Messages by Desiring God
Desiring God
Messages from the Teaching Team at Desiring God.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Jan 6, 2008 • 47min
Receive with Meekness the Implanted Word
John Piper | Our souls need Scripture just like our bodies need oxygen: moment by moment, every day. If we learn to live apart from it, we will surely die.
Dec 30, 2007 • 55min
Pray Like This: ‘Hallowed Be Your Name’
When we pray, not only does God get more glory, but in his glorification, we get a fuller and lasting joy.
Dec 23, 2007 • 45min
The Reason the Son of God Appeared Was to Destroy the Works of the Devil
If any human is to be saved from their sin and from the righteous wrath of God, the Son of God had to become human for our regeneration.
Dec 16, 2007 • 33min
Free at Last: The Miracle of New Birth
Dead men need one thing before anything else can happen: They must be made alive. They must be born again.
Dec 15, 2007 • 1h 9min
A Pastor and His Poetry
Listen Now
Dec 9, 2007 • 42min
Why Do We Need to Be Born Again?
If God did not make us alive to his grace and glory, we would remain dead — completely enslaved to our sins.
Dec 2, 2007 • 39min
What Happens in the New Birth? Part 2
Being born again is not the improvement of your old nature, but the creation of a new one.
Nov 25, 2007 • 46min
What Happens in the New Birth? Part 1
In the new birth, God takes dead souls and resuscitates them to new life in Christ. This is not a work of our own, but the grace of God.
Nov 18, 2007 • 44min
You Must Be Born Again
The new birth produces new desires and new behaviors. An unchanged life is not a born-again life.
Nov 14, 2007 • 58min
Justification and the Diminishing Work of Christ
When the glory of Christ is partially obscured and the assurance of the soul is weakened, the costly, sacrificial labor of love is hindered.
