Synopsis
John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org; he is author of more than 50 books and travels regularly to preach and teach. New messages are posted to this podcast as they become available. Pipers sermons, books, articles, and more are available free of charge at desiringGod.org. We want people everywhere to understand and embrace the truth that God is most glorified in us, when we are most satisfied in him.
Episodes
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Asa's Folly
18/08/1991 Duration: 29minThe very nature of God is that he is eager to show his power on behalf of people who trust him.
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Christ’s Power Is Made Perfect in Weakness
14/07/1991 Duration: 33minOur culture wants power to escape weakness in leisure, but Christianity offers power to endure weakness in love.
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Looking Back to Witnesses, Up to Jesus, and Forward to Joy
30/06/1991 Duration: 31minThe author of Hebrews knows nothing of coasting Christianity.
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I Will Sing Praises to You Among the Nations
23/06/1991 Duration: 31minSomething is wrong with a private God. But if our God is great, we go public with our worship.
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Forget Not All His Benefits
16/06/1991 Duration: 32minThe steadfast love of the Lord has been the same through all the changes of the last 120 years.
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Overflowing Grace for All Who Believe
09/06/1991 Duration: 34minGod’s design in converting Paul is to give you hope for yourself and for the people you want to see converted.
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Who Are the Elders?
02/06/1991 Duration: 28minCongregational authority and strong leadership under that authority are not incompatible. They are biblical, and they are vital.
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The Leading of the Lord in Personal Evangelism
26/05/1991 Duration: 36minGod has yet more wonders to show us in the work of evangelism and world missions than we can imagine.
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What Does It Mean to Receive the Holy Spirit?
19/05/1991 Duration: 32minLuke expects the receiving of the Holy Spirit to be a real, identifiable experience, not just a logical inference from a human act of will.
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Simon's Perversion of Signs and Wonders
12/05/1991 Duration: 32minThere is a "faith" or a "believing" that does not save, even though it rises in the presence of true preaching and true miracles.
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Spreading Power Through Persecution
05/05/1991 Duration: 29minGod makes persecution and suffering serve the unstoppable mission of the church.
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The Death of a Spirit-Filled Man
21/04/1991 Duration: 26minDeath is not just defeated and kept from destroying us; it is enslaved and made the servant of God's people.
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The Story of a Stiff-Necked People
07/04/1991 Duration: 27minGod is not eager to punish; he is eager to forgive. But there is an end to his patience.
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Six Gifts of the Resurrection
31/03/1991 Duration: 26minThe greatest news in all the world is in order to make you happy and glorify Jesus, God raised him from the dead to reign forevermore.
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Stephen's Crime: "Jesus Will Destroy the Temple"
24/03/1991 Duration: 35minHow did Jesus destroy the temple? Why did saying so cost Stephen his life?
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Serving Widows, Preaching the Word, and Winning Priests
17/03/1991 Duration: 29minA major threat to the Christian movement is whatever threatens the ministry of the Word.
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You Have Filled Jerusalem with Your Teaching
03/03/1991 Duration: 25minWe are not big. But we are part of something big.
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The Price and the Preciousness of Spiritual Power
24/02/1991 Duration: 31minThe preciousness of spiritual power is that it is finally in God's control, not ours.
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How Signs and Wonders Helped Add Multitudes to the Lord
17/02/1991 Duration: 38minGod wants us to pray for signs and wonders today.
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Be Like Barnabas Not Like Ananias!
10/02/1991 Duration: 36minFaking faith in the presence of God is a fearful thing.