Joy Overflowing in Love

22

Jesus’s Pursuit: His Father’s Glory (and His) Through Joy

23

God’s Pursuit: His Glory in Our Joy

24

The Greatness of God in the Doctrines of Grace: TULIP Session 1

25

The People of His Majesty: Five Marks of a Marveling Church

26

How to Pray When Trouble Comes

27

The Only Life Worth Living: A Live Lab on Christian Hedonism

28

Lay Your Buckets Down: Finding Life with the Woman at the Well

29

Creation Sings Through Human Lips

30

God’s Mission Triumphs Through Prayerful Suffering

31

Will Christ Be Humiliated on the Last Day? To the Class of 2025

32

Habits of Love: The Graces of Sharing Our Joy

33

FEAST: Five Prayers for Daily Bible Reading

34

Why Did God Choose You? The Goal and Ground of His Election

35

The Unusually Human Joy of Jesus

36

Providence: The Purposeful Sovereignty of God

37

Do You Love Jesus? A Grand Finale of His Greatness

38

How Doubting Thomas Finds Faith

39

Be Still and Know: A Crisis-Ready Vision of God

40

Where Does Radical Love Come From?

41

Authentic Preaching in the Age of AI

42

Turning Sadness at Losing Money to Gladness at Gaining Jesus

43

Take Care How You Hear a Sermon

44

The Privilege of Preaching

45

The Power of Preaching

46

Big-God Preaching for God-Hungry People

47

The Glory of Big-God Preaching

48

Foundations for the Future of Your Church

49

We Will Go Out with Joy: Christian Fellowship as a Means of Grace

50

What the World Needs from Your Church

51

The Mighty Ministry of Song: How Praise Shapes the Saints

52

Supernatural Pastors: How to Minister in God’s Strength

53

Slavery and Christ’s Supreme Lordship: How to Live Under Human Authority

54

Countless Dangers, Continual Joy: How Is That Possible?

55

Restore Our Joy in You: A Prayer for God-Centered Revival

56

Doctrine Fails Without Delight: The Mind as Servant of the Heart

57

Do You Look to the Reward?

58

Do You Delight in God?

59

God-Centered Children: Teaching Our Kids the Biggest Vision

60

The Beauty of Reformed Theology

61

Serious Joy: The Root of Sacrificial Love

62

Jars of Clay: Pastoral Grit for the Glory of Christ

63

No Neutrality: The Illusion of Indifference to Jesus

64

Truth Triumphs Through Providence

65

Zeal: To Live with All Your Might

66

Toward Need, Not Comfort: The Blood-Bought Path of the Good Samaritan

67

Truth Triumphs Through Pleasure

68

His Power, Your Body, Our Home: Three Marks of Christian Citizens

69

The Fullest, Longest Happiness: For Those Who Pass the Test

70

Work Out What Christ Has Won: The Christian Life as Gift and Duty

71

What Is It Like to ‘Know Christ’?

72

How to Win a Fight: Heavenly Wisdom for Relational Conflict

73

The Safest Soul in All the World: Rejoicing in the Risen Christ

74

Live Like Death Is Gain

75

The Thickest Joy on Earth: Why We Love Philippians

76

The Most Important People in the World: Why Christians Prioritize the Church

77

Leaders in the Church: Speaking and Living God’s Word

78

How Jesus Knew the Word: His Secret to Scripture Memory

79

Only One Life: Christ’s Invincible Gospel and Global Mission

80

How Jesus Met with God: The Pace and Patterns of a Perfect Life

81

His Voice in Yours: How Christ Wins the World

82

How to Please a Happy God: Six Glimpses of the Christian Life

83

Gain What You Cannot Lose: The Joy of World Mission with Jesus

84

Christmas Was and Christmas Is: The Whole Story of Advent

85

Jesus Came to Save: Ten Great Realities of Christmas

86

Man of War and Grace: The Greatest of Israel’s Kings

87

Do Not Believe Every Spirit: The Threat and Defeat of False Teaching Today

88

Before You Quit the Ministry: Learning to Count Like Jesus

89

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

90

Whose Son Is the Messiah? King David and the God of Israel

91

God Is: The Life-Altering Reality of Sheer Divine Existence

92

Grace Will Order All Your Pain: Retirement Message for Dana Olson

93

The Leader You Long to Follow

94

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

95

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

96

Happy Pastors Make Healthy Churches

97

Why We Sing About the Blood

98

More Thrilling to Be Saved Than to Succeed

99

Do Outsiders Still Matter? An Overlooked Qualification for Pastors

100

Why Bethlehem Has a College: Biblical Foundations for Church-Based Education

101

Hamilton: An American Prodigal

102

Danger Averted, Destiny Attained: Funeral Message for Lois Nelson (1919–2023)

103

The Demons, the Fever, and the Word of the King

104

Press Afresh into Jesus: Four Truths About Genuine Faith

105

What Will Man Be Like for Countless Future Ages?

106

The Story of the Greatest Coronation

107

The Lord Governs My Good and Is My Good: All of Psalm 16 for a New Year

108

Prince of What Peace? How Christmas Overcomes Our Conflicts

109

Secret Liturgies: The Private Worship of a Public Leader

110

It Will Be Worth It: Overcoming Obstacles to World Missions

111

Is Jesus an Egomaniac? Overcoming a Major Obstacle to Christian Faith

112

The Joy of the Puritans

113

He Delighted to Crush His Son: The Pleasure of God in the Gospel

114

A World God Could Admire: Recovering His Pleasure in Creation

115

How Can a Holy God Have Pleasure in Sinners?

116

Fall Back to the Banner: Four Lessons for Our Devastations

117

God Made the World for Worship: His Glory in Individuals and Gatherings

118

How Is Joy the Root of Sacrificial Love?

