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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.

How to Become a Large Tree

Truth is a powerful thing. So is falsehood. If you think on truth it will free. If you think on falsehood it will enslave. “You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.” But not just any…

How Can I Keep on Hoping? The Scriptures!

The strength to endure comes from the hope before us. And the hope before us comes from the Scriptures.

What Happened at the Quarterly Business Meeting?

1) We got so caught up in the exciting things that we forgot to approve delegates for the annual meeting of the BGC and of the GMAE (Greater Minneapolis Association of Evangelicals). GMAE will meet at our church the evening…

How Can I Hope? New Birth!

To get well from the disease of sin, and to have a living hope, you have to undergo surgery.

When Everyone Else Deserts You

Meditation on Paul's Last Imprisonment

After Jesus Christ I admire the Apostle Paul more than any other man. In fact I love him. I am sometimes moved to tears by the agonies of his life. I soar when he skywrites the glories of Christ. One…

The Hope of the Gospel

The Hope of the Gospel

The gospel is the good news that there is hope for sinners — even the worst of us.

Why Hope? Grace!

From beginning to end our salvation—our election, our calling, our faith, our sanctification, and our glorification—is a work of divine grace.

A Sermon Series on Christian Hope

I hope (ordinary human hope) that you will use this list of titles and texts to study and pray! On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, pray that last week's word bear fruit in conversations and edification. On Thursday, Friday and…

What Is Hope?

Our hope in God isn’t just a wish or a dream, but a sure confidence that what God says will happen will happen.

Post-Easter Reds, Yellows and Oranges (Not Blues)

Easter was a gloriously exhausting day. I know a little of what Paul meant when he said, “I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls” (2 Corinthians 12:15). Most gladly!! The Greek word is hedista (from which…

The Marvelous Rising of a Rejected Stone

Easter Sunday

Academic stature has never been a guarantee of religious insight.

What We Owe the Resurrection of Jesus

An Aid to Easter Worship

1) A savior who can never die again. "For we know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again." Romans 6:9 2) Repentance. "The God of our fathers raised Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him…

Christ: The Lion and the Lamb

Palm Sunday

You were made to admire Jesus Christ the Lion and the Lamb.

U-Bahns, Missions and WTV's

How to Get to a Crowded Church

Noël and I lived in Munich, Germany, for three years without a car—and loved it. Buses, streetcars, subways and commuter trains took us within a couple blocks of wherever we wanted to be. You could set your watch by the…

Blessed Are the Persecuted

Blessed Are the Persecuted

As a Christian, your light might offend our dark world, but Jesus promises a reward greater than anything you stand to lose in this life.

Pointers from a Westminster Pastor

What sort of man was Martin Lloyd-Jones?

Blessed Are the Peacemakers

Blessed Are the Peacemakers

God has made peace with his people, and he calls us to push for peace with friends and enemies alike.

The Tree Jumped Into The Sea

How humbled and full of gratitude we must be that God would answer our prayers so remarkably! With only a mustard seed of faith the tree actually did obey! As we began our three service schedule last Sunday morning, the…

Blessed Are the Pure in Heart

Blessed Are the Pure in Heart

It is not enough to clean up our act on the outside. Jesus is concerned about our heart. Because from the heart are all the issues of life.

The Move to Three Services and a Milieu for Missions

David Jaeger, missionary to Liberia, has done as much as anybody to keep me thinking about Bethlehem and missions. In his most recent letter he described the Malinke, a people group in Guinea numbering 750,000 with five known Christians, no…

Blessed Are the Merciful

Blessed Are the Merciful

God’s mercy floods our lives when we don’t deserve an ounce. And he expects us to overflow with that same grace to others.

Possible Steps for '86

Eight reasons for why Bethlehem members voted to postpone a capital campaign.

Blessed Are Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness

Blessed Are Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness

The hunger of your life that cannot be satisfied by anything in this world is the constant beckoning of God to remember that you were made for him.

Getting Ready for Three Services

I thank God for you So many of you have responded with optimism and with the grace of flexibility to the challenges of three services. The three services will begin meeting Sunday morning, March 2, at: 8:15, 9:45 and 11:15. …

Blessed Are the Meek

Blessed Are the Meek

Meekness is not weakness. Meekness begins with God and ends with God.

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