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

2

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

3

Navigate the Impossible: Word + Spirit in Pastoral Wisdom

4

True Faith Tastes Future Joy

5

Lead with Your Life: How to Influence in Your Twenties

6

The Power of Hoping in God’s Meticulous Providence

7

This Body Must Be Raised: Four Reasons for Your Resurrection

8

Why You Do Not Believe

9

The Supremacy of Christ Our Hope

10

Is God Dishonored When We Grieve?

11

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

12

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

13

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

14

Is Joy in Jesus a Christian Obligation?

15

Saving Faith as the Awakening of Joy in Jesus

16

What to Do When Your Spirits Sink

17

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

18

Our Pursuit: Joy Overflowing in Love

19

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

20

God’s Pursuit: His Glory in Our Joy

21

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

22

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

23

How to Pray When Trouble Comes

24

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

25

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

26

Creation Sings Through Human Lips

27

God’s Mission Triumphs Through Prayerful Suffering

28

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

29

Habits of Love: The Graces of Sharing Our Joy

30

FEAST: Five Prayers for Daily Bible Reading

31

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

32

The Unusually Human Joy of Jesus

33

Providence: The Purposeful Sovereignty of God

34

Do You Love Jesus? A Grand Finale of His Greatness

35

How Doubting Thomas Finds Faith

36

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

37

Where Does Radical Love Come From?

38

Authentic Preaching in the Age of AI

39

Turning Sadness at Losing Money to Gladness at Gaining Jesus

40

Take Care How You Hear a Sermon

41

The Privilege of Preaching

42

The Power of Preaching

43

Big-God Preaching for God-Hungry People

44

The Glory of Big-God Preaching

45

Foundations for the Future of Your Church

46

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

47

What the World Needs from Your Church

48

The Mighty Ministry of Song: How Praise Shapes the Saints

49

Supernatural Pastors: How to Minister in God’s Strength

50

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

51

Countless Dangers, Continual Joy: How Is That Possible?

52

Restore Our Joy in You: A Prayer for Revival

53

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

54

Do You Look to the Reward?

55

Do You Delight in God?

56

God-Centered Children: Teaching Our Kids the Biggest Vision

57

The Beauty of Reformed Theology

58

Serious Joy: The Root of Sacrificial Love

59

Jars of Clay: Pastoral Grit for the Glory of Christ

60

No Neutrality: The Illusion of Indifference to Jesus

61

Truth Triumphs Through Providence

62

Zeal: To Live with All Your Might

63

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

64

Truth Triumphs Through Pleasure

65

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

66

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

67

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

68

What Is It Like to ‘Know Christ’?

69

How to Win a Fight: Heavenly Wisdom for Relational Conflict

70

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

71

Live Like Death Is Gain

72

The Thickest Joy on Earth: Why We Love Philippians

73

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

74

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

75

How Jesus Knew the Word: His Secret to Scripture Memory

76

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

77

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

78

His Voice in Yours: How Christ Wins the World

79

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

80

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

81

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

82

Jesus Came to Save: Ten Great Realities of Christmas

83

Christmas Was and Christmas Is: The Whole Story of Advent

84

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

85

Before You Quit the Ministry: Learning to Count Like Jesus

86

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

87

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

88

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

89

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

90

The Leader You Long to Follow

91

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

92

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

93

Why We Sing About the Blood

94

More Thrilling to Be Saved Than to Succeed

95

Happy Pastors Make Healthy Churches

96

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

97

Hamilton: An American Prodigal

98

Press Afresh into Jesus: Four Truths About Genuine Faith

99

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

100

Do Outsiders Still Matter? An Overlooked Qualification for Pastors

101

The Story of the Greatest Coronation

102

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

103

A World God Could Admire: Recovering His Pleasure in Creation

104

What Will Man Be Like for Countless Future Ages?

105

It Will Be Worth It: Overcoming Obstacles to World Missions

106

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

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

The Joy of the Puritans

110

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

111

How Can a Holy God Have Pleasure in Sinners?

112

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

113

Secret Liturgies: The Private Worship of a Public Leader

114

Fall Back to the Banner: Four Lessons for Our Devastations

115

How Is Joy the Root of Sacrificial Love?

116

God Can Handle Your Crisis

117

Water from the Rock for Undeserving People

118

Seventy Years Without Shipwreck: Five Reasons That Some Fall Away

119

The Uncommon Virtue of Humility

120

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

121

What Is ‘Freedom in Christ’?