119

Water from the Rock for Undeserving People

120

God Can Handle Your Crisis

121

Seventy Years Without Shipwreck: Five Reasons That Some Fall Away

122

The Uncommon Virtue of Humility

123

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

124

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

125

Behind the Times: Survival in a Day of Suffocating News

126

What Is ‘Freedom in Christ’?

127

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

128

Brother Ass: Stewarding the Body as Christian Hedonists

129

The Supremacy of Christ in Everything

130

‘The Joy of the Lord Is Your Stronghold’

131

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

132

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

133

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

134

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

135

23 Tips from 23 Years of Book Reading

136

Prayer Vocalizes Our Abiding in Christ

137

The Global Glorification of the Merciful God

138

We Win the World with Singing

139

Who Are the Nations? Discovering God’s Global Mission

140

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

141

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

142

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

143

The Achievement of Christ Without Which There Would Be No Others

144

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

145

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

146

Leading by Feeding

147

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

148

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

149

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

150

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

151

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

152

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

153

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

154

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

155

The Second Coming: Wrath and Rescue

156

Live for Your Greatest Desire: Jesus

157

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

158

Christ Magnified in His World Through Servants Satisfied in His Worth

159

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

160

Seek the Things That Are Above

161

A Peculiar Act of Worship: Preaching as Expository Exultation

162

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

163

Seven Reasons We Must Pursue Supreme Satisfaction in God

164

The Explosive Power of the Resurrection — Now

165

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

166

Christians Care About All Suffering and Injustice

167

How to Preach in the Power of the Spirit

168

The Glory of God and Why We Sing

169

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

170

Pharisaism, Money, and the Greatness of God

171

What Do Christians Care About (Most)? To the Class of 2019

172

Christ Has Purchased Global Praise: The Blood, the Beast, and the Boast of Race

173

The Golden Stitches of Sovereignty: What Holds Our Gospel Together

174

Is It Right to Seek More Joy Than We Have Through Justification?

175

What Kind of Heart Does Christ Deserve? The Call of Christian Hedonism

176

The Invincible Power of Joy for World Missions: For Cowards, Consumers, and the Comfortable

177

Make Your Life Count: The Greatest Missions Letter Ever Written

178

You Are Anointed: How the Truth Becomes Precious

179

Sorrowful Love Springs from Serious Joy

180

Are We Adopted for Us or for God?

181

The Key to Simultaneous Sorrow and Joy

182

The Devil Can Do Exposition, but He Can’t Preach

183

Your Emotions Matter to God: Learning from the Bible’s Songbook

184

An Impossible Covenant — And How It Becomes a Permanent Joy

185

Joy Makes All Things New

186

Lord, Teach Us to Fight: The Double Battle in Gethsemane

187

God Rules the Heart of Every Man: Elijah’s Battle with the Prophets of Baal

188

Your Thorn for the Shaming of Satan: To the Class of 2018

189

New God, New Gospel, New Gladness: How Is Christian Joy Distinct?

190

How to Get Wisdom: Become a Fool

191

If I Could Start All Over: Six Lessons for Your Twenties

192

The Glory of Christ and Racial Unity: On the 50th Anniversary of MLK’s Death

193

From Darkness to Delight: A Fresh Call for Christian Hedonists

194

Right with God, Right with Man: The Power of Superior Pleasure

195

Jesus Raised Jesus from the Dead — And Why It Matters

196

How to Preach with Supernatural Power

197

How to Seek the Holy Spirit

198

What Is It Like to Enjoy God?

199

Joy Changes Everything: An Invitation to Christian Hedonism

200

What Made Jonathan Edwards a Christian Hedonist?

201

Heart Comes Before Head: Seeing and Savoring the Glory of God in Scripture

202

Better to Lose Your Life Than Waste It

203

Our Eyes Are on You, Lord: Thoughts on Pastoral Succession

204

How to Find Gold in God’s Word: Reading the Bible with Supernatural Help

205

Faith Alone: How (Not) to Use a Reformed Slogan

206

Soli Deo Gloria: Heart and Soul of the Reformation

207

Did Christ Die for Us or for God?

208

The Tipping Point of Sacrificial Missions: The Overflow of Joy in Jesus

209

God’s Purposes in a World of Pain

210

The Gospel-Shaped Heart: Treasuring the Glories of Christ

211

Treasure God, Magnify Christ, Love People: The Way of Christian Hedonism

212

We Need Each Other: Christian Fellowship as a Means of Perseverance

213

No Other Gospel: The Formal and Material Principles of the Reformation

214

The Pastor, the People, and the Pursuit of Joy

215

Gospel Worship: Holy Ambition for All the Peoples to Praise Christ

216

Gospel Depths: Why God Revealed the Depths of Salvation in Eternity Past

217

Seven Resolutions for Aging and Dying Well: A Funeral Message for Verna Erickson

218

The Ultimate Essence of Evil: The Majesty of God, the Triumph of Christ, and the Glory of Human Life

219

No Global Mission Without God’s Mighty Spirit

220

Sons of Freedom and Joy: How a Christian Relates to the State

221

Put the Attorneys to Work: How to Give the Bible Functional Authority in Your Speech and Writing

222

Teach the Nations to Do the Impossible

223

Fifteen Dreams for the Future of Christian Hedonism

224

Volcanic Joy

225

Jesus Is the Test of True Faith

226

The Inexplicable Life: Humility, Hope, and Love in Suffering

227

Prayer: How to Do the Humanly Impossible

228

The Heart of the Gospel: The Righteousness from God that Depends on Faith

229

The Roots of Fearless Unity in the Gospel

230

The Glory of Christ: Ultimate Goal, Alienating Problem, All-Transforming Answer

231

Courage and Contentment in the Call of the Gospel

232

How to Experience the Outpouring of God’s Love

233

God’s Peculiar Glory: How We Know the Bible Is True

234

Living and Loving by Faith in Future Grace

235

The Bondage of the Will, the Sovereignty of Grace, and the Glory of God

236

Love Her More, Love Her Less: Living for God’s Glory in Marriage

237

Preaching to a Persecuted People: The Pastor as Leader, Comforter, and Guide

238

Think It Not Strange: Fiery Trials and the Testimony of Christ

239

Go and Tell, ‘It Is Finished’

