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• The Strange and Wonderful Love of Christ 2026-07-04
  John Piper | Love moved Jesus to let Lazarus die. Why? Jesus wanted Lazarus, his family, and the watching crowd to taste his all-satisfying glory.
• ‘Moses Wrote of Me’: The Messianic Hope of the Law 2026-06-20
  John Piper | Jesus claimed that Moses wrote about him long before he ever walked the earth as man. If that’s true, how could anyone miss Jesus in…
• David’s God-Entranced Song: Know It, Feel It, Say It, Sing It 2026-06-13
  John Piper | When David wrote a song about becoming king, he ascribed all his victories to the God who gave them. How do we join David in such…
• Steep Your Soul with Christian Meditation 2026-06-06
  David Mathis | How is meditation different from simply reading the Bible? Slowing down and sinking deep into God’s word aids our joy and draws us…
• Graduates, Remember the Rich Young Man: To the Class of 2026 2026-06-03
  John Piper | There once was a man who gave up everything important so he could cling to things that fade. If we want to follow Jesus, we cannot be…
• Reset Your Mind on Jesus: A Live Lab on Colossians 3:1–4 2026-05-30
  John Piper | Paul doesn’t just want Christians to know the truths of the Bible — he wants us to set our minds on them. But what does that mean, and…
• Get Your Heart Happy in God 2026-05-23
  Scott Hubbard | To his friends, George Müller embodied Psalm 23 even under the towering burdens of orphan ministry. What kind of communion with God…
• Make War on Sin with Exercise 2026-05-16
  David Mathis | How can exercise equip us for the daily fight against sin? Training the body for our joy, mind, and will frees us to pursue every…
• The Glory of God in His Glorious Church 2026-05-09
  John Piper | God fulfills his purpose for the church by his work in the church: He magnifies his grace by beautifying his people.
• Hear His Voice in the Thunder 2026-05-02
  David Mathis | God’s voice thunders through the forests and the pages of Scripture, calling heaven to rejoice and setting his people at peace. Do…
• Radiance, Power, and Purification: The Superiority of Jesus Christ 2026-04-25
  John Piper | Sharing God’s nature and upholding creation by his word, the heir of all things suffered in our place to purify us from sin. Who is…
• Plead for the Insight You Need: Word + Spirit in Pastoral Study 2026-04-11
  John Piper | For the preaching pastor, each sermon demands a fresh hunt for insight in service of a hungry people. How do we find that life-giving…
• Navigate the Impossible: Word + Spirit in Pastoral Wisdom 2026-04-04
  David Mathis | To lead the church faithfully, we need supernatural, sober-minded wisdom. God meets us in his word, by his Spirit, through prayer,…
• True Faith Tastes Future Joy 2026-03-28
  John Piper | Jesus endured for the joy set before him. Moses obeyed, expecting the Messiah. The early church suffered for a better reward. This is…
• Lead with Your Life: How to Influence in Your Twenties 2026-03-11
  Marshall Segal | When the Bible talks about setting an example, does it mean only super-Christians? No, even the humblest high-school mentor can…
• The Power of Hoping in God’s Meticulous Providence 2026-02-14
  John Piper | Because God’s purposeful sovereignty reaches absolutely everywhere, his gospel can satisfy, his mission will succeed, and his people…
• This Body Must Be Raised: Four Reasons for Your Resurrection 2026-02-07
  John Piper | Jesus’s glorified body, his purpose for believers, his astonishing power, and the glory of the new creation all insist that the…
• Why You Do Not Believe 2026-01-31
  Marshall Segal | Jesus’s sheep are happy to be his, and Jesus will never leave them behind. But why would anyone reject this patient, kind, and…
• The Supremacy of Christ Our Hope 2026-01-24
  John Piper | There has never been, nor will there ever be, a greater reality than the God we see when we look at Jesus Christ. His very supremacy is…
• Is God Dishonored When We Grieve? 2026-01-17
  David Mathis | How can we sing in the valley of sorrow? In Christ, joy and grief can coexist — and grief now prepares for us far greater joy in the…
• Sing in the Fullness of the Spirit: A Live Lab on Ephesians 5:15–20 2026-01-10
  John Piper | What is the fullness of the Holy Spirit, and how does it relate to making music to God in a church gathering? God opens our eyes so we…
• Word, Prayer, and People: Three Habits for Enjoying Jesus 2025-12-27
  David Mathis | Where do we find more of God’s grace to increase our joy in Christ? God has created patterns for us to follow in reading, prayer, and…
• What King Would Come Like This? The Surprising Advent of Jesus 2025-12-20
  David Mathis | When Jesus came to Bethlehem, and later to Jerusalem, he was not the king we expected. He was far, far better.
