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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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Advice for Pastors

Preaching is an indispensable means the Holy Spirit uses, so pastors should embrace the call to preach and be faithful wherever God has placed them.

“I Will Not Be a Velvet-Mouthed Preacher!”

“I Will Not Be a Velvet-Mouthed Preacher!”

The Life and Ministry of George Whitefield: Living and Preaching As Though God Were Real (Because He Is)

George Whitefield devoted his whole life to pointing people away from himself and to Jesus.

What Can Parents Do to Keep From Having Favorites Among Their Children?

John Piper has three thoughts on how to love your kids like God does his.

What Is the Recession For?

What Is the Recession For?

Some of God’s Purposes

God remains in control and fulfills his good purposes, even during an economic downturn or financial collapse.

The Black Poet as Prophet

Today is Langston Hughes's Birthday (1902-1967). He was one of the 20th century’s most notable African-American poets These two poems seem to catch the pilgrimage that has led to the White House. If he could have lived to see what…

Who Should Consider Going on Short-Term Missions Trips?

John Piper says that every American Christian should do short term missions.

How Would You Counsel Someone Who Blames Their Temptations on God's Sovereignty?

John Piper says that God's sovereignty over sin doesn't make it any less wicked.

What Do You Think About Single People Adopting?

John Piper says that motivation is a major factor in whether you should adopt.

The Baby in My Womb Leaped for Joy

The Baby in My Womb Leaped for Joy

How the Bible looks at a human being in the womb.

The Pursuit of Joy in Life and Ministry

Session 5

Joy in God is not an option in the Christian life, therefore we must employ all the means of grace God gives to us us in order to pursue it.

The Pursuit of Joy in Life and Ministry

Session 4

The grand obligation of our lives is to pursue maximum joy in God, because God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.

The Pursuit of Joy in Life and Ministry

Session 3

The grand obligation of our lives is to pursue maximum joy in God, because God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.

The Pursuit of Joy in Life and Ministry

Session 2

The love of God consists in him doing whatever it takes, at great cost to himself, to enthrall us with the unparalleled worth of his glory forever.

The Pursuit of Joy in Life and Ministry

The Pursuit of Joy in Life and Ministry

Session 1

In this seminar, John Piper defines and explains Christian Hedonism.

Are There Any Books of the Bible That You Have Purposefully Avoided In Preaching?

John Piper talks about how he chooses what books of the Bible to preach from.

Lincoln’s Logic on Slavery Applied to Abortion

On January 12, 2009 Samantha Heiges, age 23, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for drowning her newborn in Burnsville, Minnesota. If she had arranged for a doctor to kill the child a few weeks earlier she would be…

What Should I Do If I Want to Tithe, but My Unbelieving Husband Doesn't?

John Piper explains how a wife can handle money in a way that respects God and her husband.

The President, the Passengers, and the Patience of God

What does the USAir crash have to do with the inauguration?

Being Pro-Life Christians Under a Pro-Choice President

That is the title of a sermon I preached January 17, 1993, three days before Bill Clinton was inaugurated president. It is just as relevant—or more—today The text was 1 Peter 2:17, “Honor the king.” I closed with eight…

How Is Trying to Stop Abortion Different From Physically Intervening to Stop Child Abuse?

John Piper says that physical intervention is probably legitimate, but probably not effective.

Christianity Is the Best Explanation

Yesterday I said I’d share Mark Noll’s explanation of America’s successes and failures in the matter of race. Here is his summary which penetrates to the bottom of the “both-and” nature of the God-loved, God-cursed world we live in To…

How the “Fierce Caucasian-Gentile-Visigoths” Flunked

Mark Noll attempts a theological explanation of the “conundrum” of America’s successes and failures in regard to race in his book God and Race in American Politics. To set the stage for the explanation he quotes Walker Percy’s book…

How Barack Obama Will Make Christ a Minister of Condemnation

At Barack Obama’s request, tomorrow in the Lincoln Memorial, Gene Robinson, the first openly non-celibate homosexual bishop in the Episcopal Church, will deliver the invocation for the inauguration kick-off This is tragic not mainly because Obama is willing to hold…

Noll Wisely Risks the Un-sensible

In his new book, Mark Noll says that “a sensible historian would now end with a summary as follows...” (176). Then he coolly summarizes, in a single paragraph, the historical observations I am thankful that Noll was “promoted to…

How Does the Spiritual Diversity Among Your Listeners Affect Your Preaching?

John Piper says that a preacher should consider his hearers' needs, be himself, and pray.

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