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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.

Righteous Job and the Rock Star

What is the Almighty that we should serve him? Good question, depending on the tone of voice.

Jonah

Part 1

The son of Amittai was old, And his gray-bearded face was fold On fold of furrows, from his brow Down to his neck, as if a plow Had carved and harrowed in his skin (Like conscience in the quest for…

The Final Divide: Eternal Life or Eternal Wrath, Part 1

The Final Divide

Eternal Life or Eternal Wrath, Part 1

When your life is over on this earth, there will be two paths you can take: you will either meet God in eternal wrath or eternal life.

Why Did Christ Come?

Be Ready This Advent Season with the Meaning of Christmas

Romans 3:25-26 God put [Christ] forward . . . to demonstrate His righteousness because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed; for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness . . . so that He…

God‘s Response to Hypocrisy: Kindness and Judgment

God’s Response to Hypocrisy

Kindness and Judgment

God’s justice does not demand that he punish us for our sins immediately. His kindness through Jesus Christ leads him to forbear and be patient with us.

Conference Message

Training the Next Generation of Evangelical Pastors and Missionaries

The Thesis: Knowing God and Enjoying Him is the Greatest Need The greatest need of the next generation of pastors and missionaries is exactly the same as the greatest need of every generation of pastors and missionaries that has ever…

The Great Work of God: Rain

A Thanksgiving Meditation

If you told someone: "My God does great and unsearchable things," and they responded, "Like what?" would you say, "Rain"?

Doing and Endorsing Evil

Doing and Endorsing Evil

The end-point of depravity is not just the suicidal love affair with sin, but the desire to bring others with you to destruction.

God Does Not Repent Like a Man

God is able to feel sorrow for something he has predestined, in view of foreknown evil and pain, and yet still will to do it for wise reasons.

The Perils of Disapproving God

The Perils of Disapproving God

Sin enslaves us not just because we commit evil, but because God himself gives us over to our debased desires. Our only hope is for Jesus to bring renewal.

The Lofty Claim, the Last Command, the Loving Comfort

Missions Week

But the eleven disciples proceeded to Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had designated. 17 When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some were doubtful. 18 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been…

When the "Want To" and the "Ought To" Don't Match

What can you do if what you feel like doing isn't what you should do.

Being Loved and Being Hated

What I Pray for in Missions Week

If your driving motive in life is to be liked and loved you will find it almost impossible to be a Christian.

The Other Dark Exchange: Homosexuality, Part 2

The Other Dark Exchange

Homosexuality, Part 2

The world’s futility and disorder is not a result of simple mistakes, but a consequence of exchanging God’s glory for other things.

How to Pray for the Soul — Yours or Another's

How you pray is based on what you believe God can do. Here are 7 things to ask God to do for your soul and others'.

The Other Dark Exchange: Homosexuality, Part 1

The Other Dark Exchange

Homosexuality, Part 1

God dramatizes the beauty of the gospel in the right ordering of our sexual lives.

The First Dark Exchange: Idolatry

The First Dark Exchange: Idolatry

If you value other things more than God, if your life is really driven by another value, then you exchange the imperishable for the perishable.

Conference Message

Finishing Well in the Face of Death

Finishing Well in the Face of Death

Finishing well in the face of death requires fighting the fight of faith, which takes hold of God’s promises for future grace in the midst of all our temptations and afflictions.

Conference Message

Finishing with Joy

Finishing with Joy

Faith, which is the root of all true obedience that glorifies God, is a coming to God to be satisfied with all that he is for us in Jesus, which means that the pursuit of joy in the Christian life is not optional, but essential.

Conference Message

Finishing What?

Finishing What?

Finishing well will not happen without a fight, and God is the decisive finisher who will powerfully work in us so that he alone gets the glory.

Displays of God Remove the Excuse for Failed Worship

Displays of God Remove the Excuse for Failed Worship

The greatest tragedy our world faces isn’t hunger, poverty, or crime, but blindness to the grace and beauty of Jesus Christ.

God Has Allotted to Each a Measure of Faith

If God grants faith, why wouldn't he give every believer the same amount?

Measures of Faith, Gifts of Grace, Ministry in Small Groups

Measures of Faith, Gifts of Grace, Ministry in Small Groups

God means to get the glory for all things, including the ministry of small groups. We get the gift, the help, and the blessing, but God gets the glory.

The Sluggard Says, There Is a Lion Outside! I Shall Be Slain

A Meditation

Laziness makes us resistant against any truth that exposes our laziness.

The Wrath of God Against Holding Down the Truth

The Wrath of God Against Holding Down the Truth

Our hardened hearts naturally suppress the truth, but Jesus grants us new hearts to embrace his gospel.

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