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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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Planning for the Unexpected to Help Make It Happen

Nov 30, 1987
I don’t know where it comes from. But year-end giving at Bethlehem is usually so good that we wind up giving 15% of the budget in 8% of the year. The numbers always look staggering. And that drives us to…
John Piper
Nov 30, 1987
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Stephen

Nov 29, 1987
(The audio and video of John Piper's reading are from 2007.)  Outside the Council hall, the six Leaned hard against the blackened bricks And tried to see the man whose voice They loved. The church had made its choice Of…
John Piper
Nov 29, 1987
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He Is Like a Refiner's Fire

Nov 29, 1987
If God were only an incinerating fire, heaven would be empty. And if he were no fire, heaven would be empty.
John Piper
Nov 29, 1987
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Irving Hetherington, Self-Pity and Service

Nov 23, 1987
Put the pressures of your life into missionary perspective and lose the self-pity.
John Piper
Nov 23, 1987
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Let None Be Faithless to the Wife of His Youth

Nov 22, 1987
Don't back out on your commitments, don't marry an unbeliever, and don't divorce your covenant wife.
John Piper
Nov 22, 1987
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Then the Five Said Yes

Nov 16, 1987
On October 25 the church said yes to the Long Range Planning Committee proposals. Purchase the “Hacking” property, build a sanctuary, etc. The following Sunday, November 1 at 4:30, the Deacons met to discuss possible chairmen for the necessary committees…
John Piper
Nov 16, 1987
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The Glory of Priestly Success

Nov 15, 1987
The ministry of the Word can destroy and the ministry of the Word can save.
John Piper
Nov 15, 1987
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Practical Steps to Kill Sin

Nov 9, 1987
Relief: All true believers have sin remaining in them in this life. Romans 7:23 - “I see in my members another law at war with the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin which…
John Piper
Nov 9, 1987
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The Curse of Priestly Failure

Nov 8, 1987
A great danger to the pastoral ministry is that the voice of God in Scripture may be drowned out by other voices.
John Piper
Nov 8, 1987
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What a City, What a Place, What a God!

Nov 2, 1987
Minneapolis is a beautiful city. Almost every morning I stand at the western window of my study and look out over Lincoln Center and Lutheran Brotherhood and Piper Jaffray and IDS and City Center, and Norwest and Center Village, and…
John Piper
Nov 2, 1987
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The Curse of Careless Worship

Nov 1, 1987
If you turn your back on the greatness and majesty of God, you'll fall in love with a world of shadows and short-lived pleasures.
John Piper
Nov 1, 1987
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The People Said Yes!

Oct 26, 1987
I have no doubt that the victory at Bethlehem last Sunday night will have infinitely greater significance than the victory at the Metro Dome. I call it a victory, because we have prayed that God would overcome the natural differences…
John Piper
Oct 26, 1987
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Honor Thy Majestic Father

Oct 25, 1987
Those who know God as Father should honor their majestic Father.
John Piper
Oct 25, 1987
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Ramblings on Being in the City to Stay

Oct 19, 1987
I heard tonight (Sunday) that one of our sister Conference churches in another city is planning to move from downtown to the suburbs. It is not for us to judge the strategic value of such a move in another place…
John Piper
Oct 19, 1987
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Is Anything Too Hard for God?

Oct 18, 1987
Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, in the spring, and Sarah shall have a son The reason our missions week comes to a climax today under the theme, “Is anything…
John Piper
Oct 18, 1987
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After 102 Years Is It Time for a New Sanctuary?

Oct 12, 1987
A brief history of where Bethlehem has been and a consideration for the future.
John Piper
Oct 12, 1987
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Come on the Lookout for God, Leave on the Lookout for People

Oct 5, 1987
I love to see people talking after services at Bethlehem. Sometimes it’s heavy, and there are tears. Sometimes it’s light and there is laughter. Sometimes it’s just two; other times four or five. It may be in the aisle, or…
John Piper
Oct 5, 1987
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The Greatness of God's Electing Love

Oct 4, 1987
Have you learned the love of God in a way that makes you tremble?
John Piper
Oct 4, 1987
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Was Jonathan Edwards a Christian Hedonist?

Sep 29, 1987
In this article, John Piper asks "What does it matter what Edwards thought?" and then lets Edwards teach us in his own words.
John Piper
Sep 29, 1987
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A New Sermon Series for the Fall

Sep 28, 1987
Sunday, October 4 we will begin a new fall series of morning messages based on the book of Malachi. It is the last book of the Old Testament. It has been some time since we have done an expository series…
John Piper
Sep 28, 1987
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Take Heed to Yourself and to Your Teaching

Installation Service for David Livingston and Brad Nelson

Sep 28, 1987
Take heed to yourself and to your teaching; hold to that for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers. I would sum up the impact of this verse as "the extraordinary seriousness of the pastoral ministry."…
John Piper
Sep 28, 1987
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Striving for the Faith of the Gospel

Spreading the Vision

Sep 27, 1987
The mark of living worthily of the gospel is a unified, fearless striving for the faith of the gospel.
John Piper
Sep 27, 1987
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Expecting and Attempting

Reflections on Prayer '87

Sep 21, 1987
It is the attempting of something great for God that gives edge and point to prayer.
John Piper
Sep 21, 1987
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Working with You for Your Joy

Instilling the Vision

Sep 20, 1987
But I call God to witness against me––it was to spare you that I refrained from coming to Corinth. Not that we lord it over your faith; we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your…
John Piper
Sep 20, 1987
Conference Message

A Theology for Missions

Conference on Missions Education

Sep 19, 1987
One reason the worldwide church is weak and lacks leaders is because the doctrinal basis of faith and missions is too narrow.
John Piper
Sep 19, 1987

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