

John Piper
Reformed pastor and theologian known for preaching, writing, and founding desiringGod.org; provides the primary theological teaching and answers listener questions on the program.
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Jan 1, 2026 • 17min
Make a Life Plan for 2026
John Piper, a respected pastor and theologian known for his focus on God-centered living, explores how to create a personal mission statement aimed at 2026. He emphasizes God's consistent purposefulness and our need to align personal goals with His ultimate aim: to be seen, savored, and shown. Piper discusses transforming everyday actions into acts of worship and the importance of crafting both broad, lasting mission statements and adaptable, seasonal goals. His insights inspire listeners to live purposefully in a way that glorifies God.

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Feb 19, 2026 • 13min
Waiting Is the Hardest Part
John Piper, pastor, theologian and author known for pastoral counsel and founding desiringGod.org, explores what God does in seasons of waiting. He frames waiting with Psalm 40 and maps six stages of discouragement. He explains how waiting can produce new security, a new song, and fresh significance. Practical resources are pointed out for dealing with deadness and depression.

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Apr 16, 2026 • 14min
Where AI Fails
John Piper, Reformed pastor and founder of Desiring God, offers a brief theological perspective. He explores whether AI can replace humans and insists emotions and spiritual affections are central to Christian life. He argues savoring God makes us uniquely human. He ties heartfelt joy to enduring suffering and finishing with why that delight cannot be replicated by machines.

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May 4, 2026 • 14min
Suffering for Joy
John Piper, Reformed pastor and theologian known for preaching and founding Desiring God, joins to unpack 2 Corinthians. He discusses why Christians still suffer and how afflictions shape faith. He catalogs Paul’s hardships and explains how present suffering prepares for future glory. He also shows how the gospel relieves meaninglessness, guilt, loneliness, and fear of death.

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Mar 9, 2026 • 22min
God’s Commands Are for Your Joy
John Piper, Reformed pastor and author known for founding Desiring God, explains how God's commands are meant to lead to true joy. He contrasts burdening legalism with Jesus' compassionate yoke. He explores delighting in God’s law, grace as both pardon and power, sanctification by Spirit and faith, and trusting God’s path over worldly prescriptions.

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Apr 9, 2026 • 27min
If Christ Is Not Raised, Live Comfortably
John Piper, Reformed theologian and founder of Desiring God, reflects on resurrection hope and Christian living. He contrasts hollow comfort with costly discipleship. He explains Paul’s claim that without resurrection believers are pitiable. He explores suffering as mission, how saints’ hardships communicate Christ to unreached peoples, and why future hope fuels present endurance.

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May 1, 2026 • 28min
How God Helps Us Suffer
John Piper, Reformed Baptist pastor and author known for expository preaching and founding Desiring God, walks through Romans 8. He contrasts present sufferings with future glory. He explains creation’s groaning and uses childbirth imagery to describe hope. He teaches how the Spirit intercedes and groans with our weakness when we cannot pray.

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Apr 23, 2026 • 22min
The Final Verdict Has Already Been Spoken
John Piper, Reformed theologian and pastor known for expository preaching and founding Desiring God, delivers a sermonic walk through Romans and Corinthians. He unpacks imputation of Christ's righteousness and how our sin was placed on Christ. He emphasizes the permanence of justification, contrasts immediate versus deferred verdicts, and explains how union with Christ is received by faith.

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Mar 19, 2026 • 17min
Hope That Pleases God
John Piper, Reformed pastor and bestselling author, offers a short sermon on Psalm 147:11. He explores how gospel commands can be good news. He uses a rock-climbing story and vivid images to show human helplessness and the call to trust. He explains how hope produces prayer and obedience and defines faith, trust, and future-oriented hope.

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Mar 11, 2026 • 25min
When Majesty Is Missing from Preaching
John Piper, Reformed pastor and theologian known for bold preaching on God’s supremacy, speaks about the loss of divine majesty in modern pulpit practice. He contrasts chatty, therapeutic sermons with preaching that evokes cosmic awe. He describes scripture’s call to reverence and argues sermons should center God’s glory, showing how that focus meets sorrow and points people to true hope.