122

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

123

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

124

Brother Ass: Stewarding the Body as Christian Hedonists

125

Behind the Times: Survival in a Day of Suffocating News

126

The Supremacy of Christ in Everything

127

‘The Joy of the Lord Is Your Stronghold’

128

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

129

23 Tips from 23 Years of Book Reading

130

Prayer Vocalizes Our Abiding in Christ

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 Global Glorification of the Merciful God

134

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

135

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

136

We Win the World with Singing

137

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

138

Who Are the Nations? Discovering God’s Global Mission

139

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

140

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

141

The Achievement of Christ Without Which There Would Be No Others

142

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

143

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

144

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

145

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

146

Leading by Feeding

147

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

148

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

149

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

150

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

151

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

152

The Second Coming: Wrath and Rescue

153

Live for Your Greatest Desire: Jesus

154

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

155

Christ Magnified in His World Through Servants Satisfied in His Worth

156

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

157

Seek the Things That Are Above

158

A Peculiar Act of Worship: Preaching as Expository Exultation

159

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

160

Seven Reasons We Must Pursue Supreme Satisfaction in God

161

The Explosive Power of the Resurrection — Now

162

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

163

Christians Care About All Suffering and Injustice

164

How to Preach in the Power of the Spirit

165

The Glory of God and Why We Sing

166

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

167

Pharisaism, Money, and the Greatness of God

168

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

169

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

170

The Golden Stitches of Sovereignty: What Holds Our Gospel Together

171

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

172

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

173

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

174

Make Your Life Count: The Greatest Missions Letter Ever Written

175

You Are Anointed: How the Truth Becomes Precious

176

Sorrowful Love Springs from Serious Joy

177

Are We Adopted for Us or for God?

178

The Key to Simultaneous Sorrow and Joy

179

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

180

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

181

An Impossible Covenant — And How It Becomes a Permanent Joy

182

Joy Makes All Things New

183

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

184

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

185

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

186

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

187

How to Get Wisdom: Become a Fool

188

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

189

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

190

From Darkness to Delight: A Fresh Call for Christian Hedonists

191

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

192

Jesus Raised Jesus from the Dead — And Why It Matters

193

How to Preach with Supernatural Power

194

How to Seek the Holy Spirit

195

What Is It Like to Enjoy God?

196

Joy Changes Everything: An Invitation to Christian Hedonism

197

What Made Jonathan Edwards a Christian Hedonist?

198

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

199

Better to Lose Your Life Than Waste It

200

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

201

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

202

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

203

Soli Deo Gloria: Heart and Soul of the Reformation

204

Did Christ Die for Us or for God?

205

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

206

God’s Purposes in a World of Pain

207

The Gospel-Shaped Heart: Treasuring the Glories of Christ

208

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

209

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

210

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

211

The Pastor, the People, and the Pursuit of Joy

212

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

213

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

214

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

215

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

216

No Global Mission Without God’s Mighty Spirit

217

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

218

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

219

Teach the Nations to Do the Impossible

220

Fifteen Dreams for the Future of Christian Hedonism

221

Volcanic Joy

222

Jesus Is the Test of True Faith

223

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

224

Prayer: How to Do the Humanly Impossible

225

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

226

The Roots of Fearless Unity in the Gospel

227

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

228

Courage and Contentment in the Call of the Gospel

229

How to Experience the Outpouring of God’s Love

230

How We Know the Bible Is True

231

Living and Loving by Faith in Future Grace

232

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

233

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

234

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

235

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

236

Go and Tell, ‘It Is Finished’

237

Free from Money, Rich Toward God

238

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

239

One Gospel

240

Obey the Government for God’s Sake

241

Woe to You When All Speak Well of You

242

Loving Jesus More Than Life

243

You Cannot Obey God Without God

244

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

245

All Authority in Heaven and Earth

246

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

247

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

248

The Only Road to Real Happiness

249

God Made You Alive for God

250

How to Miss Jesus in the Bible

251

Why Will You Wake Up a Christian?

252

One Day, We Will Rule with Christ

253

Five Reasons Calvinists Love Election

254

Calvinists Believe Every Verse

255

The Gospel Promises True Prosperity

256

Understanding the Wills of God

257

How to Read the Bible Well

258

Who Could Be Happy in a World Like Ours?

259

Hoping, Singing, and Loving (Q&A)

260

Born Again to Hope-Filled Humility

261

How to Live in History’s Last Days

262

Lose It All to Win the World

263

Do You Want Heaven for the Wrong Reason?

