Grace Will Order All Your Pain: Retirement Message for Dana Olson

Grace Will Order All Your Pain: Retirement Message for Dana Olson

Author: Desiring God August 20, 2023 Duration: 42:33
John Piper | What is sovereign, sustaining grace? It is not grace that spares us pain, but grace that orders our pain — and then sustains us through the pain.

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Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

Messages by Desiring God (Video)
Podcast Episodes
True Faith Tastes Future Joy [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 36:31
John Piper | Jesus endured for the joy set before him. Moses obeyed, expecting the Messiah. The early church suffered for a better reward. This is faith.
Lead with Your Life: How to Influence in Your Twenties [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 23:45
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.
The Power of Hoping in God’s Meticulous Providence [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 43:35
John Piper | Because God’s purposeful sovereignty reaches absolutely everywhere, his gospel can satisfy, his mission will succeed, and his people can never be lost.
Why You Do Not Believe [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 39:11
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?
The Supremacy of Christ Our Hope [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:15
John Piper | 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.
Is God Dishonored When We Grieve? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 18:30
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.