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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Risk and the Triumph of Love
10/05/1987 Duration: 33minIn Christ's triumph our enemy is not just defeated, but captured and made to serve our eternal good.
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Risk and the Cause of God: Today
03/05/1987 Duration: 26minIt is the will of the Lord that we take risks for the cause of God.
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Risk and the Cause of God
26/04/1987 Duration: 33minThe Christian life isn’t one of comfort, but sacrificial risk for Jesus and others.
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The Gladness of the Risen God
19/04/1987 Duration: 35minOn Easter Sunday morning Jesus blew the lock off the prison of death and gloom and returned to the gladness of God.
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It Is Your Father’s Pleasure to Give You the Kingdom
12/04/1987 Duration: 36minGod is pleased to give you the kingdom. He is not stingy nor begrudging, but finds delight lavishing his people.
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The Pleasure of God in Public Justice
05/04/1987 Duration: 34minHaving just and honest dealings in the world display our confidence that God always cares and provides for his children.
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The Pleasure of God in Obedience
29/03/1987 Duration: 35minObedience to God makes our God-glorifying hope visible and proves that it is real in our lives.
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The Pleasure of God in the Prayers of the Upright
22/03/1987 Duration: 40minPrayer is that wonderful transaction where the wealth of God’s glory is magnified and the wants of our soul are satisfied.
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The Pleasure of God in Those Who Hope in His Love
15/03/1987 Duration: 30minGod delights in those who place the full weight of their hope in him.
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The Pleasure of God in Bruising the Son
08/03/1987 Duration: 31minGod's pleasure in his name and his pleasure in doing good to sinners meet and marry in his pleasure in bruising his Son.
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The Pleasure of God in the Good of His People
01/03/1987 Duration: 39minGod does not do you good out of some constraint or coercion. He is free! And in his freedom he overflows in joy to do you good.
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The Pleasure of God in Election
22/02/1987 Duration: 40minGod takes pleasure in election because it magnifies his name.
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The Pleasure of God in His Name
15/02/1987 Duration: 31minGod’s first love is his name and not his people. And because it is, there is hope for his sinful people.
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The Pleasure of God in His Creation
08/02/1987 Duration: 34minGod rejoices in what he has made because all of creation points to the grandeur and majesty of his glory.
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The Pleasure of God in All That He Does
01/02/1987 Duration: 29minGod is never constrained to do a thing that he despises. He does whatever he pleases.
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The Pleasure of God in His Son
25/01/1987 Duration: 37minThe first and most fundamental thing we can say about the pleasures of God is that he takes pleasure in his Son.
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Abortion: You Desire and Do Not Have, So You Kill
18/01/1987 Duration: 43minFight the social stupor that gripped Nazi Germany and imagine what is really happening behind clinic doors.
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The Life of God in the Soul of Man
11/01/1987 Duration: 37minGod lives in the soul of man by the indwelling of his Spirit.
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Sweet “Our” of Prayer
04/01/1987 Duration: 33minThe Lord's Prayer is an invitation not only to pray but to pray together with other believers.
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A Cause to Live For
28/12/1986 Duration: 38minWe all need a cause to live for that accords with our Creator's purposes.