264

The Strongest Comfort and Statement in Trials

265

Hope That Puts the World to Shame

266

Search for Gold Beneath Biblical Tensions

267

Bless Those Who Bruise You

268

Five Steps to Feel What God Feels

269

Honor, Guard, and Cherish

270

Women the World Cannot Explain

271

John Piper Recites 1 Peter from Memory

272

Too Many Settle for Too Little in Bible Reading

273

Don’t Be a Sucker

274

The Path to Full and Lasting Pleasure

275

Unless God Gives You God

276

How You Can Know You’re a Child of God

277

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

278

Broken Dynamics in Marriage (Q&A)

279

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

280

Men, Love and Lead Your Wives

281

What Is Submission in Marriage?

282

The Beauty and Behavior of a Godly Woman

283

Christ Returned Good for Your Evil

284

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

285

The Horror and Hope in Slavery

286

For God’s Sake, Be Free

287

Submit to Laws for the Lord’s Sake

288

Your Desires Want to Kill You

289

Faith and Fear Produce Love

290

The Mind Serves the Heart

291

Imperishable, Undefiled, and Unfading

292

Getting Started in 1 Peter

293

A Realistic Book About Life Today

294

Called to Be Lights in the World

295

Destined to Obey, or Disobey

296

Born Again by the Book

297

The Infinite Price of Your Freedom

298

New Passions Are the Path to Holiness

299

A Faith More Precious Than Gold

300

Simultaneous Joy and Sorrow

301

Why Your Faith Will Not Fail

302

Born Again to a Living Hope

303

The Word Awakens Joy and Worship

304

Set Apart by the Spirit

305

Exiles on the Earth

306

Basics for Reading the Bible

307

A Survey of Suffering in 1 Peter

308

Friendship with Jesus and the Aim of Education in Serious Joy

309

Education in Serious Joy

310

Life-Risking Courage in the Cause of Love

311

It Is Right to Live for Maximum Pleasure

312

The Pain of the World and the Purposes of God

313

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

314

What Jesus Demands from the World

315

The Shoot from Jesse, the Nations, and Israel

316

Suffering, Faith, and the Sign of Fearlessness

317

A Living Hope Through the Resurrection of Jesus Christ

318

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

319

You Can Say No to Porn

320

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

321

What Is Sin? The Essence and Root of All Sinning

322

The Plundering of Your Property and the Power of Hope

323

Why Do Christians Preach and Sing?

324

Gospel-Centered History and Gospel-Centered Living

325

Ten Effects of Seeing God’s Sovereignty

326

God Is Totally Free to Save You

327

Why Would God Ordain Evil?

328

God Saves Whom He Wills

329

The Difference Between Calvinists and Arminians

330

Your Joy Depends on Election

331

Who Is the True Israel?

332

Unrelenting Sorrow and Relentless Joy

333

Does God Keep His Promises?

334

All of God’s Promises Rest on God

335

Six Reasons to Read the Bible Every Day

336

Introduction to Romans 9

337

Greatest Book, Greatest Chapter, Greatest Joy

338

Predestination, Justification, No Separation

339

Groaning Creation, Groaning Saints, Groaning Spirit

340

Free from Judgment, Fighting Sin, Full Assurance

341

Scripture: The Kindling of Christian Hedonism

342

Bitter Providence and Barley Harvest

343

Are You Worthy of Jesus?

344

The Life of the Mind and the Love of Man

345

Responding to God According to His Word

346

Expressing Truth

347

The Glory of God and Gladness of Man

348

What Is the Joy of All Your Joys?

349

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

350

Renewing Women

351

The New Calvinism and the New Community

352

A Tender Word to Pharisees

353

Pilgrim Worship

354

The Ministry of Hudson Taylor as Life in Christ

355

Glorifying God by Bearing Fruit in Union with Christ

356

Don’t Waste Your Seminary

357

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

358

The Sweetest Good of the Good News

359

Is Jesus an Egomaniac?