240

Free from Money, Rich Toward God

241

The Beast, the Book, and the Beauty of the Lamb

242

One Gospel

243

Obey the Government for God’s Sake

244

Woe to You When All Speak Well of You

245

Loving Jesus More Than Life

246

You Cannot Obey God Without God

247

The Glory of God as the Ground of the Mind’s Certainty and the Goal of the Soul’s Satisfaction

248

All Authority in Heaven and Earth

249

How to Know the Will of God: Finding Direction with the Renewed Mind

250

Seeing and Savoring the Splendor of God’s Sovereign Grace (Q&A)

251

The Only Road to Real Happiness

252

God Made You Alive for God

253

How to Miss Jesus in the Bible

254

Why Will You Wake Up a Christian?

255

One Day, We Will Rule with Christ

256

Five Reasons Calvinists Love Election

257

Calvinists Believe Every Verse

258

The Gospel Promises True Prosperity

259

Understanding the Wills of God

260

How to Read the Bible Well

261

Who Could Be Happy in a World Like Ours?

262

Hoping, Singing, and Loving (Q&A)

263

Born Again to Hope-Filled Humility

264

How to Live in History’s Last Days

265

Lose It All to Win the World

266

Do You Want Heaven for the Wrong Reason?

267

The Strongest Comfort and Statement in Trials

268

Hope That Puts the World to Shame

269

Search for Gold Beneath Biblical Tensions

270

Bless Those Who Bruise You

271

Five Steps to Feel What God Feels

272

Honor, Guard, and Cherish

273

Women the World Cannot Explain

274

John Piper Recites 1 Peter from Memory

275

Too Many Settle for Too Little in Bible Reading

276

Don’t Be a Sucker

277

The Path to Full and Lasting Pleasure

278

Unless God Gives You God

279

How You Can Know You’re a Child of God

280

Summary and Conclusion: 1 Peter 2:13–3:7

281

Broken Dynamics in Marriage (Q&A)

282

Bible Reading, Justice, and Marriage (Q&A)

283

Men, Love and Lead Your Wives

284

What Is Submission in Marriage?

285

The Beauty and Behavior of a Godly Woman

286

Christ Returned Good for Your Evil

287

How Do We Honor Dishonorable People? (Q&A)

288

The Horror and Hope in Slavery

289

For God’s Sake, Be Free

290

Submit to Laws for the Lord’s Sake

291

Your Desires Want to Kill You

292

Faith and Fear Produce Love

293

The Mind Serves the Heart

294

Imperishable, Undefiled, and Unfading

295

Getting Started in 1 Peter

296

A Realistic Book About Life Today

297

Called to Be Lights in the World

298

Destined to Obey, or Disobey

299

Born Again by the Book

300

The Infinite Price of Your Freedom

301

New Passions Are the Path to Holiness

302

A Faith More Precious Than Gold

303

Simultaneous Joy and Sorrow

304

Why Your Faith Will Not Fail

305

Born Again to a Living Hope

306

The Word Awakens Joy and Worship

307

Set Apart by the Spirit

308

Exiles on the Earth

309

Basics for Reading the Bible

310

A Survey of Suffering in 1 Peter

311

Friendship with Jesus and the Aim of Education in Serious Joy

312

Education in Serious Joy

313

Life-Risking Courage in the Cause of Love

314

It Is Right to Live for Maximum Pleasure

315

The Pain of the World and the Purposes of God

316

Biblical Foundations for Seeking God's Justice in a Sinful World

317

What Jesus Demands from the World

318

The Shoot from Jesse, the Nations, and Israel

319

Suffering, Faith, and the Sign of Fearlessness

320

A Living Hope Through the Resurrection of Jesus Christ

321

Undaunted by the Darkness – Invincible Joy for the Sake of the Nations

322

You Can Say No to Porn

323

Make War: The Pastor and His People in the Battle Against Sin

324

What Is Sin? The Essence and Root of All Sinning

325

The Plundering of Your Property and the Power of Hope

326

Why Do Christians Preach and Sing?

327

Gospel-Centered History and Gospel-Centered Living

328

Ten Effects of Seeing God’s Sovereignty

329

God Is Totally Free to Save You

330

Why Would God Ordain Evil?

331

God Saves Whom He Wills

332

The Difference Between Calvinists and Arminians

333

Your Joy Depends on Election

334

Who Is the True Israel?

335

Unrelenting Sorrow and Relentless Joy

336

Does God Keep His Promises?

337

All of God’s Promises Rest on God

338

Six Reasons to Read the Bible Every Day

339

Introduction to Romans 9

340

Greatest Book, Greatest Chapter, Greatest Joy

341

Predestination, Justification, No Separation

342

Groaning Creation, Groaning Saints, Groaning Spirit

343

Free from Judgment, Fighting Sin, Full Assurance

344

Scripture: The Kindling of Christian Hedonism

345

Bitter Providence and Barley Harvest

346

Are You Worthy of Jesus?

347

The Life of the Mind and the Love of Man

348

Responding to God According to His Word

349

Expressing Truth

350

The Glory of God and Gladness of Man

351

What Is the Joy of All Your Joys?

352

Persuading, Pleading, and Predestination: Human Means in the Miracle of Conversion

353

Renewing Women

354

The New Calvinism and the New Community

355

A Tender Word to Pharisees

356

Pilgrim Worship

357

The Ministry of Hudson Taylor as Life in Christ

358

Glorifying God by Bearing Fruit in Union with Christ

359

Don’t Waste Your Seminary

360

A Radical Revelation of the Cross: The Sovereignty of God and the Sacrifice of Jesus

361

The Sweetest Good of the Good News

362

Is Jesus an Egomaniac?

