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John Piper

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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Feed the Flame of God’s Gift

Feed the Flame of God’s Gift

We are called to fan into flame God’s gift. Don’t be ashamed, be courageous in God’s unbeatable power.

Stigma Is a Good Thing for Bad Acts

We should seek to stigmatize abortion by associating it with racism as closely as the truth warrants.People today don’t oppose the enslavement of blacks merely because they think it's wrong. They oppose it because otherwise they would be viewed…

Is It Possible to Restore a Pastor Who Has Sinned Sexually?

John Piper says a repentant pastor can be restored, but he shouldn't presume upon it.

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Jesus Christ and the Rescue of Joy, Part 1

Jesus Christ and the Rescue of Joy

Part 1

When God calls you to praise him, he’s not a megalomaniac. He’s a loving Father who invites you into highest, purest joy.

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Jesus Christ and the Rescue of Joy

Jesus Christ and the Rescue of Joy

Part 2

If you live to maximize your joy and pleasure in God above all things, you will be the most loving and generous type of person in the world.

Corrective Tract for the Prosperity Gospel

If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it.

How Do I Heal My Heart From a Husband Who Cheated on Me?

John Piper says that full healing requires both gutsiness and graciousness.

President Obama Exegetes and Applies the Sermon on the Mount

On April 14th at Georgetown University there were "Remarks by the President on the Economy" Now, there's a parable at the end of the Sermon on the Mount that tells the story of two men. The first built…

How Do I Know If God Is Calling Me to Be a Pastor?

John Piper identifies four things that should be present for aspiring pastors.

What I Said to the Pastoral Staff About Unity Amid Differences

Six biblical guidelines for loving each other.

Thank You, Benjamin, for a Beautiful New Kitchen

This is an advertisement for Piper Construction Company, and a public celebration of God’s goodness to us as a family Our kitchen got a makeover with Benjamin Piper’s eye for craftsmanship and beauty. If you live in or near the…

How Do We Know Which Scriptures Are Applicable Today and Which Should Be Considered Culturally Irrelevant?

John Piper offers three criteria for understanding how biblical commands apply to us.

I Have Seen the Lord

I Have Seen the Lord

Easter Sunday

Twenty centuries later, we can still see the truth of the Resurrection.

If You Have a Jewish Friend...

The book Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die has an introduction that might be interesting to your Jewish friends. In answering why Jesus came to die, I tried to connect Calvary with the concentration camps. It’s risky. But I…

If the Angels Could Sin and Fall, How Can We Be Sure This Won't Happen to Us Sometime In Eternity?

John Piper says we can have assurance that no one saved by Christ will ever fall again.

A Conversation with Death on Good Friday

A Conversation with Death on Good Friday

CHRISTIAN Hello, Death, my old enemy. My old slave-master. Have you come to talk to me again? To frighten me? I am not the person you think I am. I am not the one you used to talk to. Something…

Dietrich Bonhoeffer Was Hanged Today

Today, sixty-four years ago, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was hanged for his part in the conspiracy to assassinate Adolf Hitler. He is known by many for one main sentence. It is worthy of Holy Week Here is the context of his most…

How Did You Do Family Devotions When Your Kids Were Real Little?

John Piper talks about how he trained his children in private and family devotions.

Pregnancy, Labor, and Birth—of Books

An Open Letter of Thanks

An letter of gratitude to the staff, elders, and people of Bethlehem Baptist Church at the end of John Piper's writing leave.

God-consciousness Is Christ-consciousness

One of the massive differences between life with God in the Old Testament and life with God in the New Testament is that in the New Testament all our conscious glorifying of God should be “through Jesus Christ.” “…

Is the Jesus In Revelation the Same As the Jesus In the Gospels?

John Piper says Scripture is consistent: Jesus is terribly just towards sinners and tenderly merciful towards those who repent.

My Annual Visit to a Mainline Protestant Church

I made my annual visit to a Sunday morning service in a “mainline Protestant church” a couple weeks ago. It is an eerie experience. Heart-wrenchingly eerie A magnificent building. A magnificent choir singing, “Lamb of God, who takes away the…

The Son of Man Must Be Lifted Up — Like the Serpent

The Son of Man Must Be Lifted Up — Like the Serpent

Jesus saves us by becoming a curse for us. Only in this substitution can we find blessing.

The Pleasures of God

Session 5

God takes pleasure in election because it is the way that his people’s salvation most ultimately is shown to be to the praise of his glorious grace.

The Pleasures of God

Session 4

God created the material world and said it was good, therefore we should delight in creation as a means of worshiping God.

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