Messages by Desiring God
Desiring God
Messages from the Teaching Team at Desiring God.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Dec 31, 2008 • 27min
New Year’s Eve Meditation
We all have regrets, and we all feel the guilt for our sin. But Christians have godly grief that produces repentance to the pardoning God.
Dec 28, 2008 • 50min
Put in the Fire for the Sake of Prayer
God can put his people through the fires of suffering to awaken our appetite for prayer.
Dec 24, 2008 • 10min
Christmas Eve Meditation
Good news changes everything. Our circumstances may not change, and we may still feel stuck, but the good news of Christmas will never leave us the same.
Dec 21, 2008 • 45min
Destroy This Temple, and in Three Days I Will Raise It Up
Jesus is the new temple. Authentic worship is no longer attached to
any place. It is attached to Jesus.
Dec 14, 2008 • 41min
Obedient Son, Ultimate Purifier, All-Providing Bridegroom
3 of Christ's glories on display in John 2.
Dec 7, 2008 • 40min
Son of God, Son of Man, King of Israel
Jesus’s many titles show his divinity and universal rule, yet his identity is what drove man’s wickedness to reject and kill him.
Nov 30, 2008 • 40min
We Have Found the Messiah
7 ways John shows us the glory of Jesus.
Nov 23, 2008 • 50min
This Is He Who Baptizes with the Holy Spirit
“Baptism with the Spirit” in John is not a technical term for one experience of the Christian life, but a general term for all that the Holy Spirit does for us because of Christ.
Nov 20, 2008 • 44min
Why God Is Not a Megalomaniac in Demanding to Be Worshiped
God’s self-exaltation is not egotistical but rather the epitome of love. While human self-exaltation draws attention away from God, God’s self-exaltation leads us to the one thing that can satisfy our souls: namely, God.
Nov 16, 2008 • 43min
Behold the Lamb of God
Those who embrace Jesus as their Lamb and their Lord will be sheltered from God's otherwise inescapable wrath.
