Messages by Desiring God (Video)
867 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 140 ratingsMessages from the Teaching Team at Desiring God.
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Songs That Shape the Heart and Mind
May 25, 2008 15:00 - 44 minutes - 533 MB VideoJohn Piper | The Psalms instruct our minds and our hearts. They combine deep doctrine with full emotion.
Let No One Despise You for Your Youth: A Vision for the Next Generation
April 20, 2008 15:00 - 57 minutes - 1.42 GB VideoJohn Piper | Old, young, or in-between, you can change the world for Jesus.
T4G 2008 Panel Discussion
April 17, 2008 15:00 - 1 hour - 1.42 GB VideoJohn Piper, Mark Dever, Ligon Duncan, C.J. Mahaney, and Albert Mohler | Sacrificial obedience can only be empowered and sustained by a view of the surpassingly great value of Christ over all things.
How the Supremacy of Christ Creates Radical Christian Sacrifice
April 17, 2008 15:00 - 1 hour - 1.42 GB VideoJohn Piper | Our life and ministry should reflect Jesus’s own and have a radical, risk-taking, sacrificial flavor.
I'm Sending You to Open Their Eyes
April 13, 2008 15:00 - 55 minutes - 1.5 GB VideoJohn Piper | 10 practical encouragments to evangelize.
You Are God's Midwife for the New Birth of Others
April 06, 2008 15:00 - 54 minutes - 794 MB VideoJohn Piper | When God gives new birth, he does so through us speaking his word, the gospel.
Other Sheep That Are Not of This Fold
March 30, 2008 15:00 - 1 hour - 2.94 GB VideoJohn Piper | Watch Now
The Appearance of the Unwasted Life, Part 1
March 29, 2008 15:00 - 1 hour - 926 MB VideoJohn Piper | Watch Now
The Appearance of the Unwasted Life, Part 2
March 29, 2008 15:00 - 37 minutes - 541 MB VideoJohn Piper | Watch Now
The Origin of the Unwasted Life
March 29, 2008 15:00 - 1 hour - 948 MB VideoJohn Piper | If God is magnified in our showing that he is valuable by treasuring him above all things — if that’s what the unwasted life is — then something has to happen to us, because we don’t do that by nature.
The Essence of the Unwasted Life
March 28, 2008 15:00 - 1 hour - 981 MB VideoJohn Piper | Watch Now
The God of Peace Brought from the Dead the Good Shepherd
March 23, 2008 15:00 - 44 minutes - 1.48 GB VideoJohn Piper | Jesus will always be our shepherd and we will always get the incomparable joy of being his sheep.
Ten Effects of Believing the Five Points of Calvinism
March 15, 2008 17:00 - 49 minutes - 374 MB VideoJohn Piper | The doctrines of grace, rightly understood, have several powerful affects on the Christian life.
Perseverance of the Saints
March 15, 2008 16:00 - 57 minutes - 440 MB VideoJohn Piper | The doctrine of perseverance is not meant to elicit passivity, but rather to impart assurance to us in the fight of faith to the end.
Limited Atonement
March 15, 2008 15:00 - 58 minutes - 445 MB VideoJohn Piper | The doctrine of limited atonement teaches that God did more in the cross than obtain a bonafide offer of forgiveness for all who believe; namely, he also secured the saving faith of all the elect.
Unconditional Election
March 14, 2008 19:00 - 48 minutes - 423 MB VideoJohn Piper | Unconditional election is fully in accord with justice because in election God upholds his unswerving allegiance to his glory.
Unconditional Election
March 14, 2008 14:00 - 51 minutes - 394 MB VideoJohn Piper | Unconditional election is demonstrated throughout Scripture, especially in the Gospel of John.
No One Born of God Makes a Practice of Sinning
March 09, 2008 15:00 - 53 minutes - 672 MB VideoJohn Piper | Being born again doesn't mean being sinless. It means coming to Jesus as your advocate.
Total Depravity - Unconditional Election
March 08, 2008 13:00 - 58 minutes - 445 MB VideoJohn Piper | The doctrine of unconditional election concerns how God chooses people for salvation according to his own sovereign, free, and gracious purposes, apart from any faith or good works in them.
Irresistible Grace - Total Depravity
March 08, 2008 12:00 - 46 minutes - 355 MB VideoJohn Piper | The doctrine of total depravity concerns how humanity is pervasively sinful due fundamentally to their rebellion against God.
Assumptions - Irresistible Grace
March 07, 2008 16:00 - 1 hour - 547 MB VideoJohn Piper | Seven assumptions are given that guide this message series, as well as the biblical foundations for irresistible grace.
TULIP: Introduction
March 07, 2008 15:00 - 42 minutes - 325 MB VideoJohn Piper | The doctrines of grace are not meant to be used for starting arguments, but for worship and survival in an embattled life of faith.
Regeneration, Faith, Love: In That Order
March 02, 2008 15:00 - 48 minutes - 707 MB VideoJohn Piper | Faith must come first and be the root of love. Otherwise, love will be destroyed.
Why We Believe the Bible
February 16, 2008 17:00 - 53 minutes - 404 MB VideoJohn Piper | The claims of the Bible are most ultimately justified by the witness of the Holy Spirit in the new birth; we should deal fairly with the claims of the Bible on its own terms and rightly handle it.
Why We Believe the Bible
February 16, 2008 16:00 - 50 minutes - 378 MB VideoJohn Piper | The claims of the Bible may be justified through the overall coherence of its canon as well as its scope, which is to give glory to God.