363

The Highest Good of the Gospel

364

Identity and Desire

365

What God Made Is Good — And Must Be Sanctified: C.S. Lewis and St. Paul on the Use of Creation

366

C.S. Lewis, Romantic Rationalist: How His Paths to Christ Shaped His Life and Ministry

367

The Cost of Love in the Call to the Nations

368

The Glory of God in the Sight of Eternity

369

Glorifying God by Reaching the Lost

370

Glorifying God by Being Compelled by God’s Love

371

Glorifying God . . . Period

372

God Works for Those Who Wait for Him

373

Live in Hope, Live in Holiness, Live in Holy Fear

374

Farewell Words to Bethlehem Baptist Church

375

The Life and Ministry of Charles Spurgeon

376

Jesus the Son of God, the Son of Mary

377

The Heart of God in the Call to Proclaim: A Joyfully Serious Courage in the Cause of World Missions

378

Future Grace (Part 2)

379

Future Grace (Q&A)

380

Future Grace (Part 1)

381

God Raised Your Great Shepherd from the Dead

382

The Essential and Prominent Place of Preaching in Worship

383

A Hunger for God: The Foundation for Faithful and Effective Ministry

384

Q & A with Eric Metaxas and John Piper

385

How to Give the Bible Functional Authority in Your Speech and Writing

386

The Pursuit of God’s Glory in Salvation

387

The Pursuit of God’s Glory in Salvation

388

The Pursuit of God’s Glory in Salvation

389

The Pursuit of God’s Glory in Salvation

390

The Pursuit of God’s Glory in Salvation

391

The Pursuit of God’s Glory in Salvation

392

Life Together at the End of the Age

393

All Scripture Is Breathed Out by God: Continue in It

394

Sailing to the Nations to Finish the Task

395

Sailing to the Nations to Finish the Task

396

The Sadness and Beauty of Paul’s Final Words

397

Saying Beautifully as a Way of Seeing Beauty: The Life of George Herbert and His Poetic Effort

398

The Gospel of the Glory of the Blessed God

399

Joy as the Power to Suffer in the Path of Love for the Sake of Liberation

400

Sorrowful Yet Always Rejoicing

401

God Created Man Male and Female: What Does It Mean to Be Complementarian?

402

Living by Faith in Future Grace

403

The Price and the Prize of the Gospel

404

When Jesus Meets Disability: How a Christian Hedonist Handles Deep Disappointment

405

Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer

406

The Sovereignty of God: ‘I Will Accomplish All My Purpose’

407

Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer

408

Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer

409

ABCs for Following God’s Call

410

Missions Exists Because Worship Doesn’t

411

Jesus Christ and the Life of the Mind: Examining the Word and Works of God

412

Ablaze for His Beauty: How Your Heart Treasures God

413

Fuel for the Furnace: How Your Mind Serves Your Heart

414

Don’t Waste Your Life

415

God Is Most Glorified in Us When We Are Most Satisfied in Him

416

Should We Celebrate Interracial Marriage?

417

Ten Ways to Pursue Ethnic Harmony in Your Church

418

Act the Miracle: Future Grace, the Word of the Cross, and the Purifying Power of God’s Promises

419

Prelude to Acting the Miracle: Putting Sanctification in Its Place

420

Why Did God Create the World?

421

Eternal Security Is a Community Project

422

Reflections on Pastoring Three Decades Downtown

423

‘I Am Who I Am’

424

He Stood by Me and Strengthened Me for the Sake of the Gospel

425

God's Delight in Being God

426

God's Delight in Being God

427

God's Delight in Being God

428

Preach the Word, For the Time of My Departure Has Come

429

All Scripture Is Breathed Out by God — Continue in It

430

When a Lover of Good Thinks About Evil

431

He Cannot Deny Himself

432

In the Throne Room: The God of Holiness and Hope

433

The Search for Joy and the Supremacy of God in the Gospel

434

Let Marriage Be Held in Honor

435

My Peace I Give to You

436

If Anyone Loves Me, He Will Keep My Word

437

Preach the Word (with French Interpretation)

438

What Is Gospel-Centered Ministry? (with French Interpretation)

439

Fan the Flame (with French Interpretation)

440

Doing the Works of Jesus and Greater Works

441

The Sum of God's Word Is Truth

442

Glory, Majesty, Dominion, and Authority Keep Us Safe for Everlasting Joy

443

The Risen Christ — His Peace, Power, and Purpose

444

I Planted, Apollos Watered, But God Gave the Growth

445

Race and the Christian

446

I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life

447

The Pleasures of God Roundtable

448

As I Have Loved You, Love One Another

449

The Purifying Power of the Promises of God

450

The Purifying Power of the Promises of God

451

The Solid Logic of Heaven Holds

452

The Pleasures of God Roundtable

453

You Cannot Follow Me Now

454

The Pleasures of God Roundtable

455

The Supremacy of Christ in All of Life: The Pastor and His Worldview

456

“The Frank and Manly Mr. Ryle” — The Value of a Masculine Ministry

457

Let’s Be Rich Toward God

458

They Poured Out Innocent Blood

459

From Bloodlines to Bloodline

460

The Word of God Is at Work in You

461

Seeing and Savoring the Supremacy of Jesus Christ Above All Things

462

Piper One on One

463

One Life: Don’t Waste It

464

One Life: Enjoy It

465

For Men: Augustine, Sin, and Sovereign Joy

466

A Savior Is Born: Glory to God, Peace to Man

467

For His Sake and for Your Joy, Go Low

468

Belief in Jesus: Its Barriers and Blessings

469

For This Purpose I Have Come to This Hour

470

Chosen to Know and Believe and Witness That I Am He

471

If a Grain of Wheat Dies, It Bears Much Fruit

472

Gravity and Gladness

473

Gravity and Gladness

474

Gravity and Gladness

475

Gravity and Gladness

476

Leave Her Alone, Judas — This Is for My Burial

477

Bloodlines: Race, Cross, and the Christian

478

Jesus Died to Gather the Children of God

479

How the Offspring of Isaac Blesses the Sons of Ishmael

480

Let the Nations Be Glad!

