John Piper

Oct 15, 2022 • 52 min

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 6, 2022 • 1h 4m

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 1, 2022 • 57 min

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 1, 2022 • 58 min

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.

Sep 30, 2022 • 59 min

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 18, 2022 • 38 min

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 11, 2022 • 54 min

Before he created the earth, God knew pain would plague this world. And not only knew, but planned. And not only planned — but purposed.

Sep 5, 2022 • 37 min

The individual soul’s affection for God is essential to the corporate, eternal reality of the worshiping church.

Aug 28, 2022 • 43 min

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 25, 2022 • 50 min

David Mathis | Good preachers carry many burdens before preaching, while preaching, and after preaching — and the rewards still outweigh the costs.

Jun 17, 2022 • 42 min

God promises us his life-sustaining presence, even as he leads us into waterless regions of suffering and loss.

Jun 12, 2022 • 37 min

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.

Apr 27, 2022 • 41 min

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 20, 2022 • 53 min

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 17, 2022 • 37 min

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 • 39 min

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.

Mar 20, 2022 • 37 min

David Mathis | What is freedom in Christ? Freedom from trying to earn God’s acceptance, and freedom to know and enjoy God forever.

Mar 13, 2022 • 44 min

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 2, 2022 • 37 min

David Mathis | Why would Christians exercise? Working and pushing these bodies, as God designed them, serves our learning, our joy, and our love.

Feb 27, 2022 • 45 min

The sovereign supremacy of Christ both keeps us from error and enables us to persevere through hardships with patience and joyful thankfulness.