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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.

Nine Ways to Know That the Gospel of Christ Is True

The claims of the New Testament have more support than you might think.

Thanksgiving Toward the Past, Faith Toward the Future: A Parable of the Anvil

Thanksgiving Toward the Past, Faith Toward the Future

A Parable of the Anvil

You can stake your life on what will not come from science or psychology, but the very word of our God that endures forever.

Thanksgiving for the Lives of Flawed Saints

Find hope in the history of God's grace to help you live your life for his glory.

We Exult in Our Tribulations

In this world you will have trouble, but in Christ it will only increase your joy and hope.

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Let Your Passion Be Single

Let Your Passion Be Single

A singular passion for God is not only sensible but safe — it is not only reasonable, it is right.

A Passion for Purity vs. Passive Prayers

A Passion for Purity vs. Passive Prayers

The fight against lust is image against image. Don’t just pray and wait and try to avoid. Actively put effort into seeing Jesus.

Spiritual Warfare and Prayer

Spiritual Warfare and Prayer

Missions Prayer Meeting Devotional

God calls upon every one of his soldiers to take up their armor and join in the battle to advance the gospel among the nations.

The Revelation of God’s Righteousness Where There Is No Church

The Revelation of God’s Righteousness Where There Is No Church

Missions Week

The aim of missions is that the nations would glorify God for his mercy — that all would worship God for his great grace.

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The Surpassing Excellency of God in the Joy of His Suffering People

Suffering is the normal means God appoints to spread the gospel through his people. We can only full embrace Jesus when we rejoice in our sufferings.

The Excellency of God

Showing His Value Through Suffering

Prizing the excellency of God in Christ frees us to suffer for the sake of displaying his glory and completing the Great Commission.

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God Is Too Excellent to Need Servants

God is too great and glorious to need servants. But he does ask us to work for him and glorify him — all in the strength that he so graciously supplies.

The Excellency of God

Serving in the Strength He Supplies

The only service that honors God is service done in the strength that he supplies.

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The Call for Courage in the Cause of Truth

The Call for Courage in the Cause of Truth

Our culture today may recoil against absolutes, but our faith rests on Jesus Christ, who is himself Truth.

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Preaching God in a Man-Centered Age

Preaching God in a Man-Centered Age

Faith comes through hearing, and hearing by the word of God, so pastors must preach God’s word to satisfy both the mind and the heart.

Bad Title, Great Book

The Church Is Bigger Than You Think

The following are quotes from Johnstone's book that I hope will whet your taste to buy this book during Missions Fest '99. I read it this summer and it put fire in my bones *Jesus told us plainly that the…

Let Us Exult in the Hope of the Glory of God!

Whatever else you do or say or feel, of this you can be certain: God wills that you rejoice in the hope of seeing his glory.

Faith and the Imputation of Righteousness

Therefore IT WAS also CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS 23 Now not for his sake only was it written that it was credited to him, 24 but for our sake also, to whom it will be credited, as those who…

What Is Humility?

What Is Humility?

Is it arrogant to believe that treasuring Jesus is the only way to be saved?

The Purpose and Perseverance of Faith

Therefore it was also credited to him as righteousness 23 Now not for his sake only was it written that it was credited to him, 24 but for our sake also, to whom it will be credited, as those who…

O Be Not Mere Shadows, Echoes, and Residue

Break free from the epidemic of the manward spirit of our age, and set yourself to live in the light of the Lord.

Why Was Jesus Put to Death and Raised Again?

Therefore it was also credited to him as righteousness. 23 Now not for his sake only was it written that it was credited to him, 24 but for our sake also, to whom it will be credited, as those who…

Faith: in Hope, Against Hope, for the Glory of God

For this reason it is by faith, in order that it may be in accordance with grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to all the descendants, not only to those who are of the Law, but also to…

Big, Sweeping–But Not Insipid–Prayers

How to pray huge, general prayers without them sounding vague or stale.

The Faith - Grace - Certainty Connection

Your faith is called into being out of nothing. That is the meaning of grace and the reason why God can guarantee his promises to you.

The Children of Abraham Are Heirs of the World

What does it mean to be an heir of the world?

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