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Biblical Manhood and Womanhood on Display
Writes John Piper in his book, A Sweet and Bitter Providence (Crossway, 2010), page 132: The story of Ruth and Boaz is the kind of story that can awaken and feed the masculine and feminine soul in ways...
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God Desires All to Be Saved, and Grants Repentance to Some
Put two texts together, and see what you see. “God desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth (eis epignōsin alētheias)” (1 Timothy 2:4). “God may perhaps grant them...
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Beware of Watching This DVD Series
Starting today—Tuesday, June 12—our friends at WTS Books are selling "Dispatches from the Front" episode two (A Bold Advance: Albania, Kosovo, and Montenegro) for $5 (66% off) and the complete set of...
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“Just As Long As It's Healthy...”
Every couple experiencing pregnancy gets this question: do you want a boy or a girl? Many will respond this way, “we don’t care, just as long as it's healthy.” But "healthy" exists on a spectrum of...
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Ministry Update: John Piper and Scott Anderson in Switzerland
Dear Friends, At Desiring God, we have a vision for ministry that is global. With the Lord's help, we aim to see people everywhere understand and embrace the truth that God is most glorified in us when...
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The Nowness of Obedience
Have you ever noticed that obedience is actually only possible in the present? I’m not trying to be overly philosophical here — because to be perfectly honest, philosophy class bored me out of my mind....
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More on the Masculine Feel of Christianity
In his 2012 biographical address on "The Frank and Manly Mr. Ryle," John Piper highlighted the value of a masculine ministry — and with it, the importance of Christianity having a masculine feel. It's...
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That Awkward Moment When We Speak the Gospel
Evangelism is counter-cultural. It's true everywhere on the planet, but perhaps it's especially so in our increasingly post-Christian Western society. We live in a polite culture, for the most part....
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Battling the Bitterness of Parenting a Disabled Child
On October 16, 2006, my oldest son was diagnosed with autism. That word — autism — spoken over my son and over my life on that day sent me into a year-long spiral of grief and confusion. One of the...
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Jay and Katrina Didn't Waste Their Lives
Jay Erickson thought about death. He and his wife Katrina, along with their two little girls, moved in next to a bush hospital in Zambia earlier this year where he wrote they could "hear quite clearly...
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Let Wonder Lead You to Worship (Don’t Let the Devil Dumb You)
How great are your works, O Lord! Your thoughts are very deep! The stupid man cannot know; the fool cannot understand this” (Psalm 92:5–6). The devil does not want you to wonder. Wonder is deadly to...
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Behind the Blog: Octavius Ain't Pretty
As Mathis says, "Octavius Winslow ain't pretty, but he changed Tony's life." In this episode of Behind the Blog, we talk about Tony's recent post at The Gospel Coalition, awkwardness in sharing the...
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The Original "Desiring God" Sermon Series
Before it ever referred to a book or organization, "Desiring God" was the name of a sermon series preached by John Piper in the Fall of 1983. The common theme in the series is what Piper...
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Learning Fatherhood From the Father of Fatherhood
In Ephesians 3:14–15, Paul prays, "For this reason I bow my knees before the Father [patēr], from whom every family [patria] in heaven and on earth is named." In the Greek it is easy to pick up on...
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A Father's Day Poem
Pastor John originally penned this poem when Noël’s father, George Henry, passed away. He would later dedicate it to his own father, William Piper, when he died. It is a standing reminder of the...
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A Tribute to My Father, on My Last Father’s Day at Bethlehem
Today is Father’s Day. I was thinking about my father as I walked to morning prayer on Friday. I remembered one scene most vividly and joyfully. The moment of his death. I was alone with him in his...
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11 Truths John Piper Learned from His Father
In a Father's Day sermon in 2005 John Piper shared eleven "precious truths" his father had imparted to him — truths, he explained, that were no mere transmission of information, but involved a whole...
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Thank You, Bill Walsh
In January 1999, Desiring God was four years old and in a growth spurt. Our office was partly in two old Sunday School rooms and partly on the balcony of Bethlehem Baptist Church's vacated (and now...
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This Week's Sermon: “Let Marriage Be Held in Honor” — Thinking Biblically...
"Let marriage be held in high honor among all," the writer of Hebrews tells us. And that is the goal of this week's sermon, for God's glory and our good. John Piper gives eight points about the...
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Where Same-Sex Attraction Originates; and Where It Ends
This excerpt from John Piper begins as the 10:52 mark of this week's sermon. Here's the transcript: Same-sex desires and same-sex orientation are part of our broken and disordered sexuality owing to...
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