360

The Highest Good of the Gospel

361

Identity and Desire

362

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

363

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

364

The Cost of Love in the Call to the Nations

365

The Glory of God in the Sight of Eternity

366

Glorifying God by Reaching the Lost

367

Glorifying God by Being Compelled by God’s Love

368

Glorifying God . . . Period

369

God Works for Those Who Wait for Him

370

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

371

Farewell Words to Bethlehem Baptist Church

372

The Life and Ministry of Charles Spurgeon

373

Jesus the Son of God, the Son of Mary

374

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

375

Future Grace (Part 2)

376

Future Grace (Q&A)

377

Future Grace (Part 1)

378

God Raised Your Great Shepherd from the Dead

379

The Essential and Prominent Place of Preaching in Worship

380

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

381

Q & A with Eric Metaxas and John Piper

382

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

383

The Pursuit of God’s Glory in Salvation

384

The Pursuit of God’s Glory in Salvation

385

The Pursuit of God’s Glory in Salvation

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

Life Together at the End of the Age

390

All Scripture Is Breathed Out by God: Continue in It

391

Sailing to the Nations to Finish the Task

392

Sailing to the Nations to Finish the Task

393

The Sadness and Beauty of Paul’s Final Words

394

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

395

The Gospel of the Glory of the Blessed God

396

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

397

Sorrowful Yet Always Rejoicing

398

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

399

Living by Faith in Future Grace

400

The Price and the Prize of the Gospel

401

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

402

Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer

403

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

404

Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer

405

Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer

406

ABCs for Following God’s Call

407

Missions Exists Because Worship Doesn’t

408

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

409

Ablaze for His Beauty: How Your Heart Treasures God

410

Fuel for the Furnace: How Your Mind Serves Your Heart

411

Don’t Waste Your Life

412

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

413

Should We Celebrate Interracial Marriage?

414

Ten Ways to Pursue Ethnic Harmony in Your Church

415

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

416

Prelude to Acting the Miracle: Putting Sanctification in Its Place

417

Why Did God Create the World?

418

Eternal Security Is a Community Project

419

Reflections on Pastoring Three Decades Downtown

420

‘I Am Who I Am’

421

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

422

God's Delight in Being God

423

God's Delight in Being God

424

God's Delight in Being God

425

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

426

All Scripture Is Breathed Out by God — Continue in It

427

When a Lover of Good Thinks About Evil

428

He Cannot Deny Himself

429

In the Throne Room: The God of Holiness and Hope

430

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

431

Let Marriage Be Held in Honor

432

My Peace I Give to You

433

If Anyone Loves Me, He Will Keep My Word

434

Preach the Word (with French Interpretation)

435

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

436

Fan the Flame (with French Interpretation)

437

Doing the Works of Jesus and Greater Works

438

The Sum of God's Word Is Truth

439

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

440

The Risen Christ — His Peace, Power, and Purpose

441

I Planted, Apollos Watered, But God Gave the Growth

442

Race and the Christian

443

I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life

444

The Pleasures of God Roundtable

445

As I Have Loved You, Love One Another

446

The Purifying Power of the Promises of God

447

The Purifying Power of the Promises of God

448

The Solid Logic of Heaven Holds

449

The Pleasures of God Roundtable

450

You Cannot Follow Me Now

451

The Pleasures of God Roundtable

452

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

453

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

454

Let’s Be Rich Toward God

455

They Poured Out Innocent Blood

456

From Bloodlines to Bloodline

457

The Word of God Is at Work in You

458

Seeing and Savoring the Supremacy of Jesus Christ Above All Things

459

Piper One on One

460

One Life: Don’t Waste It

461

One Life: Enjoy It

462

For Men: Augustine, Sin, and Sovereign Joy

463

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

464

For His Sake and for Your Joy, Go Low

465

Belief in Jesus: Its Barriers and Blessings

466

For This Purpose I Have Come to This Hour

467

Chosen to Know and Believe and Witness That I Am He

468

If a Grain of Wheat Dies, It Bears Much Fruit

469

Gravity and Gladness

470

Gravity and Gladness

471

Gravity and Gladness

472

Gravity and Gladness

473

Leave Her Alone, Judas — This Is for My Burial

474

Bloodlines: Race, Cross, and the Christian

475

Jesus Died to Gather the Children of God

476

How the Offspring of Isaac Blesses the Sons of Ishmael

477

Let the Nations Be Glad!

478

Let the Nations Be Glad!

479

Let the Nations Be Glad!

480

Let the Nations Be Glad!

481

We Were Eager to Share with You Our Own Souls

482

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

483

Thoughts on Christ, Weakness, Insults, and Homosexuality

484

Jesus Is the Resurrection and the Life

485

The Pleasure of God in Everything He Does

486

This Illness Is for the Glory of God

487

Don't Waste Your Life

488

I and the Father Are One

489

I Have Other Sheep That Are Not of This Fold

490

My Abandoned Life for Your Abundant Life

491

The Infinite Worth of the Word of God

492

Be a Radically God-Centered Pastor

493

Hallowing God's Name in Public Life

494

For Judgment I Came into This World

495

The Works of God and the Worship of Jesus

496

Why Was This Child Born Blind?