• Is Joy in Jesus a Christian Obligation? 2025-12-13
  John Piper | Joy in Jesus is an invitation and a privilege. Is it also a duty? John Piper lays out six reasons joy in God is essential to the…
• Saving Faith as the Awakening of Joy in Jesus 2025-12-06
  John Piper | When we believe in Jesus, we receive him as living water, bread of life, and all-satisfying treasure. Saving faith is the awakening of…
• What to Do When Your Spirits Sink 2025-11-29
  John Piper | David walked with God through disasters, diseases, attacks, and his own sins. What pattern of life did he follow to depend on God…
• Our All-Nations Charge: What It Means to Be a World Christian 2025-11-01
  John Piper | Cowardice, consumption, and comfort often stand between us and God’s global work. What can set us free to be world Christians?
• Our Pursuit: Joy Overflowing in Love 2025-10-25
  David Mathis | Does seeking joy in God ruin our love for others? Jesus meant what he said: Remembering God’s radical reward frees us to serve those…
• Jesus’s Pursuit: His Father’s Glory (and His) Through Joy 2025-10-18
  David Mathis | As the Son of God, Jesus pursued his joy and God’s glory in an unrepeatable way — but as man, he stands forth as an example for our…
• God’s Pursuit: His Glory in Our Joy 2025-10-11
  David Mathis | Christian, your joy in God shows the kind of God he is: awesome and glorious, happy and holy, beautiful and delightful beyond…
• The Greatness of God in the Doctrines of Grace: TULIP Session 1 2025-10-04
  John Piper | What are the doctrines of grace? Before we wade into the depths of these doctrines, we need to know something of the greatness of God.
• The People of His Majesty: Five Marks of a Marveling Church 2025-09-27
  David Mathis | Those who cherish God’s majesty become a certain kind of people: a commending, called, candid, conquering, and soon-to-be crowned…
• How to Pray When Trouble Comes 2025-09-20
  Marshall Segal | How do mature Christians pray when trouble comes? David teaches us from Psalm 86: “Meet my need.” “Glorify your name.” “Teach me…
• The Only Life Worth Living: A Live Lab on Christian Hedonism 2025-09-13
  John Piper | In Jesus Christ, we find a Treasure more precious than everything we have in life and everything we lose in death.
• Lay Your Buckets Down: Finding Life with the Woman at the Well 2025-08-30
  Marshall Segal | No sin is too great, no place is too far, and no wall is too high to keep us from receiving the living water of Jesus — if only…
• Creation Sings Through Human Lips 2025-08-23
  Tony Reinke | No star or ocean, insect or tree, bird or cloud has a voice to speak God’s praise. But when we rejoice in God, we take creation’s…
• God’s Mission Triumphs Through Prayerful Suffering 2025-08-16
  John Piper | As Jesus bleeds in Gethsemane and then submits to arrest, we see that the mission of God triumphs through prayerful suffering, not the…
• Will Christ Be Humiliated on the Last Day? To the Class of 2025 2025-08-09
  John Piper | When Jesus returns in glory, he will stand ashamed of those who were ashamed of him here. But what will it really mean for Jesus to be…
• Habits of Love: The Graces of Sharing Our Joy 2025-07-26
  David Mathis | Our “habits of grace” prime us for witnessing, giving, and serving — and God uses even these outward expressions to give us even more…
• FEAST: Five Prayers for Daily Bible Reading 2025-07-19
  Marshall Segal | When our Bible meditation feels more like a job than a joy, these five short prayers can take us beyond discipline into delight.
