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What Happened at Vatican II (And How to Pray 50 Years Later)
It was fifty years ago today that Roman Catholicism launched what many consider to be the most ambitious of its 21 ecumenical councils. Called the Second Vatican Council, or Vatican II, the...
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Give the Priceless Gift of Corrective Lenses
Jesus died for me. What a treasure I must be! I can think of a number of times over the years when I’ve heard people say something like this. And typically they were people I knew read the Bible...
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New Publications Relating to C. S. Lewis
Joel Heck, Professor of Theology at Concordia University, Texas, has served us again by publishing rare materials relating to C. S. Lewis. In 2008 he published The Personal Heresy: A Controversy. And...
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Jesus Understands Loneliness
“He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.” (Isaiah 53:3) Sometimes we feel alone in the world. Jesus understands this feeling. In a very human sense, he was...
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Help Us Pick Piper's Best Sermons
We're working on a new "Sermon of the Day" feature and need your help. We want you to be able to simply open the Desiring God app and, with a single touch, listen to one of John Piper's best messages...
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Jesus Gives Us Reasons to Obey
It’s puzzling. When I speak on living by faith I often ask, "How many of you know that Jesus calls us to love our enemies?" Everyone nods and says they know this. Then I ask, "How many of you know the...
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What Happens When We Pray?
Do we really know what's going on when we pray? When we bow our heads at the dinner table? When we whisper quietly during our morning commute? Or when, like dragging our feet along a well-worn path, we...
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Writing Like Cicero for the Sake of the Soul
Marilynne Robinson, whose novels Gilead and Home have moved many of us deeply, has just published a new collection of Essays titled When I Was a Child I Read Books. Here’s a caution. Her fiction is...
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What’s My Church For?
In 2004 John Piper wrote the following in his article, “How God and Christians Treasure Christ”: The central experience of the universe and the Christian life — namely, treasuring Christ — is sustained...
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If Your Church Is Not All You Want It to Be
Chances are your church gathering isn't all you want it to be. . . This or that should be different, so and so should talk less, he and she should be on time — and why can't we just get some better...
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Biblical Womanhood and the Problem of the Old Testament
As explained in my review of A Year of Biblical Womanhood, much of Rachel Held Evans’ book could be summed up, sadly, as an attempt to discount the validity of Scripture. I am hopeful that she does not...
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The New City Catechism: A Remarkable Coming Together
Today is the official launch of the New City Catechism, which is marked by an extraordinary combination of fortes. Produced by The Gospel Coalition and Redeemer Presbyterian Church of New York, this...
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This Week's Sermon: "God Is Most Glorified in Us When We Are Most Satisfied...
God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him. This idea, called "Christian Hedonism" by some, is a massive and pervasive biblical truth that changes everything. Perhaps the apostle...
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Still Not Professionals: 2013 Conference for Pastors
Brothers, we are not professionals. That was John Piper’s plea to pastors for radical ministry a decade ago in the publication of the 2002 book of the same title. Since then, it’s become one of our...
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God Created Food and Sex for Believers
Sexual pleasure is too earthy. Enjoying delicious food is too unspiritual. That’s a two-point outline for a demonic sermon that has no place in any church — so Paul tells us in 1 Timothy 4:1–5. In...
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Why Oprah and Brad Pitt Deserted God (And Why You Shouldn't)
God created the world for his own praise. And that thought is why Oprah Winfrey, Brad Pitt, and the early C. S. Lewis all walked out on God. They all stumbled over God’s self-promotion. So what is the...
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I Am Going to Vote
Having read several articles by people who don’t plan to vote in the presidential election, my conclusion is: I’m going to vote. It seems to me that the good that can be done, presumably by the protest...
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Every Morning There’s War in the Piper Household
Jesus is the most valuable treasure in the world, John Piper reminds us in the following sermon excerpt from his recent sermon. “The fight of faith is the fight for joy,” he says. “I wake up every...
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Beautiful Submission
It's easy to tell a woman to submit, or to tell a husband to love his wife as Christ loves the church, but it can be excruciating to live out. It's easy to throw these Bible verses around like the rock...
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New Podcast: Authors on the Line
I enjoy reading excellent books. And I love talking with the authors who write them. And now I want to share with you my conversations with them. So I’m pleased to announce the launch of a new podcast...
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