Messages by Desiring God Podcast
1) The Everyday Bride of Jesus: How Christology Shapes a Local Church
David Mathis | The church depends on Jesus Christ for its existence, authority, and ultimate joy. But how does the God-man’s nature direct the church’s health?
2) Six Paths to Self-Forgetfulness
Scott Hubbard | Self-awareness can be good, but it can also go too far. Our thoughts of self often grow quieter when we look to God and follow where he leads.
3) Why Would a Christian Exercise?
David Mathis | Exercise may seem like a distraction from a life of serving others, but God can use our movement to deepen our joy and broaden our love.
4) Be an Iceberg Christian: Setting an Example in Your Youth
David Mathis | Pursuing a holy ambition means seeking maturity in Christ more than we seek influence in the world. An enduring example takes hidden work.
5) Living in God’s Sovereign, Sustaining Grace
When God ordains sufferings for the good of his people, he also sustains them and cares for them with all the strength of his love.
6) This Body Must Be Raised: Four Reasons for Your Resurrection
John Piper | Jesus’s glorified body, his purpose for believers, his astonishing power, and the glory of the new creation all insist that the resurrection must happen.
7) Sing in the Fullness of the Spirit: A Live Lab on Ephesians 5:15–20
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 can sing to him.
8) Enjoying Jesus in Sexual Purity
Marshall Segal | Where will we find true blessedness? Sexual sin tempts us to find it in fleeting, false pleasures — but God’s promises hold out a better, surer joy.
9) John Piper: Would You Help to Expand Free Access?
John Piper | Listen Now
10) Is Joy in Jesus a Christian Obligation?
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 Christian life.