• Why Did God Choose You? The Goal and Ground of His Election 2025-07-12
  John Piper | Why did God set his saving love on his people before the foundation of the world? So that we might praise the glory of his sovereign…
• The Unusually Human Joy of Jesus 2025-07-05
  David Mathis | Did Jesus endure the cross for his joy or despite it? The answer takes us to the heart of Jesus’s unusually human joy, and ours.
• Providence: The Purposeful Sovereignty of God 2025-06-28
  John Piper | It’s one thing to know God is sovereign; it’s another to know just how far his sovereignty extends and the purposes for which he wields…
• Do You Love Jesus? A Grand Finale of His Greatness 2025-06-21
  David Mathis | At the end of his Gospel, John gives us a grand finale of the mercy, wisdom, greatness, and never-ending glory of Jesus Christ.
• How Doubting Thomas Finds Faith 2025-06-14
  John Piper | The story of Jesus and Thomas assures us that Jesus really rose bodily, that his patience surpasses our indwelling sin, and that we…
• Be Still and Know: A Crisis-Ready Vision of God 2025-06-07
  David Mathis | Where do we turn when the ground beneath our feet seems to buckle and shift? Psalm 46 offers a vision of God to keep us through any…
• Where Does Radical Love Come From? 2025-05-28
  John Piper | How can we be set free from selfishness so that, at any earthly cost to ourselves, we will love other people in a way that makes Christ…
• Authentic Preaching in the Age of AI 2025-05-21
  Tony Reinke | In the age of artificial intelligence, do we still need preachers? Answering that question well takes us to the heart of…
• Turning Sadness at Losing Money to Gladness at Gaining Jesus 2025-05-14
  John Piper | A camel cannot pass through the eye of a needle, nor can we turn our own hearts from loving money to loving Jesus. But what is…
• Take Care How You Hear a Sermon 2025-05-07
  John Piper | There is a way to see truth without seeing it — to hear without hearing. For all who listen to sermons, the words of Jesus stand: Take…
• The Privilege of Preaching 2025-04-30
  John Piper | Though fraught with challenges and temptations to lose heart, preaching the word of God is a glorious privilege. John Piper gives ten…
• The Power of Preaching 2025-04-23
  John Piper | God has chosen to bind the fullness of his supernatural effectiveness to the human ministry of the word. So, how might we preach in…
• Big-God Preaching for God-Hungry People 2025-04-16
  David Mathis | Pastor, all your hearers are hungry for the living God, even if they don’t know it or can’t name it. And only big-God preaching will…
• The Glory of Big-God Preaching 2025-04-09
  John Piper | When preachers herald the glory of God from the heart, the pride of man dies, all of life becomes meaningful, and we rejoice like never…
• Foundations for the Future of Your Church 2025-04-02
  John Piper | A church endures in faithfulness only as its leaders and members rejoice in the glory of God, savor the word of God, and treasure the…
• We Will Go Out with Joy: Christian Fellowship as a Means of Grace 2025-03-26
  David Mathis | Fellowship is not a nice addition to personal Christianity but a vital means of grace. Through fellowship, we help each other hold…
• What the World Needs from Your Church 2025-03-05
  John Piper | Chipper churches leave no lasting impression on the world. The greatest gift we have to give is indomitable joy in Jesus in the midst…
• The Mighty Ministry of Song: How Praise Shapes the Saints 2025-01-29
  John Piper | When the people of God gladly sing of his riches together, the saints mature, Satan retreats, and the word of Christ goes forth.
• Supernatural Pastors: How to Minister in God’s Strength 2025-01-25
  John Piper | Brothers, if we are going to do good — lasting good — to our churches, then we must preach and lead and counsel and serve in the…
• Slavery and Christ’s Supreme Lordship: How to Live Under Human Authority 2024-12-18
  John Piper | In a world of many authorities, we magnify the supreme lordship of Christ by the way we submit to the fading structures of this age.