481

Let the Nations Be Glad!

482

Let the Nations Be Glad!

483

Let the Nations Be Glad!

484

We Were Eager to Share with You Our Own Souls

485

Let the Peoples Praise You, O God, Let All the Peoples Praise You!

486

Thoughts on Christ, Weakness, Insults, and Homosexuality

487

Jesus Is the Resurrection and the Life

488

The Pleasure of God in Everything He Does

489

This Illness Is for the Glory of God

490

Don't Waste Your Life

491

I and the Father Are One

492

I Have Other Sheep That Are Not of This Fold

493

My Abandoned Life for Your Abundant Life

494

The Infinite Worth of the Word of God

495

Be a Radically God-Centered Pastor

496

Hallowing God's Name in Public Life

497

For Judgment I Came into This World

498

The Works of God and the Worship of Jesus

499

Why Was This Child Born Blind?

500

You Will Never See Death

501

No One Will Take Your Joy from You

502

Desiring God Roundtable

503

Desiring God (Session 3)

504

Desiring God (Session 2)

505

Desiring God (Session 1)

506

You Will Know the Truth and the Truth Will Set You Free

507

Desiring God Roundtable

508

If You Abide in My Word, You Are Truly My Disciples

509

Bethlehem’s Antioch Moment

510

Desiring God Roundtable

511

Desiring God Roundtable

512

The Supremacy of Christ and the Sorrow of Calamity

513

Ministry Reflections with John Piper and R. C. Sproul

514

Let the Nations Be Glad!

515

Twenty-Five Years of Desiring God

516

Don’t Waste Your Life

517

The Sum of Your Word Is Truth

518

The Truth Will Set You Free

519

I Am the Light of the World

520

Neither Do I Condemn You

521

No One Ever Spoke Like This Man

522

I Act the Miracle

523

Out of Your Heart Will Flow Rivers of Living Water

524

Willing God’s Will as a Way of Knowing Christ’s Word

525

He Kissed the Rose and Felt the Thorn: Living and Dying in the Morning of Life

526

The Common Root of Unbelief in the Brothers of Jesus and the Jewish Crowds

527

Abortion and the Narrow Way That Leads to Life

528

Our Deepest Prayer: Hallowed Be Your Name

529

Getting to the Bottom of Your Joy

530

Making Known the Manifold Wisdom of God Through Prison and Prayer

531

The Life of the Mind and the Love of God

532

Surprise Presentation of the Book “For the Fame of God’s Name”

533

What Does It Mean to Live by Faith in the Service of the Fatherless?

534

Consider Your Calling

535

Rejoicing in the Midst of Sorrow

536

How Much Does God Love This Church?

537

Did Jesus Preach the Gospel of Evangelicalism?

538

What Jesus Demands from the World, Session 2

539

What Jesus Demands from the World, Session 1

540

Suffering for the Gospel Q & A

541

The Supremacy of Christ in Suffering

542

The Immeasurable Greatness of His Power Toward Us

543

The Son of Man Must Suffer Many Things

544

Parenting with Hope in the Worst of Times

545

Why God Makes Much of Us

546

Q & A with Urban Pastors

547

Why God Makes Much of Us

548

The Pastor as Prophet: Session 4

549

The Pastor as Prophet

550

The Pastor as Prophet

551

The Pastor as Prophet

552

Lessons from an Inconsolable Soul

553

I Will Build My Church

554

Born Blind for the Glory of God: Eugenics by Abortion Is an Abomination to God

555

Help the Children Love the Different People

556

Holding Fast the Word of Life

557

Is Jesus an Egomaniac?

558

Praying in the Closet and in the Spirit

559

Holy Ambition: Paul’s and Yours

560

God’s Passion for His Glory

561

You Have the Words of Eternal Life

562

It Is the Spirit That Gives Life

563

They Will All Be Taught of God

564

Skeptical Grumbling and Sovereign Grace

565

Behold, Believe, Be Raised

566

Jesus Came Not to Give Bread but to Be Bread

567

Questions and Answers

568

Do Not Labor for the Food That Perishes

569

Twelve Baskets of Bread and the Walk on Water

570

The All-Providing King Who Would Not Be King

571

The Legacy of Antioch: Partnering with the Church of the Global South for the Sake of the Gospel

572

Preach Christ (with Russian Interpretation)

573

Q & A (with Russian Interpretation)

574

Think Christ (with Russian Interpretation)

575

Feel Christ (with Russian Interpretation)

576

What Makes the Good News Good (with German Interpretation)

577

Preach Christ (with German Interpretation)

578

Interview with John Piper (with German Interpretation)

579

Think Christ (with German Interpretation)

580

Feel Christ (with German Interpretation)

581

If You Believed Moses, You Would Believe Me, for He Wrote of Me

582

Jesus Christ as Denouement in the Theater of God

583

A Conversation About Collision

584

The Love of Human Praise as the Root of Unbelief

585

Beholding Glory and Becoming Whole

586

The Life-Giving Voice of the Son of God

587

Other Sheep I Have: The Power of God’s Grace Among Native Americans Then and Now

588

Jesus: Equal With God

589

Bless the Lord, O My Soul!

