Desiring God
Full sermons and conference messages from trusted teachers.
Messages from the Teaching Team at Desiring God.
Episodes
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Jul 25, 2026 · 44 min
For the writer to the Hebrews, understanding Melchizedek means understanding Jesus. But how can an ancient king help us know the true King of glory?
Jul 18, 2026 · 34 min
David Mathis | Why is the writer of Hebrews so enthralled with an often weak and wavering church? He sees her calling, her splendor, and her majestic Savior.
Jul 11, 2026 · 38 min
Marshall Segal | Why do we gather to sing week after week, and why should we sing even more? God has saved his people, and all of creation joins in exulting in him.
Jul 8, 2026 · 42 min
When the church sets aside every boast and embraces God’s ancient plan of grace, she sings with all her heart for God’s glory alone.
Jul 4, 2026 · 33 min
Love moved Jesus to let Lazarus die. Why? Jesus wanted Lazarus, his family, and the watching crowd to taste his all-satisfying glory.
Jun 27, 2026 · 40 min
David Mathis | What happens when believers meet together? Christians both give and receive grace from the God who gathers them in true fellowship.
Jun 22, 2026 · 7 min
John Piper | Listen Now
Jun 20, 2026 · 42 min
Jesus claimed that Moses wrote about him long before he ever walked the earth as man. If that’s true, how could anyone miss Jesus in the words of Moses?
Jun 13, 2026 · 46 min
When David wrote a song about becoming king, he ascribed all his victories to the God who gave them. How do we join David in such God-besotted praise?
Jun 6, 2026 · 36 min
David Mathis | How is meditation different from simply reading the Bible? Slowing down and sinking deep into God’s word aids our joy and draws us closer to him.
Jun 3, 2026 · 19 min
There once was a man who gave up everything important so he could cling to things that fade. If we want to follow Jesus, we cannot be like that man.
May 30, 2026 · 40 min
Paul doesn’t just want Christians to know the truths of the Bible — he wants us to set our minds on them. But what does that mean, and how do we do it?
May 23, 2026 · 31 min
Scott Hubbard | To his friends, George Müller embodied Psalm 23 even under the towering burdens of orphan ministry. What kind of communion with God made such peace possible?
May 16, 2026 · 48 min
David Mathis | How can exercise equip us for the daily fight against sin? Training the body for our joy, mind, and will frees us to pursue every good work.
May 9, 2026 · 51 min
God fulfills his purpose for the church by his work in the church: He magnifies his grace by beautifying his people.
May 2, 2026 · 41 min
David Mathis | God’s voice thunders through the forests and the pages of Scripture, calling heaven to rejoice and setting his people at peace. Do you tremble at the force of his word?
Apr 25, 2026 · 44 min
Sharing God’s nature and upholding creation by his word, the heir of all things suffered in our place to purify us from sin. Who is like Jesus Christ?
Apr 18, 2026 · 36 min
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?
Apr 11, 2026 · 1h 12m
For the preaching pastor, each sermon demands a fresh hunt for insight in service of a hungry people. How do we find that life-giving truth?
Apr 4, 2026 · 1h 5m
David Mathis | To lead the church faithfully, we need supernatural, sober-minded wisdom. God meets us in his word, by his Spirit, through prayer, with a team.
Mar 28, 2026 · 36 min
Jesus endured for the joy set before him. Moses obeyed, expecting the Messiah. The early church suffered for a better reward. This is faith.
Mar 21, 2026 · 20 min
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.
Mar 14, 2026 · 27 min
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.
Mar 11, 2026 · 23 min
Marshall Segal | When the Bible talks about setting an example, does it mean only super-Christians? No, even the humblest high-school mentor can make the right mark.
Feb 28, 2026 · 22 min
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.
Feb 21, 2026 · 40 min
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.
Feb 14, 2026 · 43 min
Because God’s purposeful sovereignty reaches absolutely everywhere, his gospel can satisfy, his mission will succeed, and his people can never be lost.
Feb 7, 2026 · 38 min
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.
Jan 31, 2026 · 39 min
Marshall Segal | Jesus’s sheep are happy to be his, and Jesus will never leave them behind. But why would anyone reject this patient, kind, and powerful Savior?
Jan 24, 2026 · 38 min
There has never been, nor will there ever be, a greater reality than the God we see when we look at Jesus Christ. His very supremacy is our deepest hope.
Jan 17, 2026 · 18 min
David Mathis | How can we sing in the valley of sorrow? In Christ, joy and grief can coexist — and grief now prepares for us far greater joy in the end.
Jan 10, 2026 · 44 min
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.
Jan 3, 2026 · 39 min
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.
Dec 27, 2025 · 45 min
David Mathis | Where do we find more of God’s grace to increase our joy in Christ? God has created patterns for us to follow in reading, prayer, and fellowship.
Dec 20, 2025 · 27 min
David Mathis | When Jesus came to Bethlehem, and later to Jerusalem, he was not the king we expected. He was far, far better.
Dec 13, 2025 · 47 min
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.
Dec 6, 2025 · 42 min
When we believe in Jesus, we receive him as living water, bread of life, and all-satisfying treasure. Saving faith is the awakening of joy in Christ.
Nov 29, 2025 · 42 min
David walked with God through disasters, diseases, attacks, and his own sins. What pattern of life did he follow to depend on God through it all?
Nov 15, 2025 · 43 min
How do Christians respond to God’s fatherly indignation against our sin? The prophet Micah teaches us: Respond with brokenhearted boldness, with contrite courage.
