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| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guard Your Mind from Trash | 23 Jun 2025 | 00:14:42 | |
In a corrupted and corrupting world, how can we protect our minds without becoming isolated or indifferent to the world around us? | |||
| Jesus’s Warnings to the Comfortable | 19 Jun 2025 | 00:12:15 | |
When Jesus calls down woes on the rich, full, and laughing, does he have any qualifications in mind? Pastor John uncovers a clue in the context. | |||
| Seven Ways to Break Free from Misplaced Hope | 16 Jun 2025 | 00:13:59 | |
What if we feel more excited to see family than to see Jesus in heaven? Pastor John offers seven practical suggestions for pursuing deeper love for Christ. | |||
| Are My Struggles Personal or Demonic? | 12 Jun 2025 | 00:13:24 | |
If we don’t wrestle against flesh and blood, why does it so often feel like we do? Pastor John explores the demonic designs in human opposition. | |||
| Is It Wrong to Get a Little Drunk Sometimes? | 09 Jun 2025 | 00:12:13 | |
If we want to get close to God, then we won’t ask how close we can get to sin. We’ll ask how we can enjoy more of the Holy Spirit’s fullness. | |||
| Trusting God After Losing Everything | 05 Jun 2025 | 00:13:01 | |
Anxiety can overwhelm us, especially in times of deep loss. How do we fight our fears of the future when so much has already gone wrong? | |||
| When Your Best Years Are Behind You | 02 Jun 2025 | 00:14:16 | |
Life gets harder as we age. We can’t do the same ministries forever. How do we cling to joy in God amid the loss and uncertainty? | |||
| The Glorious Riches Awaiting You | 29 May 2025 | 00:10:31 | |
When Paul talks about the riches of God’s inheritance, is God the one inheriting, or are we? Pastor John offers four clues from the context. | |||
| Restoring a Repentant Adulterer | 26 May 2025 | 00:10:57 | |
How do churches decide when repentance is real, discipline is done, and someone removed from membership is ready to be restored? | |||
| Drawing Close to a Daughter Drifting from God | 22 May 2025 | 00:14:09 | |
How can faithful parents maintain a meaningful relationship with a wayward child? Pastor John helps moms and dads walk wisely through the pain. | |||
| Why Didn’t Christ Come Sooner? | 19 May 2025 | 00:15:00 | |
If the world was already fallen with Adam and utterly corrupt at the flood, why did God wait thousands of years before sending Jesus? | |||
| Seven Anchors That Hold When Tragedy Hits | 15 May 2025 | 00:12:41 | |
How do we face death and broken relationships, especially when they pile on at the same time? Pastor John helps us find wisdom, love, and strength in deep loss. | |||
| Wimpy Theology Makes Vulnerable Women | 12 May 2025 | 00:14:20 | |
How can women navigate a corrupt and confusing world? Pastor John offers biblical strategies for confidence, strength, and freedom. | |||
| God Will Heal Me Completely — But When? | 08 May 2025 | 00:08:36 | |
In a world where Christians deal with chronic pain and awful sickness, how can we understand and apply the promise that “God heals all your diseases”? | |||
| Common Myths About Eternal Rewards | 05 May 2025 | 00:15:53 | |
Can we lose eternal rewards by becoming incapacitated or less fruitful as we age? Or can our sin cancel out rewards we would have received? | |||
| The Most Extraordinary Experience in This World | 01 May 2025 | 00:14:19 | |
Knowing God is the most extraordinary experience in the world. But how do we come to know him authentically, deeply, personally? | |||
| ‘No One Ever Hated His Own Body’ — Really? | 28 Apr 2025 | 00:12:28 | |
Did Paul know about self-harm and poor body image? If he did, how could he still say that “no one ever hated his own flesh”? | |||
| Every Pinch of Pain Has Purpose | 24 Apr 2025 | 00:12:50 | |
Persecution, troubles, heaviness of heart — are these different forms of God’s discipline? Pastor John traces God’s good purposes in different kinds of pain. | |||
| Will Heaven Ever Grow Boring? | 21 Apr 2025 | 00:15:25 | |
We know the new heavens and new earth will be a place of perfect, endless joy. But will we really never get bored, even after millions of years? | |||
| The Cost of Being a Loner | 17 Apr 2025 | 00:07:10 | |
Those who try to live the Christian life outside of community are missing something crucial. So, how might Christian loners move toward life together? | |||
| God Withholds Nothing We Need | 14 Apr 2025 | 00:12:47 | |
If God has already promised not to withhold anything good from us, then does asking him for more imply that yesterday’s good wasn’t good enough? | |||
| How Can I Grow in Humility as I Grow in Knowledge? | 10 Apr 2025 | 00:11:09 | |
If knowledge puffs up, will formal Bible education make us proud? Pastor John points out pride’s craftiness and offers five weapons of humility. | |||
| How to Become the Mother of Jesus | 07 Apr 2025 | 00:12:27 | |
What does the Bible say about Mary, Jesus’s mother? What is Mary’s true legacy for Christians today? | |||
| Distinguishing Shame from Guilt | 03 Apr 2025 | 00:12:08 | |
What is the difference between guilt and shame? And when do true feelings of guilt or shame become false feelings that reject God’s grace? | |||
| What Jordan Peterson Gets Wrong About Happiness | 31 Mar 2025 | 00:11:07 | |
Is the purpose of life to find meaning? Pastor John responds to Jordan Peterson’s claim that happiness cannot be our goal. | |||
| Does God Withdraw His Presence from Me? | 27 Mar 2025 | 00:10:17 | |
God promises never to leave us nor forsake us, but sometimes the Bible says he withdraws his presence from us. How can those both be true? | |||
