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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.

Creation, Fall, Redemption, and the Holy Spirit

If I'm so depraved that I can't do anything good, what do you expect me to do?

Marriage as Submission?

John Piper, “Marriage as Submission? Response from John Piper,” The Standard 74:2 (February 1984): 30. This was a response to Alvera and Berekely Micklesen, “Equal Authority, Equal Responsibility,” The Standard 74:2 (February 1984): 26, 28–29. Amen to the sexual mutuality…

Love Seeking Understanding

A Meditation on the Trinity

A nutshell explanation of the doctrine of the Trinity, with a little help from Jonathan Edwards.

The Holy Spirit: He Is God!

There is only one power that can break the spell of Satan, waken the armies of the Lord, and rout the god of this age—the power of the Holy Spirit.

Missions at the Manse

How a pastor and his wife help keep the mission fires burning at church.

Tell How Much the Lord Has Done for You!

Strategies and actions to seek and save the lost must have high priority in the life of our church.

Preaching a Plan for Ministry

A church's priorities should be based on the relationships each Christian should develop with God, fellow believers, and unbelievers.

Helping Each Other Endure to the End

Helping Each Other Endure to the End

God intends to guard us for salvation through Christian community. We won’t survive without our brothers and sisters in Jesus.

Jesus’ Teaching on Men and Women

Dismantling the Fall, Not the Creation

John Piper, “Jesus’ Teaching on Men and Women: Dismantling the Fall, Not the Creation,” The Standard 74:1 (January 1984): 34–35. Alvera and Berekely Micklesen responded with, “Did Jesus Teach That Women Were to Be Leaders? Response from the Mickelsens,” The…

Did Jesus Teach That Women Were to Be Leaders?

John Piper, “Did Jesus Teach That Women Were to Be Leaders? Response from John Piper,” The Standard 74:1 (January 1984): 36. This was a response to Alvera and Berekely Micklesen, “Jesus’ Teaching on Men and Women: In Stark Contrast to…

Tips for Praying the Word

Observations and advice to help you pray biblical prayers.

Going Hard After the Holy God

Why do we have to pursue God, and how should it be done?

Fasting in 1984?

Four reasons why Christians want to fast.

Holy, Holy, Holy Is the Lord of Hosts

Holy, Holy, Holy Is the Lord of Hosts

If we want revival to happen, we need to see God for who he is. Only when we see God as God and confess him as so, then we can have real delight.

Jesus

"Maria?" "Yes, my love, I'm here." "It hurts, O God, it hurts! I fear The worst for me tonight." "Rest now Dear Joseph, God will not allow Your faith more pain than it can bear." "Maria, are the children there?"…

Christ Jesus Came into the World to Save Sinners

Christmas Day

The meaning of Christmas is that what is good and precious in your life need never be lost, and what is evil and undesirable in your life can be changed.

A Week of Prayer

Going Hard after the Holy God

The measure of our present experience with Christ is the intensity of our longing for its increase.

Satan's Design in Reversing Male Leadership Role

John Piper, “Satan’s Design in Reversing Male Leadership Role,” The Standard 73:11 (December 1983): 33, 35. Alvera and Berekely Micklesen responded with, “Questions from the Garden: Response from the Mickelsens,” The Standard 73:11 (December 1983): 36. Our existence as male…

David

In spring, the time of year when kings Go forth to war, and David sings Of conquest, and the lonely wives At dawn plead for the distant lives Of brown-eyed lovers under oath To Joab, it is known to both…

God's Covenant with David

When God makes a covenant he reveals his own job description and signs it.

Warrior Mystic

Where are the Joshuas? Where are those whose knees are as calloused as their hands?

Moses

A hundred-twenty years the friend Of God! Heart flaming to the end. And in the crystal eyes a fire From what he'd seen of God's Desire. An unabated strength of soul Had kept his mind and body whole. O, how…

God's Covenant Through Moses

What was freely given under Moses was purchased by Christ.

Dangerous Mission

Christmas is a model for missions. As I so you. And that mission means danger.

Abraham

Across the field and through the trees of Ephron, slumped upon his knees Beside the cave of Machpelah, The old man scorned anathema For love and kissed the ivory lips Of his dead wife; then laid the strips Of silk…

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