Desiring God

Our mission is to assist individuals around the world in recognizing and accepting the idea that God is truly honored when we find our deepest satisfaction in Him.

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How Do I ‘Give Glory’ to God?

1 week ago | desiringgod.org | David Mathis

“I just want to give glory to God . . .”Whether it’s a post-game interview with a Christian athlete or everyday talk with friends and family, we’ve all heard it and likely said it. The strength of such a line is its Godwardness and rightness. A weakness of such talk can be its vagueness. How exactly does one “give glory” to God? “Giving glory” to God is clearly a biblical category — and Scripture is not as vague as we often are.
Trusting God After Losing Everything

2 weeks ago | desiringgod.org | John Piper

Audio TranscriptWe have a sad question today, Pastor John, from a friend of ours in Southern California. “Pastor John, hello to you. We lost our home in the California fires this past November, and many others lost their homes in the much larger fires in the Los Angeles area in January.
Your Thorn for His Glory: How Christ’s Power Is Perfected in Weakness

3 weeks ago | desiringgod.org | John Piper

Audio TranscriptThere are three reasons why I want to focus on 2 Corinthians 12:7–10 in particular. First, it’s God’s word. Those of us who have grown up in the church need to just say those words very slowly. The God who created the universe, holds it in being, guides every part of it, knows everything, and is infinitely good and infinitely wise has spoken. That’s breathtaking. That’s reason number one. I think those four verses are the mind of God.
Paul’s Parent-Rooted, Non-Guilty Service: 2 Timothy 1:3–8, Part 1

3 weeks ago | desiringgod.org | John Piper

What is Look at the Book? You look at a Bible text on the screen. You listen to John Piper. You watch his pen “draw out” meaning. You see for yourself whether the meaning is really there. And (we pray!) all that God is for you in Christ explodes with faith, and joy, and love.
Restoring a Repentant Adulterer

4 weeks ago | desiringgod.org | John Piper

Audio TranscriptOne of the dominant themes throughout the history of this podcast, Ask Pastor John, is looking at the local church. How do I find a good local church? When should I leave my church? Can I attend multiple churches? How do we respond to people who say, “I won’t leave Jesus — but I’m done with the local church and its failed leaders”? Et cetera. A lot of ground has been covered in these topics, as you can see in the APJ book, beginning on page 417.
Do You See Eternity?

1 month ago | desiringgod.org | Randy Alcorn

When I was a brand-new believer in the 1970s, many Christians eagerly listened to Bible teachers “proving” from Scripture that Christ would return in the 1980s. The Late Great Planet Earth told us the fig tree in Matthew 24:32–35 was Israel, and the generation that witnessed Israel’s return as a nation in 1948 wouldn’t pass away before Christ’s return.
How Great Is Paul’s Apostolic Authority? 2 Timothy 1:1–2, Part 2

1 month ago | desiringgod.org | John Piper

What is Look at the Book? You look at a Bible text on the screen. You listen to John Piper. You watch his pen “draw out” meaning. You see for yourself whether the meaning is really there. And (we pray!) all that God is for you in Christ explodes with faith, and joy, and love.
Turning Sadness at Losing Money to Gladness at Gaining Jesus

1 month ago | desiringgod.org | John Piper

I’m going to tell you what I think the main point of this text is so that as we move through the text you can put it to the test. I want you to be asking as we work our way through this text — eyes on God’s word, to test my word — “Has he got it? Is he onto Luke’s the point? Or has he imported this from his own ideas into the text? Is it coming out of the text as Luke has written the story?” Luke is the inspired writer here, not me. Can we see the point in this story as Luke has written it?
Wimpy Theology Makes Vulnerable Women

1 month ago | desiringgod.org | John Piper

Audio TranscriptMother’s Day was yesterday. Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there. I hope you got breakfast in bed and flowers and a day full of love and all that to celebrate the immense selflessness you have shown to your family. Today we’re talking about women and theology in a question that comes to us from Audrey. “Dear Pastor John, hello and thank you for this podcast! I’m a Gen-Z listener and I greatly appreciate the teachings you share each week.
God Will Heal Me Completely - But When?

1 month ago | desiringgod.org | John Piper

Audio TranscriptWe just looked at the idea that God withholds no good thing from his children, according to Psalm 84:11. And we asked, “What does that mean?” Because we don’t have every good thing we possibly could have. That was APJ 2141. We must deal with the blanket promises of Scripture and the reality of our lives, and so today we look at another wonderful blanket promise in the Psalms — that God heals all our diseases. Obviously, Christians struggle with diseases every day.