497

You Will Never See Death

498

No One Will Take Your Joy from You

499

Desiring God Roundtable

500

Desiring God (Session 3)

501

Desiring God (Session 2)

502

Desiring God (Session 1)

503

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

504

Desiring God Roundtable

505

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

506

Bethlehem’s Antioch Moment

507

Desiring God Roundtable

508

Desiring God Roundtable

509

The Supremacy of Christ and the Sorrow of Calamity

510

Ministry Reflections with John Piper and R. C. Sproul

511

Let the Nations Be Glad!

512

Twenty-Five Years of Desiring God

513

Don't Waste Your Life

514

The Sum of Your Word Is Truth

515

The Truth Will Set You Free

516

I Am the Light of the World

517

Neither Do I Condemn You

518

No One Ever Spoke Like This Man

519

I Act the Miracle

520

Out of Your Heart Will Flow Rivers of Living Water

521

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

522

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

523

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

524

Abortion and the Narrow Way That Leads to Life

525

Our Deepest Prayer: Hallowed Be Your Name

526

Getting to the Bottom of Your Joy

527

Making Known the Manifold Wisdom of God Through Prison and Prayer

528

The Life of the Mind and the Love of God

529

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

530

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

531

Consider Your Calling

532

Rejoicing in the Midst of Sorrow

533

How Much Does God Love This Church?

534

Did Jesus Preach the Gospel of Evangelicalism?

535

What Jesus Demands from the World, Session 2

536

What Jesus Demands from the World, Session 1

537

Suffering for the Gospel Q & A

538

The Supremacy of Christ in Suffering

539

The Immeasurable Greatness of His Power Toward Us

540

The Son of Man Must Suffer Many Things

541

Parenting with Hope in the Worst of Times

542

Why God Makes Much of Us

543

Q & A with Urban Pastors

544

Why God Makes Much of Us

545

The Pastor as Prophet: Session 4

546

The Pastor as Prophet

547

The Pastor as Prophet

548

The Pastor as Prophet

549

Lessons from an Inconsolable Soul

550

I Will Build My Church

551

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

552

Help the Children Love the Different People

553

Holding Fast the Word of Life

554

Is Jesus an Egomaniac?

555

Praying in the Closet and in the Spirit

556

Holy Ambition: Paul’s and Yours

557

God’s Passion for His Glory

558

You Have the Words of Eternal Life

559

It Is the Spirit That Gives Life

560

They Will All Be Taught of God

561

Skeptical Grumbling and Sovereign Grace

562

Behold, Believe, Be Raised

563

Jesus Came Not to Give Bread but to Be Bread

564

Questions and Answers

565

Do Not Labor for the Food That Perishes

566

Twelve Baskets of Bread and the Walk on Water

567

The All-Providing King Who Would Not Be King

568

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

569

Preach Christ (with Russian Interpretation)

570

Q & A (with Russian Interpretation)

571

Think Christ (with Russian Interpretation)

572

Feel Christ (with Russian Interpretation)

573

What Makes the Good News Good (with German Interpretation)

574

Preach Christ (with German Interpretation)

575

Interview with John Piper (with German Interpretation)

576

Think Christ (with German Interpretation)

577

Feel Christ (with German Interpretation)

578

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

579

Jesus Christ as Denouement in the Theater of God

580

A Conversation About Collision

581

The Love of Human Praise as the Root of Unbelief

582

Beholding Glory and Becoming Whole

583

The Life-Giving Voice of the Son of God

584

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

585

Jesus: Equal With God

586

Bless the Lord, O My Soul!

587

Greatness, Humility, Servanthood

588

Healed for the Sake of Holiness

589

Go, Your Son Will Live

590

The Food of Christ Is to Give Eternal Life

591

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

592

The Tragic Cost of Her Cavernous Thirst

593

The Suicide of Satan

594

You Will Never Be Thirsty Again

595

Spectacular Sins

596

Let the Nations Be Glad

597

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

598

Let the Nations Be Glad

599

The Father Has Given All Things into Jesus’s Hands

600

He Must Increase, I Must Decrease

601

This Is the Judgment: Light Has Come into the World

602

God So Loved the World

603

God So Loved the World

604

The Free Will of the Wind

605

The Pastor as Scholar: A Personal Journey

606

Feed the Flame of God’s Gift

607

I Have Seen the Lord

608

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

609

The Pleasures of God

610

The Pleasures of God

611

The Pleasures of God

612

The Pleasures of God

613

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

614

What Is the Recession For?

