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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.

Why We Believe the Bible

Why We Believe the Bible

Session 1

There are several reasons why it is vital to have confidence in the Bible as God’s infallible word.

What Makes The Humble Happy?

The humble are happy when they see other people boasting in the Lord “My soul makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble hear and be glad” (Psalm 34:2). The humble are happy when other people magnify the Lord…

What Does It Mean to Have a Relationship With God?

John Piper outlines the fundamentals of how we commune with God.

Abraham Lincoln’s Path to Divine Providence

Abraham Lincoln’s Path to Divine Providence

The hardships in Lincoln's life drove him toward God, not away from him.

How Can a Pastor Uphold Good Doctrine In a Denomination That Doesn't?

John Piper talks about how to replace doctrinal confusion with conviction.

What Man Does in the New Birth

Our believing does not cause new birth. The new birth causes our belief.

Sometimes Only God Can Feel Hope

Was the carnage of this past week in the USA extraordinary? These things came at us so fast that we did not click on them. Only when someone assembles them do they take our breath away Consider this from AP…

How Are Yahweh and Allah Different?

John Piper discusses why Yahweh of the Old Testament and Allah of the Quran may seem similar but aren't the same.

How Should We Relate to Someone Who Has Significantly Hurt Us?

John Piper explains what forgiveness means and what it doesn't.

Panel Discussion

Question and Answers

Desiring God 2008 Conference for Pastors

God is a being unlike any other and we must keep the various aspects of his character held together in our minds when we consider tragedy, redemption, preaching, or any evangelistic effort.

Evangelist Bill Piper: Fundamentalist Full of Grace and Joy

Evangelist Bill Piper: Fundamentalist Full of Grace and Joy

The title I have given this message about my father is “Evangelist Bill Piper: Fundamentalist Full of Grace and Joy.” That title is meant to carry several apparent incongruities or paradoxes or ironies. I expect you to feel tension between…

What Advice Do You Have for Those Pursuing Higher Education?

John Piper offers encouragement and counsel to those who pursue academia.

Through the Washing of Regeneration

New birth is God's kindness, philanthropy, and mercy to us. It has nothing to do with even our best deeds.

Bombing, Abortion, & Down Syndrome

Al Qaida has moved another step toward western standards of abortion barbarity in using Down Syndrome women to blow boys and girls to pieces. The news is that this was not suicide bombing, but the detonation of retarded girls at…

Is It a Sin to Smoke or Eat Junk Food?

John Piper says that the way we treat our bodies is spiritually significant.

Why Do You Believe That Infants Who Die Go to Heaven?

Why Do You Believe That Infants Who Die Go to Heaven?

John Piper discusses why he believes God doesn't condemn babies.

How Shall We Love Our Muslim Neighbor?

9 answers that need to be emphasized.

How Should We Respond to Friends Who Are Considering Divorce?

John Piper talks about how to help those whose marriages are struggling.

Abortion: The Innocent Blood of Our Sons and Daughters

How is abortion similar to the child-sacrificing in the Old Testament?

How Can We Help Those Who Struggle to Believe the Scriptures?

John Piper unfolds an irrational assumption that hinders faith for modern minds.

Must I Speak In Tongues In Order to Be Saved?

John Piper explains why the gift of tongues isn't necessary for salvation.

Perseverance and Eternal Security

Here is the voice of my father for 4 minutes on how final salvation is contingent on perseverance, and yet eternal security and assurance are possible. It comes from an exposition of Colossians 1:21-23 And you, who once were alienated…

Should Christians Use Anti-Depressants?

John Piper talks about how psychological medicines, when used carefully, can be helpful.

Probability, Prejudice, and Christ

What's the difference between necessary judgments of probability and sinful prejudice?

Generous Conservatives

Surveys and statistics are maddeningly fickle. So don’t exult too much in what follows. I only cite it in case you have been discouraged or elated by surveys saying the opposite It’s better just to be a good follower of…

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