Why We Believe the Bible
February 16, 2008 15:00 - 52 minutes - 405 MB VideoJohn Piper | The Bible claims to be the infallible word of God, and it may be known as such as a person appreheneds its diverse excellencies by the Holy Spirit’s power.
Why We Believe the Bible
February 15, 2008 15:00 - 57 minutes - 106 MB VideoJohn Piper | The word of God is pure, good, and true. And we have it in the form of ink and paper, which has been preserved throughout the ages.
Why We Believe the Bible
February 15, 2008 13:00 - 44 minutes - 331 MB VideoJohn Piper | There are several reasons why it is vital to have confidence in the Bible as God’s infallible word.
What Man Does in the New Birth
February 10, 2008 15:00 - 44 minutes - 1.35 GB VideoJohn Piper | Our believing does not cause new birth. The new birth causes our belief.
Evangelist Bill Piper: Fundamentalist Full of Grace and Joy
February 05, 2008 15:00 - 1 hour - 665 MB VideoJohn Piper | Watch Now
Probability, Prejudice, and Christ
January 20, 2008 15:00 - 48 minutes - 1.44 GB VideoJohn Piper | What's the difference between necessary judgments of probability and sinful prejudice?
Receive with Meekness the Implanted Word
January 06, 2008 15:00 - 46 minutes - 689 MB VideoJohn Piper | Our souls need Scripture just like our bodies need oxygen: moment by moment, every day. If we learn to live apart from it, we will surely die.
Pray Like This: ‘Hallowed Be Your Name’
December 30, 2007 15:00 - 54 minutes - 79.8 MB VideoJohn Piper | When we pray, not only does God get more glory, but in his glorification, we get a fuller and lasting joy.
The Reason the Son of God Appeared Was to Destroy the Works of the Devil
December 23, 2007 15:00 - 45 minutes - 451 MB VideoJohn Piper | If any human is to be saved from their sin and from the righteous wrath of God, the Son of God had to become human for our regeneration.
Free at Last: The Miracle of New Birth
December 16, 2007 15:00 - 32 minutes - 321 MB VideoJohn Piper | Dead men need one thing before anything else can happen: They must be made alive. They must be born again.
Why Do We Need to Be Born Again?
December 09, 2007 15:00 - 42 minutes - 402 MB VideoJohn Piper | If God did not make us alive to his grace and glory, we would remain dead — completely enslaved to our sins.
What Happens in the New Birth? Part 2
December 02, 2007 15:00 - 38 minutes - 408 MB VideoJohn Piper | Being born again is not the improvement of your old nature, but the creation of a new one.
What Happens in the New Birth? Part 1
November 25, 2007 15:00 - 45 minutes - 494 MB VideoJohn Piper | In the new birth, God takes dead souls and resuscitates them to new life in Christ. This is not a work of our own, but the grace of God.
You Must Be Born Again
November 18, 2007 15:00 - 43 minutes - 461 MB VideoJohn Piper | The new birth produces new desires and new behaviors. An unchanged life is not a born-again life.
Justification and the Diminishing Work of Christ
November 14, 2007 15:00 - 58 minutes - 1.43 GB VideoJohn Piper | When the glory of Christ is partially obscured and the assurance of the soul is weakened, the costly, sacrificial labor of love is hindered.
Treasuring Christ in Planting Churches and Loving the Poor
November 11, 2007 15:00 - 42 minutes - 391 MB VideoJohn Piper | Lessons from the Philippian church on planting churches and giving to the needy.
Sexual Complementarity
November 10, 2007 17:00 - 35 minutes - 1.45 GB VideoJohn Piper | The New Testament promotes male leadership in the church, Christian ministry, and the nobility of women.
Sexual Complementarity
November 10, 2007 16:00 - 59 minutes - 137 MB VideoJohn Piper | What does submission and its relational dynamics look like in the church, the home, and the workplace.
Sexual Complementarity
November 10, 2007 15:00 - 54 minutes - 127 MB VideoJohn Piper | There are distinctions between men’s and women’s roles in marriage worth exploring.
Sexual Complementarity
November 09, 2007 16:00 - 51 minutes - 122 MB VideoJohn Piper | What are the roles of men and women? And nine reasons why masculine leadership is a good thing.
Sexual Complementarity
November 09, 2007 15:00 - 49 minutes - 115 MB VideoJohn Piper | The significance and relevance of Biblical manhood and womanhood in the culture.
Treasuring Christ Together as a Church on Multiple Campuses
November 04, 2007 15:00 - 46 minutes - 554 MB VideoJohn Piper | We must strategize for church growth because we have a God who builds his church day by day and thousands at a time.
How to Love Your People: The Gladness of Your People and the Glory of God
October 30, 2007 15:00 - 44 minutes - 1.78 GB VideoJohn Piper | If pastors are going to labor for the joy of their people, as Paul says in 2 Corinthians 1:24, then they must first make it their priority to pursue their own joy in the Lord.
Treasuring Christ Together Because He Is More Valuable Than All Else
October 28, 2007 15:00 - 42 minutes - 438 MB VideoJohn Piper | Nothing is more important as a church grows than that its people help each other rejoice in Jesus.
‘I Am Sending You Out as Sheep in the Midst of Wolves’: The Cost and Blessing of Being a Christian Missionary
October 21, 2007 15:00 - 47 minutes - 1.38 GB VideoJohn Piper | The costs of taking the gospel to the unreached is high, but the Lamb who is worthy to receive the reward of his suffering is infinitely greater.