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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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To Be a Mother Is a Call to Suffer

To Be a Mother Is a Call to Suffer

May 13, 2001
Motherhood requires a unique kind of suffering that only a firm hope in God’s sovereignty can sustain.
John Piper
May 13, 2001
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Build Now, with What Is Pledged!

May 8, 2001
On behalf of all the elders, thank you for praying and fasting for us on Monday, May 7 Every elder was present, as was the building committee. At midnight we voted unanimously and enthusiastically to recommend to the congregation that…
John Piper
May 8, 2001
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The Deadly Team of Sin and Law

May 6, 2001
Sin fools us in two ways: it makes us hopeless of ever being righteous or it persuades us that we can do it on our own.
John Piper
May 6, 2001
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Jesus Christ and the Law of God

Education for Exultation

Apr 29, 2001
The goal of studying the Bible is primarily to see and know Jesus Christ.
John Piper
Apr 29, 2001
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Pity Not Them Who Rise With Christ

Easter Sunday

Apr 15, 2001
Christ is alive and able to persuade you that he is true and the greatest treasure in the universe.
John Piper
Apr 15, 2001
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Undoing the Destruction of Pleasure

Undoing the Destruction of Pleasure

Apr 10, 2001
We will not understand the human longing for happiness until we understand the God who can fulfill it.
John Piper
Apr 10, 2001
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How We Come to Know Sin

Apr 8, 2001
The law teaches us that it is God's desires, not our own, that are the measure of right and wrong.
John Piper
Apr 8, 2001
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Seminar

Racial Harmony and the Gospel

Session 6

Apr 4, 2001
Christ came to accomplish reconciliation for us between God and between other people, so if you have prejudice and enmity against others, your relationship to God is in question.
John Piper
Apr 4, 2001
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The Importance of Knowing Our Sin

The Importance of Knowing Our Sin

Apr 1, 2001
You don't have to give in to temptation in order to know your sin.
John Piper
Apr 1, 2001
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Conference Message
Live to Die: A Leader Who Suffers Well

Live to Die

A Leader Who Suffers Well

Mar 8, 2001
God has ordained that we will see many troubles in this life. The saints must suffer to show Jesus as supreme.
John Piper
Mar 8, 2001
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The Hidden Smile of God

The Hidden Smile of God

The Fruit of Affliction in the Lives of John Bunyan, William Cowper, and David Brainerd

Feb 28, 2001
John Piper draws lessons from the trials of John Bunyan, William Cowper, and David Brainerd — men who displayed God’s supreme worth through pain.
John Piper
Feb 28, 2001
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Dead to the Law, Serving in the Spirit, Part 4

Feb 25, 2001
Or do you not know, brethren (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has jurisdiction over a person as long as he lives? 2 For the married woman is bound by law to her…
John Piper
Feb 25, 2001
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Suffering: The Path and the Price of World Evangelization

Feb 22, 2001
The good news of the gospel will indeed make its way to all nations, but it won’t happen without God’s people taking up their crosses and following the Lord Jesus Christ into hard places.
John Piper
Feb 22, 2001
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Prayer: Pursuing Peoples When Life Is War and God Is Sovereign

Prayer

Pursuing Peoples When Life Is War and God Is Sovereign

Feb 21, 2001
One who believes that life is war, that God is sovereign, and that the victory is assured will pray to the Lord day and night.
John Piper
Feb 21, 2001
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Preaching: Zeal That Accords with Knowledge

Preaching

Zeal That Accords with Knowledge

Feb 21, 2001
We can have zeal and still be condemned. Pursue a passion for God that accepts his righteousness alone for salvation.
John Piper
Feb 21, 2001
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Worship: Sharing God's Passion for His Global Glory

Feb 20, 2001
What fuels world missions isn’t merely a commitment to the task itself, but a passion for the supremacy of God among all peoples.
John Piper
Feb 20, 2001
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Preaching: With Confidence That It Belongs in Worship

Feb 20, 2001
Preaching should be prominent in the setting of corporate worship because it aligns with God’s purpose in creation to be understood truly and admired duly.
John Piper
Feb 20, 2001
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Seminar

The Ethics of Interracial Marriage

Session 5

Feb 14, 2001
John Piper responds to five prominent arguments that use the Bible to reject interracial marriage.
John Piper
Feb 14, 2001
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Dead to the Law, Serving in the Spirit, Part 3

Feb 11, 2001
Or do you not know, brethren (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has jurisdiction over a person as long as he lives? 2 For the married woman is bound by law to her…
John Piper
Feb 11, 2001
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Seminar

The Meaning and Significance of Race

Session 4 – Part 2

Feb 7, 2001
There is a relative triviality in the biological differences between races that exalts the reality of God’s image, and there is a diversity in the races that exalts the reality of God’s manifold redemption.
John Piper
Feb 7, 2001
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Interview

What Do You Think of Pictures of Jesus?

Feb 7, 2001
If we have no idea what Jesus looked like, how should he be portrayed?
John Piper
Feb 7, 2001
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Storms Are the Triumph of His Art

Away, Despair!

Feb 6, 2001
There is no place for despair in the Christian life. To be out of the pit of hell is to be on the ground of mercy.
John Piper
Feb 6, 2001
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Dead to the Law, Serving in the Spirit, Part 2

Feb 4, 2001
Or do you not know, brethren (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has jurisdiction over a person as long as he lives? 2 For the married woman is bound by law to her…
John Piper
Feb 4, 2001
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Panel Discussion

God, Psychology, and Christian Care of the Soul — Panel Discussion

Desiring God 2001 Conference for Pastors

Jan 31, 2001
In the care of souls we must realize that the root of how a person relates to God is more significant than any of the various problems they may be experiencing.
John Piper + 4
Jan 31, 2001
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Biography
John Newton: The Tough Roots of His Habitual Tenderness

John Newton: The Tough Roots of His Habitual Tenderness

Jan 30, 2001
One of the deepest roots of Newton’s habitual tenderness was that he could not get over the wonder of his own rescue by sheer, triumphant grace.
John Piper
Jan 30, 2001

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