Messages by Desiring God

“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.

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.

Those who embrace Jesus as their Lamb and their Lord will be sheltered from God's otherwise inescapable wrath.

What are the trials unique to singleness? Why is masturbation an enemy of missions? John Piper addresses these questions and more.

Those who by grace are born of God have seen the glory of God that Moses asked to see but wasn't permitted.

John Piper | Believing in the sovereignty of God in suffering, we must lean in with tenderness, compassion, and rightly-timed truth to care for others in their trials.

John Piper | It is personally stabilizing for our faith to understand the necessity, nature, and purpose of Christian suffering.

John Piper | God is sovereign over all things, therefore the suffering that takes place in our own individual lives and globally has meaning.

John Piper | God’s sovereignty over Satan and all the suffering he causes can be seen through his ultimate control of natural disasters, diseases, animals, temptation, spiritual blindness, and spiritual captivity.

John Piper | God is sovereign over suffering, including all the suffering that Satan is able to inflict upon people.