590

Greatness, Humility, Servanthood

591

Healed for the Sake of Holiness

592

Go, Your Son Will Live

593

The Food of Christ Is to Give Eternal Life

594

Not in This or That Mount, but in Spirit and Truth

595

The Tragic Cost of Her Cavernous Thirst

596

The Suicide of Satan

597

You Will Never Be Thirsty Again

598

Spectacular Sins

599

Let the Nations Be Glad

600

Q&A with Piper, Mason, Driscoll, Greear, and Stetzer

601

Let the Nations Be Glad

602

The Father Has Given All Things into Jesus’s Hands

603

He Must Increase, I Must Decrease

604

This Is the Judgment: Light Has Come into the World

605

God So Loved the World

606

God So Loved the World

607

The Free Will of the Wind

608

The Pastor as Scholar: A Personal Journey

609

Feed the Flame of God’s Gift

610

I Have Seen the Lord

611

The Son of Man Must Be Lifted Up — Like the Serpent

612

The Pleasures of God

613

The Pleasures of God

614

The Pleasures of God

615

The Pleasures of God

616

“I Will Not Be a Velvet-Mouthed Preacher!”

617

What Is the Recession For?

618

The Baby in My Womb Leaped for Joy

619

The Pursuit of Joy in Life and Ministry

620

The Pursuit of Joy in Life and Ministry

621

The Pursuit of Joy in Life and Ministry

622

The Pursuit of Joy in Life and Ministry

623

The Pursuit of Joy in Life and Ministry

624

He Knew What Was in Man

625

If My Words Abide in You

626

Put in the Fire for the Sake of Prayer

627

Destroy This Temple, and in Three Days I Will Raise It Up

628

Obedient Son, Ultimate Purifier, All-Providing Bridegroom

629

Son of God, Son of Man, King of Israel

630

We Have Found the Messiah

631

This Is He Who Baptizes with the Holy Spirit

632

Behold the Lamb of God

633

From His Fullness We Have All Received, Grace Upon Grace

634

Suffering for the Sake of the Body

635

Suffering for the Sake of the Body

636

Suffering for the Sake of the Body

637

Suffering for the Sake of the Body

638

Suffering for the Sake of the Body

639

The Earth Is the Lord’s: The Supremacy of Christ in Christian Learning

640

We Beheld His Glory, Full of Grace and Truth

641

Proclaiming the Excellencies of Christ, Not Prosperity, Among the Nations

642

Filling Up What Is Lacking in Christ's Afflictions

643

Job: When the Righteous Suffer, Part 2

644

Job: When the Righteous Suffer, Part 1

645

John Was Not the Light, but a Witness to the Light

646

The Ultimate Meaning of True Womanhood

647

In Him Was Life

648

Is There Christian Eloquence? Clear Words and the Wonder of the Cross

649

In the Beginning Was the Word

650

The New Commandment of Christ: ‘Love One Another As I Have Loved You’

651

The Pursuit of God in Corporate Worship

652

The Pursuit of God in Corporate Worship

653

The Pursuit of God in Corporate Worship

654

The Pursuit of God in Corporate Worship

655

The Pursuit of God in Corporate Worship

656

The Pursuit of God in Corporate Worship

657

The Mind of Christ: Looking Out for the Interests of Others

658

Teaching and Admonishing One Another in All Wisdom

659

What Is Baptism and How Important Is It?

660

How Important Is Church Membership?

661

Welcome One Another for the Glory of God

662

Declare His Glory Among the Nations

663

Pour Out Your Indignation Upon Them

664

The Triumph of the Gospel in the New Heavens and the New Earth

665

The Echo and the Insufficiency of Hell

666

Bless the Lord, O My Soul

667

A Broken and Contrite Heart God Will Not Despise

668

Spiritual Depression in the Psalms

669

Songs That Shape the Heart and Mind

670

Deal with Death

671

Let No One Despise You for Your Youth: A Vision for the Next Generation

672

How the Supremacy of Christ Creates Radical Christian Sacrifice

673

T4G 2008 Panel Discussion

674

I'm Sending You to Open Their Eyes

675

You Are God's Midwife for the New Birth of Others

676

Other Sheep That Are Not of This Fold

677

The Appearance of the Unwasted Life, Part 2

678

The Appearance of the Unwasted Life, Part 1

679

The Origin of the Unwasted Life

680

The Essence of the Unwasted Life

681

The God of Peace Brought from the Dead the Good Shepherd

682

Ten Effects of Believing the Five Points of Calvinism

683

Perseverance of the Saints

684

Limited Atonement

685

Unconditional Election

686

Unconditional Election

687

No One Born of God Makes a Practice of Sinning

688

Total Depravity - Unconditional Election

689

Irresistible Grace - Total Depravity

690

Assumptions - Irresistible Grace

691

TULIP: Introduction

692

Regeneration, Faith, Love: In That Order

693

Why We Believe the Bible

694

Why We Believe the Bible

695

Why We Believe the Bible

696

Why We Believe the Bible

697

Why We Believe the Bible

698

What Man Does in the New Birth

699

Evangelist Bill Piper: Fundamentalist Full of Grace and Joy

700

Probability, Prejudice, and Christ

701

Receive with Meekness the Implanted Word

702

Pray Like This: ‘Hallowed Be Your Name’

703

The Reason the Son of God Appeared Was to Destroy the Works of the Devil

704

Free at Last: The Miracle of New Birth

705

Why Do We Need to Be Born Again?

