Messages by Desiring God (Video)

John Piper | To understand 1 Peter, you must understand what the apostle Peter means by “elect exiles.”

John Piper | The answer to the rise of secularism, persecution, and the prosperity gospel is to behold God's self-authenticating glory in the Bible as found in 1 Peter.

John Piper | Christians, as chosen lights, proclaim God’s excellencies through transformed living, silencing ignorance, shaming the revilers with good behavior, and bringing glory to their heavenly Father.

John Piper | Is stumbling because of disobedience any different from being born again by the mercy of God? If we are not born again, we will disobey, destined by our nature.

John Piper | According to 1 Peter, what does it mean to have your soul purified by “obedience to the truth”?

John Piper | Christians are called to both “fear not” and fear — fear to squander the precious ransom of Christ’s blood.

John Piper | New passions give rise to new conduct. And if you try to turn it around, you don’t have Christianity anymore.

John Piper | Your faith is so valuable that God is willing to put it through fire to burn out all the dross. Don’t begrudge the school of suffering because God deems it necessary.

John Piper | The Christian life is characterized by the simultaneous experience of both joy and sorrow. Trials are allowed by God’s necessity to test and strengthen one’s faith, all while God provides the necessary grace for each day’s challenges.

John Piper | God sustains faith, trials refine faith, and faith glorifies Christ.