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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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How Do Christians Survive in Middle-Class America?

How Do Christians Survive in Middle-Class America?

Apr 10, 2019
“Woe to you who are rich. Woe to you who are full now. Woe to you who laugh.” What do Jesus’s woes mean for middle-class Americans?
John Piper
Apr 10, 2019
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What Is the Sovereignty of God?

What Is the Sovereignty of God?

Apr 8, 2019
God’s sovereignty over all creation is one of the grandest themes in the Bible. Pastor John overviews some of the basics.
John Piper
Apr 8, 2019
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Why Have Kids If They Might End Up in Hell?

Why Have Kids If They Might End Up in Hell?

Apr 5, 2019
Every child is an eternal being, someone who will live forever. So if our children may end up in hell, would we be better off not having kids?
John Piper
Apr 5, 2019
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I’m Eager to Pastor Now — Should I Skip Seminary?

I’m Eager to Pastor Now — Should I Skip Seminary?

Apr 3, 2019
With so many urgent spiritual needs in the world, is it wise to spend years of life in a seminary classroom? If someone is eager for ministry, why wait?
John Piper
Apr 3, 2019
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Luke 5:1–11: How a Prosperity Preacher Abuses a Verse

How a Prosperity Preacher Abuses a Verse

Luke 5:1–11

Apr 2, 2019
Prosperity preachers not only twist and mangle the Bible’s message. They twist and mangle their hearers.
John Piper
Apr 2, 2019
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Conference Message
The Golden Stitches of Sovereignty: What Holds Our Gospel Together

The Golden Stitches of Sovereignty

What Holds Our Gospel Together

Apr 1, 2019
The death of Jesus Christ was no mere product of coincidences. God planned every detail to ensure the salvation of his people. John Piper preached this message at The Gospel Coalition 2019 National Conference.
John Piper
Apr 1, 2019
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Why Did Jesus Need to ‘Become Superior’ to Angels?

Why Did Jesus Need to ‘Become Superior’ to Angels?

Apr 1, 2019
If Jesus is God, why does the Bible say that he “became” superior to angels? Hasn’t he always been superior to angels?
John Piper
Apr 1, 2019
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2 Timothy 3:16–4:5: Why Do We Need Preaching?

Why Do We Need Preaching?

2 Timothy 3:16–4:5

Mar 30, 2019
We need the word of God to correct our passions, rebuke our passions, and shape our passions.
John Piper
Mar 30, 2019
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How Much Can Christians Learn from Non-Christians?

How Much Can Christians Learn from Non-Christians?

Mar 29, 2019
Christians can learn many important facts from non-Christian teachers. But they cannot learn the most important facts — or how to love them.
John Piper
Mar 29, 2019
Article
I Love How He Humiliates Me

I Love How He Humiliates Me

Why I Love the Apostle Paul

Mar 28, 2019
“I say this to your shame.” At times when we need them, these words can be loving and liberating.
John Piper
Mar 28, 2019
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He Killed His Wife and Children — Can He Really Be Forgiven?

He Killed His Wife and Children — Can He Really Be Forgiven?

Mar 27, 2019
Chris Watts murdered his pregnant wife and two daughters. A few months into his prison sentence, he said he found God. Can he really be forgiven?
John Piper
Mar 27, 2019
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2 Timothy 3:16–4:5: Preachers Must Say Hard Things

Preachers Must Say Hard Things

2 Timothy 3:16–4:5

Mar 26, 2019
Good preaching says hard things, calls out sin, and makes us uncomfortable, because good preaching heralds God’s word.
John Piper
Mar 26, 2019
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Does the Old Testament Alienate the Disabled?

Does the Old Testament Alienate the Disabled?

Mar 25, 2019
In the Old Testament, the disabled were excluded from the holy place. In the New Testament, Jesus touched and healed the disabled. Why the difference?
John Piper
Mar 25, 2019
Article
He Died Early in the Smile of God: Robert Murray McCheyne (1813–1843)

He Died Early in the Smile of God

Robert Murray McCheyne (1813–1843)

Mar 25, 2019
Two qualities gave Robert Murray McCheyne’s short life unusual force: the preciousness of Christ and the pain of a thorn.
John Piper
Mar 25, 2019
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2 Timothy 3:16–4:5: How to Pray for Your Pastor’s Sermon

How to Pray for Your Pastor’s Sermon

2 Timothy 3:16–4:5

Mar 23, 2019
What the church needs this Sunday is God’s word — not laugh-out-loud humor, not moving stories, not news updates — God’s word.
John Piper
Mar 23, 2019
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Why Does God Choose Some and Not Others?

Why Does God Choose Some and Not Others?

Mar 22, 2019
God could have chosen all to inherit eternal life, but he didn’t. So why would God choose some and not choose others?
John Piper
Mar 22, 2019
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Money, Mardi Gras, and Something Far Better: Stories from South America

Money, Mardi Gras, and Something Far Better

Stories from South America

Mar 20, 2019
Dozens of countries are experiencing a resurgence of biblical Christianity. Pastor John shares several stories from his recent trip to Brazil and Argentina.
John Piper
Mar 20, 2019
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Philippians 3:8–9: One Way to Know You’re in Christ

One Way to Know You’re in Christ

Philippians 3:8–9

Mar 19, 2019
Faith is the experience of Christ as our surpassing worth and all else as rubbish by comparison.
John Piper
Mar 19, 2019
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Panel Discussion
Gospel Joy Panel Discussion: Piper, Charles, Meyer, Onwuchekwa, Rigney, & Stiles

Gospel Joy Panel Discussion

Piper, Charles, Meyer, Onwuchekwa, Rigney & Stiles

Mar 18, 2019
We should always seek delight in God as the root of every act of obedience, and when it’s not there we should grieve over it, repent, and press onward in our duty until joy comes.
John Piper + 6
Mar 18, 2019
Article
The Sufferer I Want to Be: Why I Love the Apostle Paul

The Sufferer I Want to Be

Why I Love the Apostle Paul

Mar 17, 2019
If deliverance from suffering doesn’t come, it doesn’t mean God hasn’t heard your prayers. It means he has a better plan.
John Piper
Mar 17, 2019
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Philippians 3:8–9: The Garbage We Bring to God

The Garbage We Bring to God

Philippians 3:8–9

Mar 16, 2019
When we gain Christ, we get a right standing before God that depends upon Christ and not ourselves.
John Piper
Mar 16, 2019
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Message Excerpt
Jesus Is Not a Weekend Thing

Jesus Is Not a Weekend Thing

Mar 15, 2019
How can we distinguish between doing Christian things like worship and actually being a Christian who worships? How can we tell if we are faking it?
John Piper
Mar 15, 2019
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Message Excerpt
We Don’t Need Actors in the Pulpit

We Don’t Need Actors in the Pulpit

Mar 13, 2019
The pulpit isn’t a place to put on a show, but to rejoice in the riches of revelation as you draw others to encounter God.
John Piper
Mar 13, 2019
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What Christ Might Cost You: Philippians 3:7–8

What Christ Might Cost You

Philippians 3:7–8

Mar 12, 2019
A Christianity that never inconveniences us, never discomforts us, never costs anything, is not Christianity.
John Piper
Mar 12, 2019
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Interview
Make Your Life Count: Q&A with John Piper

Make Your Life Count

Q&A with John Piper

Mar 10, 2019
Making your life count is all about being utterly yielded to God in whatever circumstances you find yourself in and pursuing simple obedience to his will through the written word.
John Piper
Mar 10, 2019

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