615

The Baby in My Womb Leaped for Joy

616

The Pursuit of Joy in Life and Ministry

617

The Pursuit of Joy in Life and Ministry

618

The Pursuit of Joy in Life and Ministry

619

The Pursuit of Joy in Life and Ministry

620

The Pursuit of Joy in Life and Ministry

621

He Knew What Was in Man

622

If My Words Abide in You

623

Put in the Fire for the Sake of Prayer

624

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

625

Obedient Son, Ultimate Purifier, All-Providing Bridegroom

626

Son of God, Son of Man, King of Israel

627

We Have Found the Messiah

628

This Is He Who Baptizes with the Holy Spirit

629

Behold the Lamb of God

630

From His Fullness We Have All Received, Grace Upon Grace

631

Suffering for the Sake of the Body

632

Suffering for the Sake of the Body

633

Suffering for the Sake of the Body

634

Suffering for the Sake of the Body

635

Suffering for the Sake of the Body

636

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

637

We Beheld His Glory, Full of Grace and Truth

638

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

639

Filling Up What Is Lacking in Christ's Afflictions

640

Job: When the Righteous Suffer, Part 2

641

Job: When the Righteous Suffer, Part 1

642

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

643

The Ultimate Meaning of True Womanhood

644

In Him Was Life

645

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

646

In the Beginning Was the Word

647

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

648

The Pursuit of God in Corporate Worship

649

The Pursuit of God in Corporate Worship

650

The Pursuit of God in Corporate Worship

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 Mind of Christ: Looking Out for the Interests of Others

655

Teaching and Admonishing One Another in All Wisdom

656

What Is Baptism and How Important Is It?

657

How Important Is Church Membership?

658

Welcome One Another for the Glory of God

659

Declare His Glory Among the Nations

660

Pour Out Your Indignation Upon Them

661

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

662

The Echo and the Insufficiency of Hell

663

Bless the Lord, O My Soul

664

A Broken and Contrite Heart God Will Not Despise

665

Spiritual Depression in the Psalms

666

Songs That Shape the Heart and Mind

667

Deal with Death

668

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

669

How the Supremacy of Christ Creates Radical Christian Sacrifice

670

T4G 2008 Panel Discussion

671

I'm Sending You to Open Their Eyes

672

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

673

Other Sheep That Are Not of This Fold

674

The Appearance of the Unwasted Life, Part 2

675

The Appearance of the Unwasted Life, Part 1

676

The Origin of the Unwasted Life

677

The Essence of the Unwasted Life

678

The God of Peace Brought from the Dead the Good Shepherd

679

Ten Effects of Believing the Five Points of Calvinism

680

Perseverance of the Saints

681

Limited Atonement

682

Unconditional Election

683

Unconditional Election

684

No One Born of God Makes a Practice of Sinning

685

Total Depravity - Unconditional Election

686

Irresistible Grace - Total Depravity

687

Assumptions - Irresistible Grace

688

TULIP: Introduction

689

Regeneration, Faith, Love: In That Order

690

Why We Believe the Bible

691

Why We Believe the Bible

692

Why We Believe the Bible

693

Why We Believe the Bible

694

Why We Believe the Bible

695

What Man Does in the New Birth

696

Evangelist Bill Piper: Fundamentalist Full of Grace and Joy

697

Probability, Prejudice, and Christ

698

Receive with Meekness the Implanted Word

699

Pray Like This: ‘Hallowed Be Your Name’

700

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

701

Free at Last: The Miracle of New Birth

702

Why Do We Need to Be Born Again?

