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When So Much Is Against Us
Do you ever forget how dark and cruel and lost you really were before the light of Jesus broke through? Is your first reaction to the sin in others anger? Or is it broken-hearted grief at the stench of...
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Lay Aside the Weight of Restless Work
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28)July marks my 20th year working with John Piper and many precious colleagues in this mission of Desiring God. It...
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Thanking God with Piper, Chandler, and Storms
It’s now been three months since John Piper transitioned from the local-church pastorate to full-time “wider” ministry through Desiring God.The church gathered on April 14 for an appreciation and...
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Is My Boyfriend’s Porn a Marriage Deal-Breaker? (Ask Pastor John)
We released ten new episodes in the past two weeks, and what follows are brief transcribed excerpts from each (click on the hyperlinked titles to listen).As a brief programing note, during the month of...
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Know This Dreadful Deformity of Your Soul — And Your Deliverance
This is a lesson in self-knowledge for the sake of worship and righteousness.Something terrible and profound happened to all humans when Adam sinned. All except Jesus, that is, “who knew no sin” (2...
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Not by Sight: Marking 20 Years of Happy Service
Unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.It was these words from Jesus in Luke 13 that the 42-year-old preacher took as his sermon title on June 5, 1988.Little did he know, a 22-year-old...
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New Poem: ‘Now Is An Age’
playpauseNow Is An Age On Reading John Donne’s Death, Be Not ProudOne night, as I sat reading Before the fire, and casting Calm shadows on the door behind my chair, I saw the everlasting,...
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Should We Tell Children to Love Jesus?
Spurgeon was concerned about the emphasis of telling children to love Jesus rather than trust Jesus. He expressed it like this:Many [distort the doctrine of justification by faith] when addressing...
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Advice for Christian Artists
Max McLean encourages Christians in the arts to integrate their faith in every step they take. “Make your faith the source of your art,” he says.In this short video he explains the passion and strategy...
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Faith for Future Calamity
Between the ages of 6 and 18, young John Piper attended White Oak Baptist Church in Greenville, South Carolina. He and his family made White Oak their church home while John’s father was on the road...
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Born Again on the Fourth of July
For those of us in the States, the time is here again for our midsummer’s patriotic respite.For many, the Fourth of July means parades and picnics, hot dogs and Coca-Cola, ice cream and apple pie,...
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Patriotism and the Pilgrim
Today is July 4th — Independence Day here in the United States. And recently an Ask Pastor John podcast listener emailed to ask: “Pastor John, obviously, as Christians, we are to live as pilgrims on...
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Watch Your Mouth
It is humbling to remember that as Christians we are still vulnerable to Satan’s deception. One moment we can speak glorious truth and the next moment destructive, satanic words. We must be on our...
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Top 10 Videos of the Second Quarter
With the coming of July is the closing of 2013’s second quarter, and we thought it would be a good time to check the stats and serve up for you Desiring God’s ten most-played videos from April to...
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Simple Church Planting
It’s low-bar. It’s no frills. It’s a very simple model of planting, and challenges many of the prevailing notions about starting a new church.You’d never have guessed that an academic dean and...
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How Pervasive and Practical Is the Beauty of God?
Nothing ugly is ever called glorious in the Bible. There is “great sin” (Genesis 20:9), but never “glorious sin.” The evil one has “cosmic power” (Ephesians 6:12), but not cosmic “glory.” The reason...
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Your Hope Is As Alive As Jesus
Hope can be a very dangerous thing. Your greatest wounds may be tied to unrealized dreams or unexpected disappointments. Unfortunately, the daily and worldly hopes we know in this life create some...
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New Course on Calvinism from John Piper
The Bible gives us a glorious vision of God’s sovereignty in saving sinners. “Calvinism” is a kind of nickname for this Christian body of doctrine on salvation that so appropriately humbles humanity...
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Five Reasons to Embrace Unconditional Election
I use the word embrace because unconditional election is not just true, but precious. Of course, it can’t be precious if it’s not true. So that’s the biggest reason we embrace it. But let’s start with...
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What Does It Mean to Be Complementarian?
Being complementarian doesn’t mean believing that the man’s job is to fix the car and the woman’s is to wash the floor. It goes much deeper than a breakdown of jobs.Christian complementarity is about...
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