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John Piper is founder and teacher of Desiring God and chancellor of Bethlehem College and Seminary. For 33 years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is author of more than 50 books, including Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist and most recently Foundations for Lifelong Learning: Education in Serious Joy.
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Mercy for Today

Mercy for Today

New Solid Joys Devotional Video

Nov 9, 2017
Every day has its own trouble. Every day has its own mercies. Each is new every morning.
John Piper
Nov 9, 2017
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Philippians 1:18–20: Honor Christ in Life or Death

Honor Christ in Life or Death

Philippians 1:18–20

Nov 9, 2017
The honor of our Master is more important than our dreams, our ambitions, and our very lives.
John Piper
Nov 9, 2017
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Jesus Isn’t Your Insurance Policy

Jesus Isn’t Your Insurance Policy

Nov 8, 2017
Jesus didn’t die to bring you good stuff. He died to bring you to God. Faith is accepting him for the treasure he is.
John Piper
Nov 8, 2017
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Why Does God’s Sovereignty Make Some Ambitious and Others Apathetic?

Why Does God’s Sovereignty Make Some Ambitious and Others Apathetic?

Nov 8, 2017
Why do some hear of God’s sovereignty and run into the mission field with confidence, while others passively say, “What will be will be”?
John Piper
Nov 8, 2017
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Philippians 1:18–20: Saved Through Prayer

Saved Through Prayer

Philippians 1:18–20

Nov 7, 2017
If our theology stops us from praying for others’ salvation, we should reconsider our theology.
John Piper
Nov 7, 2017
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Acquainted with Grief: How God Draws Near to Sutherland Springs

Acquainted with Grief

How God Draws Near to Sutherland Springs

Nov 6, 2017
The God who draws near to Sutherland Springs is the suffering, sympathetic God-man. No one else can feel what he has felt, and love like he can love.
John Piper
Nov 6, 2017
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Why Am I Here?

Why Am I Here?

Nov 6, 2017
Why you exist is no mystery. God has plainly revealed his purpose for you in the pages of Scripture: you are here to make much of him.
John Piper
Nov 6, 2017
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Do Men Owe Women a Special Kind of Care?

Do Men Owe Women a Special Kind of Care?

Nov 6, 2017
Society may pressure us to equalize the roles of men and women, but God calls men to care for women in a way that he doesn’t require women to care for men.
John Piper
Nov 6, 2017
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How Do I Love God More Than My Entertainment?

How Do I Love God More Than My Entertainment?

Nov 6, 2017
What should we do if the thrills of TV, movies, video games, and sports feel more interesting than spending time with God?
John Piper
Nov 6, 2017
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How Do You Define God’s Holiness?

How Do You Define God’s Holiness?

Nov 3, 2017
Whether in this world or beyond, nothing is more precious, permanent, or valuable than God himself.
John Piper
Nov 3, 2017
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The Dignity of Those with Dementia

The Dignity of Those with Dementia

Nov 3, 2017
Dementia may turn God’s people into frail shadows of their former self, but these saints are sitting on the brink of a glory and power we can’t imagine.
John Piper
Nov 3, 2017
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Philippians 1:18–20: The Happiest Book in the Bible

The Happiest Book in the Bible

Philippians 1:18–20

Nov 2, 2017
Pain comes, suffering invades, and tears fall. But the Christian faith is one of inescapable joy.
John Piper
Nov 2, 2017
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Self-Esteem Won’t Save You

Self-Esteem Won’t Save You

Nov 1, 2017
You were made to be stunned by God, not just feel good about yourself. You’ll find your true self when you forget yourself.
John Piper
Nov 1, 2017
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Six Common Ways Preachers Dishonor God’s Word

Six Common Ways Preachers Dishonor God’s Word

Nov 1, 2017
The stakes are high when pastors do not root their points plainly from the text in front of them. Here are six consequences.
John Piper
Nov 1, 2017
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Philippians 1:15–18: Four Ways to Defend the Gospel

Four Ways to Defend the Gospel

Philippians 1:15–18

Oct 31, 2017
Peter charges us to be ready in season and out of season to give a defense of the hope that is in us. If asked to give a defense tomorrow, would you be ready?
John Piper
Oct 31, 2017
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Here He Stood: Martin Luther (1483–1546)

Here He Stood

Martin Luther (1483–1546)

Oct 31, 2017
Luther stood not on the pronouncements of popes, or the decisions of councils, or the winds of popular opinion, but on “that word above all earthly powers.”
John Piper
Oct 31, 2017
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Wholly Lean on Jesus’s Name

Wholly Lean on Jesus’s Name

Oct 30, 2017
You either trust Jesus to make you righteous or you rely on yourself. You can’t have his righteousness and rely on your own too.
John Piper
Oct 30, 2017
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How Do I Know If I’m Loving My Wife Well?

How Do I Know If I’m Loving My Wife Well?

Oct 30, 2017
The Bible calls husbands to lead their wives. But where should you go for help if you’ve never seen anyone model Christlike leadership in the home?
John Piper
Oct 30, 2017
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Reformation 500 Sermon: Stand on Your Head for Joy

Stand on Your Head for Joy

The Reformation’s Rediscovery of God’s Favor in His Word

Oct 29, 2017
Tuesday, October 31, 2017, marks the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Protestant Reformation with Luther’s nailing of his 95 Theses to the door of the church in Wittenberg.
John Piper
Oct 29, 2017
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Heart Comes Before Head: Seeing and Savoring the Glory of God in Scripture

Heart Comes Before Head

Seeing and Savoring the Glory of God in Scripture

Oct 28, 2017
When a Christian reads the Bible, a supernatural event takes place. Our regenerate souls meet the inspired word in a divine encounter.
John Piper
Oct 28, 2017
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Better to Lose Your Life Than Waste It

Better to Lose Your Life Than Waste It

Oct 27, 2017
Only what’s done for Christ will last. Any risk, any trial, any tribulation is worth the risk when your aim in all of life is to make others glad in God.
John Piper
Oct 27, 2017
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Formed with the Flick of His Finger

Formed with the Flick of His Finger

Oct 27, 2017
The world around us cries out with the glory of God. We just need to linger long enough to see it.
John Piper
Oct 27, 2017
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Church Membership Has Left Me Relationally Jaded

Church Membership Has Left Me Relationally Jaded

Oct 27, 2017
Even the best churches and friendships can leave us feeling relationally jaded. So how can we persevere in love when others disappoint us so much?
John Piper
Oct 27, 2017
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Jesus Died for More Than Your Decision

Jesus Died for More Than Your Decision

Oct 25, 2017
If you made a decision for Christ, and yet you do not desire him, then you should examine yourself to see whether you’re really a believer.
John Piper
Oct 25, 2017
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Is God a Megalomaniac?

Is God a Megalomaniac?

Oct 25, 2017
God seeks our worship, not because it meets his need, but because it meets ours. God is the only one beautiful enough to satisfy us forever.
John Piper
Oct 25, 2017

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