Clik here to view.
Don’t Coddle Your Fears
When I was six or seven years old, my mother enrolled me in swimming lessons. At first they were fun. We learned how to tread water, float on our backs and some basic swimming strokes, all in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why Your Faith Will Not Fail
What makes you think you will be a Christian tomorrow morning? In 15 minutes, John Piper builds a foundation for the perseverance of your faith through all the world’s temptations and all of life’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Two Underused Strategies for Addiction
Addictions continue their upward swing. Self-control is not yet prized, and our national strategy with hardships is to medicate them away.Each day there are more people enslaved by a broader array of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Old Me Made New
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Loneliness of Suffering
One of the hardest things for me about suffering is loneliness.Inevitably I feel isolated. Though my friends can help, they cannot share my sorrow. It is too deep a well.When loss is fresh, people are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Is Your World Too Small?
In recent centuries, our collective knowledge of the cosmos along with everything else has increased astronomically. Now we know that in size comparison, our solar system is to the universe what an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ten Reasons to Revel in Being Chosen
Peter said to the “elect exiles” — that is, to Christians scattered throughout the Roman Empire — “You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession” (1 Peter...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fear Treating God as Trash
Do you fear God? The Bible seems to be confusing about fear. In some places, God calls us to live in fear. Elsewhere, he says he’s delivered us from fear. In this lab, John Piper focuses on 1 Peter...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Parents, You Can’t Build Heaven Here
Have you received the annual Christmas letter from The Perfect Family? You know, the one with the kids who captain the lacrosse team, jump horses, make the dean’s list, play violin, serve at the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Interruption Is God’s Invitation
Jesus told the story of the Good Samaritan — a man is on his way from Jerusalem to Jericho. He was robbed, stripped, beaten, and left for dead on the side of the road.Three people stop by. First, a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Take Halloween Captive
Halloween is not a threat. It’s an opportunity.Those armed with the name of Jesus, and the power of his Spirit, have no reason to be spooked by this night or any other. We can join our King as he...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Major Obstacle in Forgiving Others
In episode 717, we recap a conversation Pastor John had with a man wondering about forgiving someone who hasn't asked for forgiveness. Listen Now
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jesus Christ, the Beginning and the End
Lots of people identify Jesus as their Lord and Savior. But do they live in way that also says he is their Treasure? In this lab, John Piper uncovers a couple of precious truths about our infinitely...
View ArticleClik here to view.
God, Frankensteins, and More
Last year on Halloween night, over eight hundred trick-or-treaters showed up to our house on Sleepy Hollow for candy. Even though we lived on Sleepy Hollow, we had no idea when we moved in four years...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Five Points for All Our Fears
When I was a kid, I had terrible nightmares — about losing my family and about monsters. My mother comforted me when I would wake up screaming. I’d cry with the relief of reality, feeling a love strong...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reformation Day: Jesus Came Knocking
Sometime around A.D. 95, Jesus, through the apostle John, came metaphorically knocking on the door of the church in Laodicea with an unsurpassed invitation:“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Your Painful Story Brings God Glory
We can all think of an instance where someone revealing their difficult story has touched us. What if they never had told their story? What if you never tell yours?A good friend, who is a pastor, has a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Five Ways to Stop Spending Time Managing Time
I have been on a 35-year pursuit of the killer app of time management. I started with to-do lists, graduated to categorized index cards, a fully filled-out Franklin Planner, then to a series of new...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Advice for Students Who Are Porn Addicts
Cut off the supply, and heal the wound. Ben Stuart offers helpful advice, on two fronts, for anyone struggling with an addiction to pornography.More from Desiring GodYour Painful Story Brings God Glory...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why Would the World Ask About Your Hope?
Why in 1 Peter 3:15 does the unbelieving world ask Christians about their hope?Peter tells us, “Always be prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you” (1...
View Article