703

What Happens in the New Birth? Part 2

704

What Happens in the New Birth? Part 1

705

You Must Be Born Again

706

Justification and the Diminishing Work of Christ

707

Treasuring Christ in Planting Churches and Loving the Poor

708

Sexual Complementarity

709

Sexual Complementarity

710

Sexual Complementarity

711

Sexual Complementarity

712

Sexual Complementarity

713

Treasuring Christ Together as a Church on Multiple Campuses

714

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

715

Treasuring Christ Together Because He Is More Valuable Than All Else

716

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

717

The Pleasures of God, Part 3

718

The Pleasures of God

719

The Pleasures of God, Part 1

720

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

721

Getting Old for the Glory of God

722

The Sinful Origin of the Son of David

723

Encouraging Each Other at the End of the Age

724

The Sale of Joseph and the Son of God

725

The Pride of Babel and the Praise of Christ

726

The Fatal Disobedience of Adam and the Triumphant Obedience of Christ

727

The Fall of Satan and the Victory of Christ

728

All Things Were Created Through Him and for Him

729

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

730

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

731

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

732

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

733

Marriage, Singleness, and the Christian Virtue of Hospitality

734

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

735

Single in Christ: A Name Better Than Sons and Daughters

736

Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ, Session 4

737

Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ, Session 2

738

Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ, Session 1

739

The Nature of Saving Faith

740

The Nature of Our Depravity

741

The Reason for Our Creation

742

The Beautiful Faith of Fearless Submission

743

The Peculiar Mark of Majesty, Part 2

744

What Everybody Knows Before the Gospel Comes

745

Radical Effects of the Resurrection

746

The Peculiar Mark of Majesty, Part 1

747

We Work With You for Your Joy

748

Lionhearted and Lamblike

749

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

750

The Challenge of Relativism

751

Faith and Reason

752

Marriage: Pursuing Conformity to Christ in the Covenant

753

Marriage: Forgiving and Forbearing

754

Marriage: God’s Showcase of Covenant-Keeping Grace

755

Holy Faith, Worthy Gospel, World Vision

756

Stripped in Shame, Clothed in Grace

757

Staying Married Is Not About Staying in Love

758

When Is Abortion Racism?

759

The Spring of Persistent Public Love

760

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

761

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

762

Ask Your Father in Heaven

763

Jesus Christ in the Book of Romans

764

To Him Be Glory Forevermore

765

The Great Work of the Only Wise God

766

Command of God: The Obedience of Faith

767

God Strengthens Us by the Gospel

768

Thank God for an Inspired Bible

769

How Does It Work Against Sin?

770

How Does It Work Against Sin?

771

How Does It Work Against Sin?

772

How Does It Work Against Sin?

773

How Does It Work for Holiness?

774

How Does It Work for Holiness?

775

Is It Biblical?

776

Is It Biblical?

777

Foundational Passions

778

Foundational Passions

779

The God of Peace Will Soon Crush Satan Under Your Feet

780

Watch Out for Those Who Lead You Away from the Truth

781

The Aroma of Christ Among the Nations

782

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

783

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

784

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

785

God Is the Gospel, Session 3

786

God Is the Gospel, Session 2

787

God Is the Gospel, Session 1

788

Carry My Love to My Beloved

789

The Supremacy of Christ and Joy in a Postmodern World

790

Commending and Welcoming Radical Risk-Takers for Christ

791

Resting and Wrestling for the Cause of Christ—Together

792

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

793

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

794

Holy Ambition: To Preach Where Christ Has Not Been Named

795

By Signs and Wonders: Where Christ Has Not Been Named

796

Why and How We Celebrate the Lord's Supper

797

Why Expositional Preaching Is Particularly Glorifying to God

798

I Will Go to God, My Exceeding Joy

799

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

800

A Pastor's Offering to God of Holy People

801

Love Your Unborn Neighbor

802

Racial Diversity, Racial Harmony, and the Gospel Walk

803

How God’s Word Produces Our Work

804

How Our Suffering Glorifies the Greatness of the Grace of God

805

Prayer and the Victory of God

806

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

807

Word of Promise, Spirit of God, Hope of Man

808

Gentiles Rejoice in the Root of Jesse

809

Why Christ Became a Servant of the Jews

810

Welcome One Another to the Glory of God

811

The Kingdom of Heaven Is a Treasure

812

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

813

Do Not Destroy the Work of God

814

We Will All Stand Before the Judgment of God

815

Gospel to the Nations, Generosity to the Poor

816

The Suffering of Christ and the Sovereignty of God

817

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

818

Is There a “Lord’s Day”?

819

Each One Should Be Fully Convinced in His Own Mind

820

Consider How to Stir Up One Another to Love

821

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

822

How to Welcome a Weak Brother

823

When I Don’t Desire God (Part 6)

824

When I Don’t Desire God (Part 5)

825

When I Don’t Desire God (Part 4)

826

When I Don’t Desire God (Part 3)

827

When I Don’t Desire God (Part 2)

828

When I Don’t Desire God (Part 1)

829

Put on the Lord Jesus Christ, Part 1

830

Love Is a Fulfilling of the Law, Part 3

831

Love Is a Fulfilling of the Law, Part 2

832

Love is a Fulfilling of the Law, Part 1

833

Open Their Eyes: Doing What Only God Can Do

834

Open Their Eyes: Doing What Only God Can Do

835

Submission to Civil Authority

836

Subjection to God and Subjection to the State, Part 3

837

Subjection to God and Subjection to the State, Part 2

838

Treasuring Christ Together Above All Things

839

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

840

Subjection to God and Subjection to the State, Part 1

841

Honoring the Biblical Call of Motherhood

842

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

843

All Things Subject to the Risen Christ

844

Christ Overcame Evil with Good—Do the Same

845

When Is It Right to Repay Evil with Pain?

