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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.

I Baptize You with Water

The Baptism of John

What was significant about John's baptism, and how does it relate to the way we baptize today?

“There Was Much Water There” (in Minneapolis)

Why a Series on Baptism?

Five reasons why Pastor John is going to preach a sermon series on baptism.

The Present Power of a Future Possession

But remember the former days, when, after being enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings, 33 partly by being made a public spectacle through reproaches and tribulations, and partly by becoming sharers with those who were so treated. 34…

Joy in God for Holiness and Missions

Preaching that inspires radical obedience is preaching that lures people to God by portraying him as infinitely superior to every human delight.

Go Deep in His Greatness

How a Pastor Keeps His Joy in God

Pastors must keep their joy in God by drinking regularly at the wells of salvation, and by trusting God for the times in between them.

Joy in God as the Heart of Worship

The heart of worship is being satisfied in God, therefore, we must pursue our joy in God.

Woe to Those Who Trample the Son of God

Threatening judgment is an effective (and biblical) way to motivate people.

What Does the Slaughter of the Amorites Mean?

God’s dealing with Israel was unique in redemptive history. The church cannot presume to imitate everything they did.

Consider Each Other How to Stir Up Love

Consider Each Other How to Stir Up Love

Christians can’t follow Jesus alone. Unless we have brothers and sisters in our lives who point us to Jesus, our faith won’t survive.

What is a “Root of Bitterness”?

What is a “Root of Bitterness”?

Root of bitterness. Vile growth. False Christians defile many and cause trouble in the church.

What Jesus Built by Rising from the Dead

Easter Sunday

Now the chief priests and the whole Council kept trying to obtain false testimony against Jesus, in order that they might put Him to death; 60 and they did not find any, even though many false witnesses came forward. But…

Executive Pastor: What and Why?

Having an Executive Pastor seems like an ideal way of unleashing the ministries of the church and maximizing the contributions of each pastor.

Let Us Draw Near to God

Palm Sunday

Drawing near to God is the heart of the gospel, and we are called to embrace it with informed zeal.

All the Angels Are Coming with Him

Have you ever wondered what joy and hope sustained Jesus in his horrific hours of suffering?

Conference Message

The Pleasure of God in Peacemaking

Peacemaker Ministries Keynote Address

The power for peacemaking doesn’t come from forgiving and forgetting or just trying harder, but from the superior promises God offers us in Jesus Christ.

Please Pray for Me as I Write

A glimpse into what books John Piper aimed to complete, with God's help, on his 1997 writing leave.

Perfected for All Time by a Single Offering

For the Law, since it has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very form of things, can never by the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw…

Loving the Second Coming and the Assurance of Salvation

Do we long for Christ's return or are we anxious that it might interrupt our worldly plans? Eternity hangs on this question.

What Christ Will Do at the Second Coming

What Christ Will Do at the Second Coming

Christ died once and for all. Not for his own sins, but for ours so that when we die, we don’t have to die again.

Panel Discussion

Triumphantly Encouraged: The Privilege of Ministry, Panel Discussion

Desiring God 1997 Conference for Pastors

The essential doctrines of our faith and things that we must be willing to stand for, defend, and advance beyond the boundaries of our own culture.

The Divine Majesty of the Word

The Divine Majesty of the Word

John Calvin: The Man and His Preaching

The key to John Calvin’s life: he recovered and embodied a passion for the absolute reality and majesty of God.

What Christ Did at the End of the Age

Therefore [referring back to verses 19-20 where the book of the covenant and the people's bodies and the tabernacle and the vessels were sprinkled with blood, in view of that God-ordained practice, he says] it was necessary for the copies…

The Origin of Calvinism

The Bible, for Calvin, was above all a witness of God to the majesty of God. This led inevitably to what is the heart of Calvinism.

How the Called Receive an Eternal Inheritance

How is the New Covenant like a last will and testament?

Be Strong and Fervent in Spirit in the Cause of Truth and Life

Sanctity of Life Sunday

Boredom with Christ is blindness. Open your eyes and let him inspire in you a new passion for the cause of life.

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