706

What Happens in the New Birth? Part 2

707

What Happens in the New Birth? Part 1

708

You Must Be Born Again

709

Justification and the Diminishing Work of Christ

710

Treasuring Christ in Planting Churches and Loving the Poor

711

Sexual Complementarity

712

Sexual Complementarity

713

Sexual Complementarity

714

Sexual Complementarity

715

Sexual Complementarity

716

Treasuring Christ Together as a Church on Multiple Campuses

717

How to Love Your People: The Gladness of Your People and the Glory of God

718

Treasuring Christ Together Because He Is More Valuable Than All Else

719

‘I Am Sending You Out as Sheep in the Midst of Wolves’: The Cost and Blessing of Being a Christian Missionary

720

The Pleasures of God, Part 3

721

The Pleasures of God

722

The Pleasures of God, Part 1

723

Judas Iscariot, the Suicide of Satan, and the Salvation of the World

724

Getting Old for the Glory of God

725

The Sinful Origin of the Son of David

726

Encouraging Each Other at the End of the Age

727

The Sale of Joseph and the Son of God

728

The Pride of Babel and the Praise of Christ

729

The Fatal Disobedience of Adam and the Triumphant Obedience of Christ

730

The Fall of Satan and the Victory of Christ

731

All Things Were Created Through Him and for Him

732

What God Has Joined Together, Let Not Man Separate, Part 2

733

What God Has Joined Together, Let Not Man Separate, Part 1

734

Marriage Is Meant for Making Children . . . Disciples of Jesus, Part 2

735

Marriage Is Meant for Making Children . . . Disciples of Jesus, Part 1

736

Marriage, Singleness, and the Christian Virtue of Hospitality

737

The Triumph of the Gospel in the New Heavens and the New Earth

738

Single in Christ: A Name Better Than Sons and Daughters

739

Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ, Session 4

740

Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ, Session 2

741

Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ, Session 1

742

The Nature of Saving Faith

743

The Nature of Our Depravity

744

The Reason for Our Creation

745

The Beautiful Faith of Fearless Submission

746

The Peculiar Mark of Majesty, Part 2

747

What Everybody Knows Before the Gospel Comes

748

Radical Effects of the Resurrection

749

The Peculiar Mark of Majesty, Part 1

750

We Work With You for Your Joy

751

Lionhearted and Lamblike

752

Lionhearted and Lamblike: The Christian Husband as Head, Part 1

753

The Challenge of Relativism

754

Faith and Reason

755

Marriage: Pursuing Conformity to Christ in the Covenant

756

Marriage: Forgiving and Forbearing

757

Marriage: God’s Showcase of Covenant-Keeping Grace

758

Holy Faith, Worthy Gospel, World Vision

759

Stripped in Shame, Clothed in Grace

760

Staying Married Is Not About Staying in Love

761

When Is Abortion Racism?

762

The Spring of Persistent Public Love

763

The Word of God Abides in You, and You Have Overcome the Evil One

764

How to Deal with the Guilt of Sexual Failure for the Glory of Christ and His Global Cause

765

Ask Your Father in Heaven

766

Jesus Christ in the Book of Romans

767

To Him Be Glory Forevermore

768

The Great Work of the Only Wise God

769

Command of God: The Obedience of Faith

770

God Strengthens Us by the Gospel

771

Thank God for an Inspired Bible

772

How Does It Work Against Sin?

773

How Does It Work Against Sin?

774

How Does It Work Against Sin?

775

How Does It Work Against Sin?

776

How Does It Work for Holiness?

777

How Does It Work for Holiness?

778

Is It Biblical?

779

Is It Biblical?

780

Foundational Passions

781

Foundational Passions

782

The God of Peace Will Soon Crush Satan Under Your Feet

783

Watch Out for Those Who Lead You Away from the Truth

784

The Aroma of Christ Among the Nations

785

Brothers — Feel, Think, Preach God (Part 3)

786

Brothers — Feel, Think, Preach God (Part 2)

787

Brothers — Feel, Think, Preach God (Part 1)

788

God Is the Gospel, Session 3

789

God Is the Gospel, Session 2

790

God Is the Gospel, Session 1

791

Carry My Love to My Beloved

792

The Supremacy of Christ and Joy in a Postmodern World

793

Commending and Welcoming Radical Risk-Takers for Christ

794

Resting and Wrestling for the Cause of Christ—Together

795

Joy+Debt = A Two-Thousand-Mile Detour to Jerusalem

796

Where I Am There Will My Servant Be: A Call to Treasure Christ Together

797

Holy Ambition: To Preach Where Christ Has Not Been Named

798

By Signs and Wonders: Where Christ Has Not Been Named

799

Why and How We Celebrate the Lord's Supper

800

Why Expositional Preaching Is Particularly Glorifying to God

801

I Will Go to God, My Exceeding Joy

802

Always Singing One Note—A Vernacular Bible: Why William Tyndale Lived and Died

803

A Pastor's Offering to God of Holy People

804

Love Your Unborn Neighbor

805

Racial Diversity, Racial Harmony, and the Gospel Walk

806

How God’s Word Produces Our Work

807

How Our Suffering Glorifies the Greatness of the Grace of God

808

Prayer and the Victory of God

809

The Child to Be Born Will Be Called Holy — the Son of God

810

Word of Promise, Spirit of God, Hope of Man

811

Gentiles Rejoice in the Root of Jesse

812

Why Christ Became a Servant of the Jews

813

Welcome One Another to the Glory of God

814

The Kingdom of Heaven Is a Treasure

815

The Kingdom of God is Righteousness and Peace and Joy in the Holy Spirit

816

Do Not Destroy the Work of God

817

We Will All Stand Before the Judgment of God

818

Gospel to the Nations, Generosity to the Poor

819

The Suffering of Christ and the Sovereignty of God

820

Ten Aspects of God’s Sovereignty over Suffering and Satan’s Hand in It

821

Is There a “Lord’s Day”?

