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Desiring God

John Piper answering tough theological and pastoral questions.

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Jun 5, 2025 · 13 min
Trusting God After Losing Everything
Anxiety can overwhelm us, especially in times of deep loss. How do we fight our fears of the future when so much has already gone wrong?
Jun 2, 2025 · 14 min
When Your Best Years Are Behind You
Life gets harder as we age. We can’t do the same ministries forever. How do we cling to joy in God amid the loss and uncertainty?
May 29, 2025 · 10 min
The Glorious Riches Awaiting You
When Paul talks about the riches of God’s inheritance, is God the one inheriting, or are we? Pastor John offers four clues from the context.
May 26, 2025 · 10 min
Restoring a Repentant Adulterer
How do churches decide when repentance is real, discipline is done, and someone removed from membership is ready to be restored?
May 22, 2025 · 14 min
Drawing Close to a Daughter Drifting from God
How can faithful parents maintain a meaningful relationship with a wayward child? Pastor John helps moms and dads walk wisely through the pain.
May 19, 2025 · 15 min
Why Didn’t Christ Come Sooner?
If the world was already fallen with Adam and utterly corrupt at the flood, why did God wait thousands of years before sending Jesus?
May 15, 2025 · 12 min
Seven Anchors That Hold When Tragedy Hits
How do we face death and broken relationships, especially when they pile on at the same time? Pastor John helps us find wisdom, love, and strength in deep loss.
May 12, 2025 · 14 min
Wimpy Theology Makes Vulnerable Women
How can women navigate a corrupt and confusing world? Pastor John offers biblical strategies for confidence, strength, and freedom.
May 8, 2025 · 8 min
God Will Heal Me Completely — But When?
In a world where Christians deal with chronic pain and awful sickness, how can we understand and apply the promise that “God heals all your diseases”?
May 5, 2025 · 15 min
Common Myths About Eternal Rewards
Can we lose eternal rewards by becoming incapacitated or less fruitful as we age? Or can our sin cancel out rewards we would have received?
May 1, 2025 · 14 min
The Most Extraordinary Experience in This World
Knowing God is the most extraordinary experience in the world. But how do we come to know him authentically, deeply, personally?
Apr 28, 2025 · 12 min
‘No One Ever Hated His Own Body’ — Really?
Did Paul know about self-harm and poor body image? If he did, how could he still say that “no one ever hated his own flesh”?
Apr 24, 2025 · 12 min
Every Pinch of Pain Has Purpose
Persecution, troubles, heaviness of heart — are these different forms of God’s discipline? Pastor John traces God’s good purposes in different kinds of pain.
Apr 21, 2025 · 15 min
Will Heaven Ever Grow Boring?
We know the new heavens and new earth will be a place of perfect, endless joy. But will we really never get bored, even after millions of years?
Apr 17, 2025 · 7 min
The Cost of Being a Loner
Those who try to live the Christian life outside of community are missing something crucial. So, how might Christian loners move toward life together?
Apr 14, 2025 · 12 min
God Withholds Nothing We Need
If God has already promised not to withhold anything good from us, then does asking him for more imply that yesterday’s good wasn’t good enough?
Apr 10, 2025 · 11 min
How Can I Grow in Humility as I Grow in Knowledge?
If knowledge puffs up, will formal Bible education make us proud? Pastor John points out pride’s craftiness and offers five weapons of humility.
Apr 7, 2025 · 12 min
How to Become the Mother of Jesus
What does the Bible say about Mary, Jesus’s mother? What is Mary’s true legacy for Christians today?
Apr 3, 2025 · 12 min
Distinguishing Shame from Guilt
What is the difference between guilt and shame? And when do true feelings of guilt or shame become false feelings that reject God’s grace?
Mar 31, 2025 · 11 min
What Jordan Peterson Gets Wrong About Happiness
Is the purpose of life to find meaning? Pastor John responds to Jordan Peterson’s claim that happiness cannot be our goal.

Ask Pastor John

Trusting God After Losing Everything

When Your Best Years Are Behind You

The Glorious Riches Awaiting You

Restoring a Repentant Adulterer

Drawing Close to a Daughter Drifting from God

Why Didn’t Christ Come Sooner?

Seven Anchors That Hold When Tragedy Hits

Wimpy Theology Makes Vulnerable Women

God Will Heal Me Completely — But When?

Common Myths About Eternal Rewards

The Most Extraordinary Experience in This World

‘No One Ever Hated His Own Body’ — Really?

Every Pinch of Pain Has Purpose

Will Heaven Ever Grow Boring?

The Cost of Being a Loner

God Withholds Nothing We Need

How Can I Grow in Humility as I Grow in Knowledge?

How to Become the Mother of Jesus

Distinguishing Shame from Guilt

What Jordan Peterson Gets Wrong About Happiness