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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.

Jesus' Name Made This Man Strong

The Father is the ultimate source of all healing. Through Jesus the Father does his healing will.

How Living and Working in Minneapolis Relate to the Sending Goals of “2000 by 2000”

Background On December 4, 1990, the Council of Deacons voted to recommend to the church that we endorse the vision of 2000 by 2000 and that we adopt the Maninka People as a special object of focused love and mission…

For Tom Steller on His 10th Anniversary at Bethlehem Baptist

John Piper poetically commemorates a partner in ministry.

The Fear of God and Freedom from Goods

A holy, happy fear of God makes our material possessions insignificant to us, except as means to serve others.

Repentance, Forgiveness, and the Gift of the Spirit

Even if you are a murderer of the Son of God, God himself is ready to forgive you! And not only to forgive you but to give you his Spirit!

Where the Great King Keeps His Wine

It's the seasons of affliction that yield the most spiritual fruit.

Thanksgiving in Suffering

Celebration of Thanksgiving at Maranatha Hall

Jesus, the Son of God, is alive today, and stands ready to serve you as your advocate with God the Father.

Does God Really Want You to Be Encouraged?

God goes the second (and third and fourth) mile for us to feel encouraged.

Did You Kill the Lord of Glory?

Do you join God in his affirmation of Jesus, or do you stand against God in the life of Jesus?

If You’re Hungry, Here’s a Next Step

How can you experience more of the fullness of God? Consider taking a personal prayer retreat.

I Will Pour Out My Spirit

We live between the beginning of the kingdom of God and the consummation of the kingdom. What is that like?

The Moves of Manhood

Resisting Lust, Serving as Leaders, Showing Love

A men's retreat is an opportunity to learn from each other and step closer toward the maturity and wholeness that God is calling us to.

Disarray or God's Design?

2000 by 2000: What in the World Is God Doing at Bethlehem?

May God unite us in one vision of what he is doing so that we might not only endure but delight in the design of these days.

Prayer ‘90

Concerted, united prayer has been God's pattern in the past for initiating spiritual awakening and world evangelization.

Tongues of Fire and the Fullness of God

When the Spirit comes in power, he comes suddenly—on his own terms and in his own time—and he comes for harvesting.

Answers to Prayer in the Midst of Non-Answers

Why doesn't God, instead of saving us out of trouble, just keep it away entirely?

What Judas's Death Teaches Us About the Spirit

The purpose of the Holy Spirit is invincible and he has an unwavering zeal for the glory of the God-man, Jesus.

There is No Greater Satisfaction

God-Centered Motivation for World Missions

Duty is good, but delight is better. Picture me bringing a dozen roses home to my wife on our wedding anniversary. I hold them out to her at the door; she smiles and says "Oh Johnny, they're beautiful, why did…

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Bethlehem on the Radio

Bethlehem pursues new ways of filling Minneapolis with their teaching.

You Shall Receive Power Till Jesus Comes

The extraordinary experience of being clothed with power is available to us for the fulfillment of the Great Commission.

Thoughts on Worship and Culture

Thoughts on Worship and Culture

Ten observations on musical style in the church.

You Will Be Baptized with the Holy Spirit

You Will Be Baptized with the Holy Spirit

In order to be effective instruments of Jesus' life in the world, you need to be baptized in the Holy Spirit.

Public Worship in a Secular World: What, Why and How, Session 2

Wednesday Night Connection

When churches gather in corporate worship, rock-solid doctrine and intense emotion ought to work side by side. God wants both our minds and our hearts when we worship.

O, Spare Us This Rebuke at Bethlehem!

To grow up into the fullness of the stature of Christ includes emotional transformation.

What Jesus Did After the Beginning

What Jesus Did After the Beginning

Jesus is alive. He is working, he is teaching, he is doing. And just as he worked through the apostles, he will work through you.

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