822

Each One Should Be Fully Convinced in His Own Mind

823

Consider How to Stir Up One Another to Love

824

Where Is God? The Supremacy of Christ in an Age of Terror

825

How to Welcome a Weak Brother

826

When I Don’t Desire God (Part 6)

827

When I Don’t Desire God (Part 5)

828

When I Don’t Desire God (Part 4)

829

When I Don’t Desire God (Part 3)

830

When I Don’t Desire God (Part 2)

831

When I Don’t Desire God (Part 1)

832

Put on the Lord Jesus Christ, Part 1

833

Love Is a Fulfilling of the Law, Part 3

834

Love Is a Fulfilling of the Law, Part 2

835

Love is a Fulfilling of the Law, Part 1

836

Open Their Eyes: Doing What Only God Can Do

837

Open Their Eyes: Doing What Only God Can Do

838

Submission to Civil Authority

839

Subjection to God and Subjection to the State, Part 3

840

Subjection to God and Subjection to the State, Part 2

841

Treasuring Christ Together Above All Things

842

Fathers, Bring Them Up in the Discipline & Instruction of the Lord

843

Subjection to God and Subjection to the State, Part 1

844

Honoring the Biblical Call of Motherhood

845

What Makes the Good News Good? Seeing the Glory of Christ

846

All Things Subject to the Risen Christ

847

Christ Overcame Evil with Good—Do the Same

848

When Is It Right to Repay Evil with Pain?

849

The Present Effects of Trembling at the Wrath of God

850

God’s Wrath: “Vengeance Is Mine, I Will Repay,” Says the Lord

851

Do Not Avenge Yourselves, but Give Place to Wrath

852

Live Peaceably with All, If Possible

853

Bless Those Who Persecute You

854

Lavish Giving, Loving Guests, Living Christ

855

Abortion, Race, Gender, and Christ

856

Racial Harmony and Interracial Marriage

857

Boiling for Christ

858

Use the Inspired Scriptures to Rejoice in Hope

859

Be Constant in Prayer for the Joy of Hope

860

Happy in Hope, Patient in Pain, Constant in Prayer

861

Love One Another with Brotherly Affection

862

Treasuring Christ Together: The Vision and Its Cost

863

Abhor What Is Evil; Hold Fast to What Is Good

864

Let Love Be Genuine

865

Using Our Gifts in Proportion to Our Faith, Part 3

866

Using Our Gifts in Proportion to Our Faith, Part 2

867

The Unfathomable Riches of Christ for All Peoples, Above All Powers, Through the Church

868

Using Our Gifts in Proportion to Our Faith, Part 1

869

Doing Mercy to the Brothers of Jesus and the Broken Neighbor

870

Sex and the Supremacy of Christ: Part 2

871

Sex and the Supremacy of Christ: Part 1

872

We, Though Many, Are One Body in Christ

873

Faith: the Root and Trait of All Spiritual Gifts

874

Assessing Ourselves with Our God-Assigned Measure of Faith, Part 2

875

Assessing Ourselves With Our God-Assigned Measure of Faith, Part 1

876

What Is the Will of God and How Do We Know It?

877

The Renewed Mind and How to Have It

878

Discerning the Will of God Concerning Homosexuality and Marriage

879

Do Not Be Conformed to This World: The Indigenous and Pilgrim Principle of Christian Living

880

Predestined for Adoption to the Praise of His Glory

881

Present Your Bodies As a Living Sacrifice to God

882

Build Your Life on the Mercies of God

883

Treasuring Christ Together: The North Campus Expansion, Part 2

884

Treasuring Christ Together: North Campus Expansion, Part 1

885

When I Am Raised Up, I Will Go Before You To Galilee

886

Jesus Christ, the Bridegroom, Past and Future

887

From God, to God, Through God

888

The Deep Riches and Wisdom and Knowledge of God

889

God’s Design for History: The Glory of His Mercy

890

All Israel Will Be Saved

891

Look at the Kindness and the Severity of God

892

The Blazing Center

893

The Blazing Center

894

The Blazing Center

895

The Blazing Center

896

The Blazing Center, Part 3

897

The Blazing Center, Part 2

898

The Blazing Center

899

Use Means, but Trust in God

900

Continue in the Kindness of God

901

Stand Fast Through Faith

902

George Mueller's Strategy for Showing God: Simplicity of Faith, Sacred Scripture, and Satisfaction in God

903

The (Jewish) Root Supports You through Your Faith Alone

904

Abortion and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil

905

All Scripture Is Breathed Out by God and Profitable

906

If the Root Is Holy, the Branches Are Holy

907

Did Israel Stumble in Order That They Might Fall?

908

Pastoral Thoughts on the Doctrine of Election

909

The Elect Obtained It But the Rest Were Hardened

910

For God's Sake, Let Grace Be Grace!

911

Has God Rejected His People? Part 2

912

Has God Rejected His People? Part 1

913

Everlasting Truth for the Joy of All Peoples

914

A Divine and Supernatural Light Immediately Imparted to the Soul by the Spirit of God

915

A God-Entranced Vision of All Things: Why We Need Jonathan Edwards 300 Years Later

916

A Generation Passionate for God’s Holiness

917

Peculiar Doctrines, Public Morals, and the Political Welfare

918

Counting It All Joy

919

Let the Nations Be Glad

920

Questions and Answers

921

Boasting Only in the Cross

922

Finishing Well in the Face of Death

923

Finishing with Joy

924

Finishing What?

925

The Supremacy and Sweetness of God: Preaching for Radical Obedience

926

The Supremacy and Sweetness of God: Community Worship Service

927

Jesus Is Able to Help Those Who Are Tempted

928

Sustained by Sovereign Grace — Forever

929

Preserving Your Joy in God (with Portuguese Interpretation)

930

Finding Joy Through Loving Others (with Portuguese Interpretation)

931

Women in Ministry (with Portuguese Interpretation)

932

Fearlessness in Defense of the Truth (with Portuguese Interpretation)

933

The Social Panorama of Our Day (with Portuguese Interpretation)

934

Should We Seek Our Happiness? (with Portuguese Interpretation)

935

Leadership and Submission in the Home (with Portuguese Interpretation)

936

God's Passion for His Glory (with Portuguese Interpretation)