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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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"I Will Build My Church"

Welcome address shown at the Global Church Advancement Conference

Christ promises that he will build his church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.

What God Has Joined Together, Let Not Man Separate

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John Piper answers four crucial questions people ask about divorce and remarriage.

In Our Joy

This pocket-sized discipleship book was designed to encourage and challenge professing Christians to truly and fully follow Christ.

I Love Jesus Christ

“Lord, you know that I love you.” John 21:15 In the fall of 1968, Jaymes Morgan, my professor of theology at Fuller Seminary, who died of stomach cancer the next year, looked me in the eye during a heated debate…

Stand: A Call for the Endurance of the Saints

John Piper's Letter of Invitation to the 2007 National Conference

John Piper invites you to our national conference this September.

Whose Idea Was This, Anyway?

These guys are crazy—Lukas, Matt, Josh, Abraham, Jon, and whoever else OK’d this nutty idea. Five dollars for any book and any number of books! Don’t they know this only happens when books are being remaindered—code word for: nobody is…

What God Has Joined Together, Let Not Man Separate, Part 1

What God Has Joined Together, Let Not Man Separate

Part 1

Jesus calls us to keep our marriage covenant in a way that tells the truth about him.

More Thoughts for Fathers on Ephesians 6:4

The Part of the Sermon that Didn’t Get Preached

John Piper looks at what it means for fathers to nourish, admonish, and instruct their children so that they will love Christ.

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Why We Should Have Courage to Speak About Christ

Why We Should Have Courage to Speak About Christ

Jesus gives us more than one reason why it is worth the risk to share the gospel.

Marriage Is Meant for Making Children . . . Disciples of Jesus, Part 2

A Father’s Conquest of Anger in Himself and in His Children

Don’t provoke your children to anger. Show them in your own soul how it can be replaced with tenderhearted joy.

Thanks to God for Ruth Graham

This morning in our prayer meeting at Desiring God, as we gave thanks for the life of Ruth Graham, I was moved. Probably because of her death in proximity to my father’s (March 6). The connection is this. When I…

Whose Obedience and Death Brings About The Fact that God Is Totally for Us?

Part of the Conclusion to the New Book, <em>The Future of Justification</em>

An excerpt from the conclusion to the upcoming book, The Future of Justification.

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When Did God Become for Us?

When Did God Become for Us?

The moment that we put our trust in Christ, God began to work all things for our good. And only he can move us to pour out his forgiving love on others.

Why Do Parents Need to Be United In Front of the Kids?

Watch or listen to John Piper talk about the value of parents being united as they deal with their kids.

Marriage Is Meant for Making Children . . . Disciples of Jesus, Part 1

Marriage is not just about filling the earth with warm bodies but filling the earth with worshipers of Jesus.

Antidote to New Perspective on Paul

The New Perspective on Paul has been around long enough now that some scholars who were initially enamored with it have come back around to the historic understanding. It is good to read a few testimonies like this to keep…

"It Is Better to Marry Than to Burn With Passion"—What Does This Mean?

Is marriage just an outlet for sexual drives?

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Discern What Pleases God

Discern What Pleases God

The ultimate goal of God in everything he does is the glory and fame of his own name.

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Discern What Pleases God—Personal Obedience

Not all of our obedience pleases God. If we try to earn our justification or even pay God back, we trample on the greatest achievements of the cross.

Do Not Sell the Gospel

We must not be peddlers of God’s word, motivated by greed and fear; rather, we must preach Jesus as the only soul-satisfying treasure and the only God-satisfying obedience.

Marriage, Singleness, and the Christian Virtue of Hospitality

How can we live in a way that shows that the church is our family?

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The Triumph of the Gospel in the New Heavens and the New Earth

The Triumph of the Gospel in the New Heavens and the New Earth

The triumph of the gospel in the new heavens and new earth consists in the hope that comes through God’s promise to raise his children with glorified bodies to inhabit a world fit for their fellowship and everlasting enjoyment of God.

Interview With John Piper At The Gospel Coalition

The Gospel Coalition

Why Is It Important to Take the Sentences In the Bible Seriously?

Listen to John Piper urge us to love the Bible and not define it by our pre-existing expectations.

Bethlehem Baptist Church's Pastoral Accountability Form

The pastors at Bethlehem Baptist Church fill out this accountability form weekly as a part of how they remain accountable to the church and each other.

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