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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.

Joseph and Jesus: God's Successful Setbacks

God has always delighted to show his power through apparent defeat.

Take Courage: You Build More Than You See

Nothing you do is a trifle if you do it in the name of God. He will shake heaven and earth to fill your labor with splendor.

Moses, Rauschenbusch and Moral Distinctiveness

How are we morally distinct from ordinary society with its prudence, respectability, and good breeding?

Cry of Distress and Voice of Thanks

The Prayer of Jonah

The belly of a fish hardly seems like salvation. But it was.

Update on Bethlehem As Seedbed

John Piper introduces a new program at Bethlehem for raising up young candidates for full-time Christian ministry.

Go and Make Disciples, Baptizing Them...

When we make disciples, we bid people to come and die to their old, destructive ways and to live for Jesus, who loved them and gave himself for them.

A Note to Parents of Young Children

Everything we do from the time a child is born should be aimed at leading him to faith.

Eagle Edom Will Come Down

The violent nation will not boast forever. Very soon the recompense will come, and after that all the nations will render an account to God.

The Pace of Faith

The Lord is never hurried because he has all things under control. What a steady power should mark his people!

The Just Shall Live by Faith

The Just Shall Live by Faith

Am I ready to take my stand in the divine courtroom and hear the Judge pass an eternal sentence on me? We cannot face this unless we have faith.

Seneca, C.S. Lewis, and a Sale

Each day is on sale for anyone who will purchase it. If we do not purchase it, we lose it—forever.

And All the Earth Shall Own Him Lord

Festival of Mission

In order to be acclaimed Messiah and Lord, the Son of God had to come, defeat the enemy, and lead his people out of bondage in triumph over sin and Satan and death. And that he did on Good Friday and Easter.

The God in Front and the God Behind

Not all of God’s grace is behind us pushing to obey. There is also grace in front of us beckoning us to follow.

Missions, Hunger, and Summer Houses

Ogren Mission to Uganda On October 6 the Deacon Council approved a request from Glenn Ogren to take a six-week leave of absence to go to Uganda with Mission: Moving Mountains. He will be gone from about November 8 through…

The Poor of the Land and the Pride of Jacob

Conversion isn't just changing your mind but exchanging the love of comfort for the love of goodness and justice.

Taking Bethlehem to Seattle

Spiritual leadership is knowing where God wants people to be and taking the initiative, using God’s methods and power, to get them there.

Halleluja Piper

A poem for Noël in October

John Piper poetically announces his wife's pregnancy.

The Lord Will Rejoice over You

Every staff on which we try to lean in our pride will snap and pierce us through. One refuge will be secure: God.

Late Night Meditations on the Book of Life

What does it mean to be written in the Lamb's book of life?

The Locust Horde and the Day of the Lord

God will fight against us and clog the joy of our lives until we return with our whole heart to him. For his purpose is to be God alone in the midst of his people.

Discipline in the Christian College: Can it be Redemptive?

The Question In order to understand the question, we must define at least two of the key terms more precisely. The term "discipline" may mean the rigorous training or instruction by which knowledge or character is inculcated into a disciple…

God Threw His Shoe on Edom

Or, The Dome Is Dead

What fools God makes of men who strive against their Maker!

Calling all Clay Pots

A Celebration of Ministry

Every Christian has received a gift from God which he is responsible to use for the good of the church and for the glory of God.

Five Reasons You Should Gather with the Church on Sunday, September 12

1. Because we want you included in the church-wide survey of gifts. Peter said, “As each has received a gift, employ it for one another” (1 Peter 4:10). That means you have at least one special ability which God wants…

God Works for Those Who Wait for Him

God Works for Those Who Wait for Him

God aims to be an utterly unique, wonderful, and exalted God, by condescending to forgive sinners and work for those who wait for him.

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