Nov 8, 2025 · 1h 5m
David Mathis | God invites us to quench our thirst by hearing his voice, having his ear, and belonging to his body. So, come stand under the waterfall of his grace.
Nov 1, 2025 · 42 min
Cowardice, consumption, and comfort often stand between us and God’s global work. What can set us free to be world Christians?
Oct 25, 2025 · 48 min
David Mathis | Does seeking joy in God ruin our love for others? Jesus meant what he said: Remembering God’s radical reward frees us to serve those in need.
Oct 18, 2025 · 47 min
David Mathis | As the Son of God, Jesus pursued his joy and God’s glory in an unrepeatable way — but as man, he stands forth as an example for our own pursuit of joy.
Oct 11, 2025 · 51 min
David Mathis | Christian, your joy in God shows the kind of God he is: awesome and glorious, happy and holy, beautiful and delightful beyond measure. So, come, eat, drink, and rejoice.
Oct 4, 2025 · 1h 9m
What are the doctrines of grace? Before we wade into the depths of these doctrines, we need to know something of the greatness of God.
Sep 27, 2025 · 46 min
David Mathis | Those who cherish God’s majesty become a certain kind of people: a commending, called, candid, conquering, and soon-to-be crowned church.
Sep 20, 2025 · 36 min
Marshall Segal | How do mature Christians pray when trouble comes? David teaches us from Psalm 86: “Meet my need.” “Glorify your name.” “Teach me your way.” “Gladden my heart.”
Sep 13, 2025 · 47 min
In Jesus Christ, we find a Treasure more precious than everything we have in life and everything we lose in death.
Sep 6, 2025 · 45 min
How does the chief end of man — to glorify God by enjoying him forever — shape our approach to classical Christian education?
Aug 30, 2025 · 36 min
Marshall Segal | No sin is too great, no place is too far, and no wall is too high to keep us from receiving the living water of Jesus — if only we’ll come to him.
Aug 23, 2025 · 32 min
Tony Reinke | No star or ocean, insect or tree, bird or cloud has a voice to speak God’s praise. But when we rejoice in God, we take creation’s worship and put it into words.
Aug 16, 2025 · 42 min
As Jesus bleeds in Gethsemane and then submits to arrest, we see that the mission of God triumphs through prayerful suffering, not the self-defending sword.
Aug 9, 2025 · 18 min
When Jesus returns in glory, he will stand ashamed of those who were ashamed of him here. But what will it really mean for Jesus to be ashamed?
Aug 2, 2025 · 36 min
David Mathis | How might regular exercise serve not just our bodies but our souls, and so make us more ready to honor God by doing good to others?
Jul 26, 2025 · 46 min
David Mathis | Our “habits of grace” prime us for witnessing, giving, and serving — and God uses even these outward expressions to give us even more grace.
Jul 19, 2025 · 38 min
Marshall Segal | When our Bible meditation feels more like a job than a joy, these five short prayers can take us beyond discipline into delight.
Jul 12, 2025 · 46 min
Why did God set his saving love on his people before the foundation of the world? So that we might praise the glory of his sovereign grace.
Jul 5, 2025 · 26 min
David Mathis | Did Jesus endure the cross for his joy or despite it? The answer takes us to the heart of Jesus’s unusually human joy, and ours.
Jun 28, 2025 · 46 min
It’s one thing to know God is sovereign; it’s another to know just how far his sovereignty extends and the purposes for which he wields it.
Jun 21, 2025 · 34 min
David Mathis | At the end of his Gospel, John gives us a grand finale of the mercy, wisdom, greatness, and never-ending glory of Jesus Christ.
Jun 14, 2025 · 35 min
The story of Jesus and Thomas assures us that Jesus really rose bodily, that his patience surpasses our indwelling sin, and that we need not see to believe.
Jun 7, 2025 · 51 min
David Mathis | Where do we turn when the ground beneath our feet seems to buckle and shift? Psalm 46 offers a vision of God to keep us through any crisis.
May 28, 2025 · 43 min
How can we be set free from selfishness so that, at any earthly cost to ourselves, we will love other people in a way that makes Christ look great?
May 21, 2025 · 52 min
Tony Reinke | In the age of artificial intelligence, do we still need preachers? Answering that question well takes us to the heart of God-glorifying preaching.
May 14, 2025 · 43 min
A camel cannot pass through the eye of a needle, nor can we turn our own hearts from loving money to loving Jesus. But what is impossible with man is possible with God.
May 7, 2025 · 40 min
There is a way to see truth without seeing it — to hear without hearing. For all who listen to sermons, the words of Jesus stand: Take care how you hear.
Apr 30, 2025 · 56 min
Though fraught with challenges and temptations to lose heart, preaching the word of God is a glorious privilege. John Piper gives ten reasons why.
Apr 23, 2025 · 50 min
God has chosen to bind the fullness of his supernatural effectiveness to the human ministry of the word. So, how might we preach in ways that release his power?
Apr 16, 2025 · 1h 4m
David Mathis | Pastor, all your hearers are hungry for the living God, even if they don’t know it or can’t name it. And only big-God preaching will enduringly satisfy them.
Apr 9, 2025 · 56 min
When preachers herald the glory of God from the heart, the pride of man dies, all of life becomes meaningful, and we rejoice like never before.
Apr 2, 2025 · 48 min
A church endures in faithfulness only as its leaders and members rejoice in the glory of God, savor the word of God, and treasure the Son of God.
