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Desiring God
John Piper answering tough theological and pastoral questions.
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Oct 31, 2013 • 6min
The Danger of Deserting Community
How has God designed our community to help keep us in Christ? Pastor John unpacks God’s prescriptions of prayer and exhortation.
Oct 30, 2013 • 3min
God’s Sovereignty over Evil in My Life
God does not traffic in futility or vanity. He intends all things, even terrible calamity, for the ultimate good of his people.
Oct 29, 2013 • 7min
Does It Make God Evil to Ordain Evil?
Pastor John explains God's sovereignty over evil acts without himself being evil.
Oct 28, 2013 • 4min
Wisdom in Friendships with Non-Christians
How do we reconcile seemingly conflicting commands from Scripture to hang out with the corrupt and to befriend them like Jesus?
Oct 25, 2013 • 8min
With So Many Orphans, Why Have Children?
Children are a blessing from the God who commands us to be fruitful and multiply. But how does that command fit in a world with orphans who need a home?
Oct 24, 2013 • 6min
How Do I Obey and Submit to My Leaders?
God calls pastors to lead their churches by serving, not dominating, and he calls congregations to follow with humble teachability.
Oct 23, 2013 • 9min
Is Drinking Alcohol a Sin?
Alcohol consumption is permissible and can be a blessing, but it is also fraught with dangers.
Oct 22, 2013 • 8min
What Pains Here Bring Greater Reward in Heaven?
God is working a weight of glory through our hardships, even the ones that seem most trivial.
Oct 21, 2013 • 8min
What Does Definite Atonement Offer My Life?
For Christians, to embrace the definite atonement is to embrace that Christ set his love on them particularly, specially, and certainly.
Oct 18, 2013 • 5min
Why Did God Forbid One Tree in Eden?
The forbidden tree was neither an arbitrary test of obedience nor a greedy restriction by a stingy God. It was an insurance policy to secure supreme pleasure.