• Countless Dangers, Continual Joy: How Is That Possible? 2024-11-27
  John Piper | Paul’s Christian life was one of countless dangers, continual sorrows, and constant joy. How is that kind of life possible?
• Restore Our Joy in You: A Prayer for God-Centered Revival 2024-11-13
  Marshall Segal | When our souls grow dull to spiritual reality, the character of God is our confidence. He has restored us before; he will revive us…
• Doctrine Fails Without Delight: The Mind as Servant of the Heart 2024-11-06
  John Piper | By God’s design, truth serves emotion. Thinking serves feeling. The lyrics of our best songs serve the Godward longings of our hearts.
• Do You Look to the Reward? 2024-10-30
  David Mathis | What do soldiers, farmers, athletes, and Christians have in common? We endure, through discomfort, to get the reward.
• Do You Delight in God? 2024-10-23
  David Mathis | God invites us not only to trust him, fear him, and obey him, but to enjoy him. For as we do, our happiness is full in him, and his…
• God-Centered Children: Teaching Our Kids the Biggest Vision 2024-10-16
  John Piper | Faithful parents and teachers speak to kids on their level, but they also aim to create new concepts, new structures of thought, new…
• The Beauty of Reformed Theology 2024-10-02
  John Piper | Reformed theology is beautiful because the God of sovereign grace is beautiful. The doctrines are windows — he is the glory.
• Serious Joy: The Root of Sacrificial Love 2024-09-18
  John Piper | 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?…
• Jars of Clay: Pastoral Grit for the Glory of Christ 2024-09-04
  John Piper | The apostle Paul was no stranger to ministry’s many strains. Yet for all his afflictions, he neither lost heart nor tampered with the…
• No Neutrality: The Illusion of Indifference to Jesus 2024-08-21
  John Piper | No one can be neutral about Jesus Christ. Either he will have our heart and soul, our life and obedience — or hell will.
• Truth Triumphs Through Providence 2024-08-14
  John Piper | When God makes a promise, he keeps it. And he keeps it through his purposeful, all-wise, absolute sovereignty — through his providence.
• Zeal: To Live with All Your Might 2024-08-11
  John Piper | God’s will is not simply that we obey God’s will, but that we obey it in a certain way: with all of our might for all of our life.
• Toward Need, Not Comfort: The Blood-Bought Path of the Good Samaritan 2024-08-07
  John Piper | You don’t have to be Christian to love the story of the Good Samaritan. But applauding Luke’s parable apart from his Gospel contradicts…
• Truth Triumphs Through Pleasure 2024-07-31
  John Piper | When the Bible speaks of “truth,” it refers ultimately to God himself. Therefore, truth demands more than just our minds — truth will…
• His Power, Your Body, Our Home: Three Marks of Christian Citizens 2024-07-06
  David Mathis | In this earthly life, Christians do more than wait for heaven. We belong to heaven, find our hope in heaven, and serve the King of…
• The Fullest, Longest Happiness: For Those Who Pass the Test 2024-07-03
  John Piper | God never tests his saints with ill intent. As the Father of lights, his every test aims at the full and lasting happiness of his…
• Work Out What Christ Has Won: The Christian Life as Gift and Duty 2024-06-19
  David Mathis | The everyday Christian life is both a gift and a duty. By God’s own indwelling power, we work out what Christ has won.
• What Is It Like to ‘Know Christ’? 2024-06-12
  David Mathis | The Christian life has one final aim: to know and enjoy Jesus. He justified us to know him, we daily press on to know him more, and…
• How to Win a Fight: Heavenly Wisdom for Relational Conflict 2024-06-05
  Marshall Segal | What counsel does the book of James offer for our relationships? Submit to God, ask for wisdom, temper your words, calm your anger,…
• The Safest Soul in All the World: Rejoicing in the Risen Christ 2024-04-14
  David Mathis | The safest soul in all the universe is the one that rejoices in the risen Christ. God will never destroy those who delight in his Son.