John Piper | The enemies to our joy in God are many, but so are the weapons he has given for the fight — including his promise to help us prevail.بقلم John Piper

John Piper | When the people of God gladly sing of his riches together, the saints mature, Satan retreats, and the word of Christ goes forth.بقلم John Piper

January 26, 2025 Idolatry or Koinonia 1 John 5:21 Coty Pinckney preaching, Series: The Image of God and the Sanctity of Human Life Click here to listenبقلم Taylor Allen

John Piper | Brothers, if we are going to do good — lasting good — to our churches, then we must preach and lead and counsel and serve in the strength that God supplies.بقلم John Piper

David Mathis | God may make believers in a moment, but he makes preachers over a lifetime. If you desire to preach, but doubt your present ability, envision the long arc, and seek to make progress over decades.بقلم David Mathis

John Piper | Brothers, if we are going to do good — lasting good — to our churches, then we must preach and lead and counsel and serve in the strength that God supplies.بقلم John Piper

Greg Morse | When it comes to getting married, Martin Luther does not mince words: “Stop thinking about it and go to it right merrily.” Young men, God helping you, find a wife.بقلم Greg Morse

Brothers, if we are going to do good — lasting good — to our churches, then we must preach and lead and counsel and serve in the strength that God supplies.بقلم John Piper

January 19, 2025 Welcomed and Welcoming: The Church Affirms the Sanctity of Life Romans 15:1-7 Michael Cole preaching, Series: The Image of God and the Sanctity of Human Life Click here to listenبقلم Taylor Allen

David Mathis | In this fallen world, expect suffering and sorrows. But also know that, in Christ, they are limited, designed, and rewarded by a kind and gracious God.بقلم David Mathis

January 12, 2025 Idolatry and the Great Objectification of Man Acts 3:1-10 Jacob Smith preaching, Series: The Image of God and the Sanctity of Human Life Click here to listenبقلم Taylor Allen

David Mathis | Our God is a great King, whom we approach with awe. And he is our Father, whom we run to with confidence. How does Christian prayer balance this paradox?بقلم David Mathis

David Mathis | As pastors, our first priority each day is not to serve God, help his people, or engage in other ministry, but to get our soul happy in God.بقلم David Mathis

If God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him, then we are not merely permitted to pursue our joy in God. We must.بقلم John Piper

Marshall Segal | God is looking for people who pray to him in need and in plenty, in the wilderness and in paradise, in desperate dependence and in adoring delight.بقلم Marshall Segal

January 5, 2025 Freedom to Serve the Lord Exodus 34:6–9; Romans 6:12–23 I’John Gatewood preaching, Series: The Image of God and the Sanctity of Human Life Click here to listenبقلم Taylor Allen

Scott Hubbard | In a world of urgent needs, urgent demands, and urgent responsibilities, one priority is more urgent than them all: prayer.بقلم Scott Hubbard

David Mathis | Do you want God to look good in your life? Then heed his invitation to find your deepest hunger, deepest thirst, and deepest longings satisfied in him.بقلم David Mathis

Greg Morse | Our God is not just a hearing God, nor even an answering God, but a God able to do infinitely above the tallest ask. This year, pray to this God.بقلم Greg Morse

Scott Hubbard | Unless we keep our hearts with all vigilance, they won’t be kept. So, on the cusp of a new year, how warm is your heart toward Jesus?بقلم Scott Hubbard

December 29, 2024 Jesus Came to Establish His Church Acts 2:41-47 Jacob Smith preaching, Acts Series: The Acts of the Risen King Jesus Click here to listenبقلم Taylor Allen

Greg Morse | In an age that suppresses God’s design for men and women, what does it mean to act like a man?بقلم Greg Morse

Some of the gospel’s most precious benefits are rooted in the superiority of Christ’s priesthood. The baby born in Bethlehem lives forever and saves to the uttermost.بقلم John Piper

John Piper | Because of Christmas, we get adopted, and God gets acclaim. We become his family, and he becomes famous for his grace.بقلم John Piper

December 22, 2024 Jesus Came to Defeat Satan Acts 2:33-36, 40-41 Jacob Smith preaching, Advent Series: Remembering Jesus’ First Coming, Looking To His Second Coming Click here to listenبقلم Taylor Allen

David Mathis | Real peace during the holidays may seem like a far-off dream, but remember, the one who came will come again, and establish himself as King of Peace.بقلم David Mathis

John Piper | In a world of many authorities, we magnify the supreme lordship of Christ by the way we submit to the fading structures of this age.بقلم John Piper

In a world of many authorities, we magnify the supreme lordship of Christ by the way we submit to the fading structures of this age.بقلم John Piper

In a world of many authorities, we magnify the supreme lordship of Christ by the way we submit to the fading structures of this age.بقلم John Piper

Jon Bloom | When the Son of God was born, the light of the world dawned on us. He broke upon a world in darkness and lit up the shadows of our hearts.بقلم Jon Bloom

December 15, 2024 Jesus Came to Defeat Sin Acts 2:36-39 Jacob Smith preaching, Advent Series: Remembering Jesus’ First Coming, Looking To His Second Coming Click here to listen (audio incomplete)بقلم Taylor Allen

Greg Morse | A locked door needs a key to open. And the bolted gate of Eden, keeping men from God, demanded the strongest key heaven could offer: Jesus Christ.بقلم Greg Morse

The circumstances for world missions may seem forbidding. But if we wait for the optimal time to become or send a missionary, then we won’t.بقلم John Piper

December 8, 2024 The Tears and Joy of Actively Waiting for Our Messiah Jeremiah 11-15 Coty Pinckney preaching, Jeremiah Series: The Word of Life, the Word of Judgment Click here to listen (audio improves after 10-15 seconds)بقلم Taylor Allen

“Hold fast the word, unchanged and true; let insight, joy, and song be new.” John Piper offers a charge to Brian Tabb, the third president of Bethlehem College and Seminary.بقلم John Piper

Greg Morse | Though God made us for more, we often live caged in our own choices. Yet he bids us, “Come and be free.”بقلم Greg Morse

David Mathis | The prophet Micah took a piercing glimpse across the centuries to see a child emerging in Bethlehem, arriving from ancient times, and rising in strength to shepherd God’s people.بقلم David Mathis

Scott Hubbard | From Eden to Advent, the world endured a long loneliness, exiled from God’s presence. But Christ came to bring us home, to end our exile, to be God with us without end.بقلم Scott Hubbard

John Piper | Paul’s Christian life was one of countless dangers, continual sorrows, and constant joy. How is that kind of life possible?بقلم John Piper

Paul’s Christian life was one of countless dangers, continual sorrows, and constant joy. How is that kind of life possible?بقلم John Piper

Paul’s Christian life was one of countless dangers, continual sorrows, and constant joy. How is that kind of life possible?بقلم John Piper