846

The Present Effects of Trembling at the Wrath of God

847

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

848

Do Not Avenge Yourselves, but Give Place to Wrath

849

Live Peaceably with All, If Possible

850

Bless Those Who Persecute You

851

Lavish Giving, Loving Guests, Living Christ

852

Abortion, Race, Gender, and Christ

853

Racial Harmony and Interracial Marriage

854

Boiling for Christ

855

Use the Inspired Scriptures to Rejoice in Hope

856

Be Constant in Prayer for the Joy of Hope

857

Happy in Hope, Patient in Pain, Constant in Prayer

858

Love One Another with Brotherly Affection

859

Treasuring Christ Together: The Vision and Its Cost

860

Abhor What Is Evil; Hold Fast to What Is Good

861

Let Love Be Genuine

862

Using Our Gifts in Proportion to Our Faith, Part 3

863

Using Our Gifts in Proportion to Our Faith, Part 2

864

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

865

Using Our Gifts in Proportion to Our Faith, Part 1

866

Doing Mercy to the Brothers of Jesus and the Broken Neighbor

867

Sex and the Supremacy of Christ: Part 2

868

Sex and the Supremacy of Christ: Part 1

869

We, Though Many, Are One Body in Christ

870

Faith: the Root and Trait of All Spiritual Gifts

871

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

872

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

873

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

874

The Renewed Mind and How to Have It

875

Discerning the Will of God Concerning Homosexuality and Marriage

876

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

877

Predestined for Adoption to the Praise of His Glory

878

Present Your Bodies As a Living Sacrifice to God

879

Build Your Life on the Mercies of God

880

Treasuring Christ Together: The North Campus Expansion, Part 2

881

Treasuring Christ Together: North Campus Expansion, Part 1

882

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

883

Jesus Christ, the Bridegroom, Past and Future

884

From God, to God, Through God

885

The Deep Riches and Wisdom and Knowledge of God

886

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

887

All Israel Will Be Saved

888

Look at the Kindness and the Severity of God

889

The Blazing Center

890

The Blazing Center

891

The Blazing Center

892

The Blazing Center

893

The Blazing Center, Part 3

894

The Blazing Center, Part 2

895

The Blazing Center

896

Use Means, but Trust in God

897

Continue in the Kindness of God

898

Stand Fast Through Faith

899

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

900

The (Jewish) Root Supports You through Your Faith Alone

901

Abortion and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil

902

All Scripture Is Breathed Out by God and Profitable

903

If the Root Is Holy, the Branches Are Holy

904

Did Israel Stumble in Order That They Might Fall?

905

Pastoral Thoughts on the Doctrine of Election

906

The Elect Obtained It But the Rest Were Hardened

907

For God's Sake, Let Grace Be Grace!

908

Has God Rejected His People? Part 2

909

Has God Rejected His People? Part 1

910

Everlasting Truth for the Joy of All Peoples

911

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

912

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

913

A Generation Passionate for God’s Holiness

914

Peculiar Doctrines, Public Morals, and the Political Welfare

915

Counting It All Joy

916

Let the Nations Be Glad

917

Questions and Answers

918

Boasting Only in the Cross

919

Finishing Well in the Face of Death

920

Finishing with Joy

921

Finishing What?

922

The Supremacy and Sweetness of God: Preaching for Radical Obedience

923

The Supremacy and Sweetness of God: Community Worship Service

924

Jesus Is Able to Help Those Who Are Tempted

925

Sustained by Sovereign Grace — Forever

926

Preserving Your Joy in God (with Portuguese Interpretation)

927

Finding Joy Through Loving Others (with Portuguese Interpretation)

928

Women in Ministry (with Portuguese Interpretation)

929

Fearlessness in Defense of the Truth (with Portuguese Interpretation)

930

The Social Panorama of Our Day (with Portuguese Interpretation)

931

Should We Seek Our Happiness? (with Portuguese Interpretation)

932

Leadership and Submission in the Home (with Portuguese Interpretation)

933

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