| Seven Promises That Have Kept John Piper | 24 Mar 2025 | 00:12:47 | |
How can our faith turn from nominal to authentic? Pastor John reflects on God’s power to establish and sustain belief through his promises. | |||
| Help Me Live a Genuine Life | 20 Mar 2025 | 00:13:23 | |
When God commands a godly life of genuine affections, how do we obey? John Piper draws our attention to the transforming mercies of God. | |||
| How Did Jesus Freely Live a Scripted Life? | 17 Mar 2025 | 00:11:14 | |
As Jesus headed toward the cross, he knew he was fulfilling the script that was written for him. So, how did he authentically choose a death already decided? | |||
| How Much of Christianity Remains a Secret? | 13 Mar 2025 | 00:14:29 | |
How much of the Christian faith has already been revealed to us now, and how much of it remains a secret that we won’t understand until we get to heaven? | |||
| If No One Seeks God, How Is Anyone Saved? | 10 Mar 2025 | 00:13:37 | |
If sinners cannot seek God, how does anyone receive salvation? Pastor John shows that God must give his power and grace precisely because we cannot seek him on our own. | |||
| Are Christians Happier Than Non-Christians in This Life? | 06 Mar 2025 | 00:11:50 | |
Why are Christians most to be pitied if there’s no resurrection? Don’t we still experience more joy than non-Christians? Pastor John gives four responses. | |||
| I Never Felt Like God’s Enemy — Was I? | 03 Mar 2025 | 00:14:08 | |
If we have no memory of hating or opposing God before he saved us, then how should we understand the Bible’s claim that we were his enemy? | |||
| Advice for Reading Romans After Decades of Experience | 27 Feb 2025 | 00:12:44 | |
Why does Pastor John believe Romans is the greatest letter ever written? And how would he encourage Christians to benefit from this monumental book? | |||
| Should I Use AI to Help Me Write Sermons? | 24 Feb 2025 | 00:14:06 | |
Should pastors and ministry leaders use artificial intelligence as a tool to write their sermons and newsletters? If so, how? If not, why not? | |||
| Every Good Sermon Has Application | 20 Feb 2025 | 00:14:59 | |
How much life application should pastors offer in their sermons? Pastor John commends interweaving exposition and application throughout each sermon. | |||
| What Makes Someone Spiritually Dirty? | 17 Feb 2025 | 00:11:48 | |
When Jesus taught that impurity comes from within, was he departing from the Old Testament? Pastor John considers purity across the covenants. | |||
| Why Does the Bible Say Baptism Saves Us? | 13 Feb 2025 | 00:15:47 | |
If God justifies by faith apart from works, then why do some passages seem to suggest that forgiveness comes through the act of baptism? | |||
| Living with Gospel-Sized Ambition | 10 Feb 2025 | 00:11:01 | |
Acts 20:24 has encouraged and challenged Christians throughout the centuries. How, in particular, has it shaped the life and ministry of John Piper? | |||
| Why Is Witchcraft Handled So Differently Across Scripture? | 06 Feb 2025 | 00:12:05 | |
In the Old Testament, witchcraft is met with capital punishment — but not in the New. Why does God handle this sin differently across redemptive history? | |||
| Is There Good Magic and Edifying Sorcery? | 03 Feb 2025 | 00:14:30 | |
Do the signs and wonders in Scripture justify using righteous magic in fiction? Pastor John helps us discern the kinds of stories that serve our sight of Reality. | |||
| How Do I Become Happy in God? | 30 Jan 2025 | 00:13:51 | |
Sometimes, the story of another Christian’s joy in God serves to kindle our own. Pastor John takes us to a remarkable moment in the life of Hudson Taylor. | |||
| If God Pastors Me, Why Do I Need Pastors? | 27 Jan 2025 | 00:12:07 | |
God could have designed the world so that all the help we need comes from him directly. Instead, he often ministers to us indirectly through other people. Why? | |||
| How Do I Apply Bible Stories to My Life? | 23 Jan 2025 | 00:17:28 | |
How can we begin to grasp the meaning of biblical narratives and their application to life? Pastor John offers an example from the story of Joseph. | |||
| One Believer Dies, Another Lives: On Reading Providence | 20 Jan 2025 | 00:10:15 | |
In Acts 12, God allows Herod to kill James, but he thwarts the king’s plan to kill Peter. What might this chapter teach us about God’s providence? | |||
| The Pleasure That Defeats Pornography | 16 Jan 2025 | 00:12:58 | |
How does a promise about the future help us fight for purity today? Pastor John unpacks the power of the greatest pleasure purchased at the greatest price. | |||
| Does God Believe in Atheists? | 13 Jan 2025 | 00:12:05 | |
People for millennia have said, in one way or another, “There is no God.” Pastor John describes five ways we suppress the knowledge of God’s existence. | |||
| Is Heaven a Real Place Right Now? | 09 Jan 2025 | 00:16:14 | |
Is heaven a physical place that exists right now? As Pastor John answers, he encourages us to focus mainly on the relational, not the spatial, aspect of heaven. | |||
| Why Pray for Protection When Suffering Keeps Coming? | 06 Jan 2025 | 00:13:58 | |
Even when our prayers for protection feel pointless, they are not. God is our good and sovereign Father, and it is never pointless to ask him for what we need. | |||
| The Spiritual Battles in Your Bible Reading | 02 Jan 2025 | 00:13:20 | |
As we begin a new year of Bible reading, what obstacles can we expect to meet along the way — and what benefits will keep us reading day by day? | |||
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