How can Christians be freed from selfishness so that, at any cost to ourselves, we love others in a way that makes Christ look great? Answer: joy. Watch Now Read…
Category: Desiring God
Heaven Has One Celebrity: A Dream at the Gates of Paradise – Natalie Brand
After giving my name to the first man holding a huge ancient book, I ask the other — the gatekeeper — where I can find the green room. He looks…
The Faith That Shows God to Be God – John Piper
What about faith shows God to be glorious? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 4:16–21 to highlight how Abraham’s unwavering faith magnified God’s faithfulness. Watch…
Love Runs Deeper Than Doubt: Assurance for Our Hardest Days – Dan Cruver
Thirty-seven hours after my father died, my phone rang. “Dan, your mother only has hours to live. You need to come to the hospital now.” Even now, over three years…
Why Paul Soars into Doxology: 1 Timothy 1:17 – John Piper
Paul handles glories all the time, touching majesty in almost every line. Yet what kind of reality compels Paul into a soaring doxology? Eternal life. Watch Now Read More Desiring…
Why Do I Exist? – John Piper
Why do you exist? Why does anything exist? Pastor John shows from Isaiah 43:1–7 that God created his people to glorify him by enjoying him. Listen Now Read More Desiring…
God’s Sure and Unshakable Promise – John Piper
When we are sure that God will keep his promises, we can live risk-taking lives of love. In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 4:16–21 to…
The Prayer of a Hunted Man – Greg Morse
Distress discloses who we really are. It wrings us, bleeds us, drags the soul to the surface to account for itself. I am the best me with a happy wife,…
Win Them with Dinner: Practicing Hospitality in Post-Christian Places – Rosaria Butterfield
In 2015, the Supreme Court (in Obergefell v. Hodges) voted to legalize so-called same-sex marriage in all fifty states. With this decision came the concept of “dignitary harm,” declaring the…
Why Did God Allow Paul to Become a Persecutor? 1 Timothy 1:12–16, Part 4 – John Piper
Why did God allow Paul, whom he would later call as an apostle, to become a Christ-persecutor and Christian-killer first? Watch Now Read More Desiring God