Hamilton: An American Prodigal
David Mathis | Neither biographers nor Broadway can ignore Alexander Hamilton’s late-flowering Christian faith. He, like the prodigal son, finally came home after his journey into the far country.
Apr 20, 2023•53 min
Messages by Desiring God (Video)
Messages from the Teaching Team at Desiring God.
Episodes
Danger Averted, Destiny Attained: Funeral Message for Lois Nelson (1919–2023)
John Piper | When a Christian goes home to be with the Lord, we who remain have the chance to rehearse God’s loving design in every believer’s death.
Apr 13, 2023•24 min
The Demons, the Fever, and the Word of the King
John Piper | While on earth, Jesus spoke with unmatched power. Demons obeyed him, and fevers fled at his word. Everything was subject to him — then and now.
Mar 12, 2023•45 min
Press Afresh into Jesus: Four Truths About Genuine Faith
David Mathis | Genuine faith welcomes, enjoys, fears, strives after, and rests in God. And in doing so, genuine faith perseveres.
Mar 05, 2023•41 min
What Will Man Be Like for Countless Future Ages?
John Piper | When our hearts run dry, and our good works languish, the Bible bids us: “Consider the end.”
Jan 30, 2023•55 min
The Story of the Greatest Coronation
David Mathis | When Christ ascended into heaven, an otherworldly ceremony commenced. Here was the long-awaited Son of David, the only man angels ever worshiped.
Jan 15, 2023•41 min
The Lord Governs My Good and Is My Good: All of Psalm 16 for a New Year
John Piper | When we pray for God to preserve us, we ask that he would be not only our Lord, but our life — not only our God, but our highest and everlasting good.
Dec 11, 2022•46 min
Prince of What Peace? How Christmas Overcomes Our Conflicts
John Piper | At the root of all conflict is man’s conflict with God. At Christmas, we celebrate that God took the initiative to establish true peace.
Dec 04, 2022•45 min
Secret Liturgies: The Private Worship of a Public Leader
David Mathis | Blessed is the leader who meditates on God’s law day and night — not just in public, but all the more in secret.
Nov 06, 2022•44 min
It Will Be Worth It: Overcoming Obstacles to World Missions
John Piper | When it comes to missions, reasons abound to stay rather than to go. But for every apparent obstacle, countless promises say, “It will be worth it.”
Oct 23, 2022•25 min
Is Jesus an Egomaniac? Overcoming a Major Obstacle to Christian Faith
John Piper | What do we call an obsessively self-centered person? An egomaniac. Then what should we call God, who demands all our praise? We call him gracious.
Oct 15, 2022•52 min
The Joy of the Puritans
John Piper | The Puritans took joy seriously because they read the Bible carefully. They saw that delight in God is at the heart of all true obedience.
Oct 06, 2022•1 hr 4 min
He Delighted to Crush His Son: The Pleasure of God in the Gospel
David Mathis | The Father not only planned for his Son to die, but was pleased to crush him. And for those in Christ, this can be as comforting as it is astonishing.
Oct 01, 2022•57 min
A World God Could Admire: Recovering His Pleasure in Creation
Marshall Segal | Do you ever stop, slow down, and marvel at something God has made? If we could see it all like he does, we’d see far more than we do.
Oct 01, 2022•58 min
How Can a Holy God Have Pleasure in Sinners?
John Piper | You will not be perfect in this life, but you can be pleasing to God. You can become a real ingredient in the divine happiness.
Sep 30, 2022•59 min
Fall Back to the Banner: Four Lessons for Our Devastations
David Mathis | When loss surrounds us, when fears assail us, we have a banner to which to flee. We turn to the God who has spoken, and there find real hope and strength.
Sep 18, 2022•38 min
God Made the World for Worship: His Glory in Individuals and Gatherings
John Piper | The individual soul’s affection for God is essential to the corporate, eternal reality of the worshiping church.
Sep 05, 2022•37 min
How Is Joy the Root of Sacrificial Love?
John Piper | When glad in God, we bend low in love for others. We imitate Christ, who not only bowed the knee but hung his body on the tree.
Aug 28, 2022•43 min
Water from the Rock for Undeserving People
John Piper | God promises us his life-sustaining presence, even as he leads us into waterless regions of suffering and loss.
Jun 17, 2022•42 min
God Can Handle Your Crisis
David Mathis | Psalm 46 teaches us God can handle the earth’s undoing and nations raging against his people — and that if he can do that, he can be a very present help in our trouble.
Jun 12, 2022•37 min
Seventy Years Without Shipwreck: Five Reasons That Some Fall Away
John Piper | Faith does not shipwreck upon the rocks of history, logic, science, or ethics, but on the mountains of sinful desire.
May 20, 2022•18 min
The Uncommon Virtue of Humility
John Piper | Humility flourishes in hearts that focus not on being humble, but on gladly exalting Jesus, who is superior to us in every possible way.
Apr 27, 2022•41 min
Christ Died to Make Us Holy: And Why Some Preachers Avoid It
John Piper | There is a kind of unhealthy preaching that fails to make plain the effective connection between the sin-bearing work of Christ and the sin-killing work of the Christian.
Apr 20, 2022•53 min
The Gospel in All Caps: Glorified Scars in the Body of Christ
David Mathis | We boast on Sunday because Christ died on Friday. No cross, no favor with God. No crucifixion, no resurrection. We live because he died.
Apr 17, 2022•39 min
Behind the Times: Survival in a Day of Suffocating News
David Mathis | What if, with some intentionality, the news could become a source of refreshment rather than a continual distraction and discouragement?
Apr 17, 2022•37 min
What Is ‘Freedom in Christ’?
David Mathis | What is freedom in Christ? Freedom from trying to earn God’s acceptance, and freedom to know and enjoy God forever.
Mar 20, 2022•37 min
We Rejoice to Suffer for You: Pastoral Pain and the People’s Joy
John Piper | Why does the apostle Paul speak so much about himself and his suffering? Because his suffering for the sake of others makes the love of Christ tangible to them.
Mar 13, 2022•44 min
Brother Ass: Stewarding the Body as Christian Hedonists
David Mathis | Why would Christians exercise? Working and pushing these bodies, as God designed them, serves our learning, our joy, and our love.
Mar 02, 2022•37 min
The Supremacy of Christ in Everything
John Piper | The sovereign supremacy of Christ both keeps us from error and enables us to persevere through hardships with patience and joyful thankfulness.
Feb 27, 2022•45 min
‘The Joy of the Lord Is Your Stronghold’
John Piper | Joy in God becomes our stronghold when we are awakened to see and savor him as our greatest joy.
Feb 07, 2022•54 min
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