
Messages by Desiring God
Messages from the Teaching Team at Desiring God.
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Mar 21, 2012 • 59min
The Pleasures of God Roundtable
John Piper | Does God’s delight in our obedience and faith feel less genuine if it’s predetermined by his sovereignty rather than being a result of our own free will? Does God primarily delight in holiness and godliness, with a secondary delight in public justice?

Mar 17, 2012 • 2h 47min
The Purifying Power of the Promises of God
John Piper | Living by faith in future grace is essential for walking in holiness and putting sin to death.

Mar 17, 2012 • 46min
As I Have Loved You, Love One Another
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Mar 16, 2012 • 2h 48min
The Purifying Power of the Promises of God
John Piper | The faith that justifies is the same faith that sanctifies as sin is defeated by the power of superior promises.

Mar 15, 2012 • 28min
The Solid Logic of Heaven Holds
John Piper | If God did not spare his only Son, but gave him up for us, he will surely give us all things with him.

Mar 14, 2012 • 1h 4min
The Pleasures of God Roundtable
John Piper | How did John Piper learn to ask great questions? Is it pastorally helpful to emphasize God’s pleasure in abolishing sin and death or God’s displeasure when discussing tragedies?

Mar 10, 2012 • 44min
You Cannot Follow Me Now
Only Jesus could do the saving work we needed. Only he could bear the awesome weight of our sin.

Mar 7, 2012 • 58min
The Pleasures of God Roundtable
John Piper | How does God’s satisfaction in himself become a wonderful model for parents in how they raise their children? How does a theology centered on a big God serve as balm for the downcast soul? John Piper addresses these questions and more.

Feb 1, 2012 • 1h 60min
The Supremacy of Christ in All of Life: The Pastor and His Worldview
What are the similarities and differences between John Piper and Douglas Wilson? How have Jonathan Edwards and C.S. Lewis influenced them? In this two-hour-long conversation, John Piper and Douglas Wilson address these questions and more.

Jan 31, 2012 • 1h 9min
“The Frank and Manly Mr. Ryle” — The Value of a Masculine Ministry
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