John Piper

Pastor, Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, MN

720 13th Ave South
Minneapolis, MN 55415
(612) 338-7653

Employment

Present Position (since 1980)
Pastor for Preaching and Vision, Bethlehem Baptist Church

Previous Employment (1974-1980)
Associate Professor of Biblical Studies, Bethel College, St. Paul, MN

Education

Wade Hampton High School
Greenville, SC; Diploma, 1964

Wheaton College
Wheaton, IL; B.A. 1968
Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA; B.D. 1971

University of Munich
Munich, West Germany; Dr. theol. 1974

Bibliography

John Piper is the author of the following books:
  • Love Your Enemies: Jesus' Love Command in the Synoptic Gospels and the Early Christian Paraenesis (Cambridge University Press, 1980; Baker, 1991).
  • The Justification of God: An Exegetical and Theological Study of Romans 9:1-23 (Baker, 1983; 2nd edition 1993).
  • Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist (Multnomah, 1986; 2nd edition, 1996; 3rd edition, 2003; revised edition, 2011; 25th anniversary edition, 2011).
  • The Supremacy of God in Preaching (Baker, 1990; 2nd edition, 2003).
  • The Pleasures of God (Multnomah, 1991; Expanded edition, 2000).
  • Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (Co-editor) (Crossway, 1991; 2nd edition, 2006 ).
  • Let the Nations Be Glad! The Supremacy of God in Missions (Baker, 1993; 2nd Edition, 2003; 3rd edition, 2010).
  • The Purifying Power of Living By Faith In Future Grace (Multnomah, 1995).
  • A Hunger for God: Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer (Crossway, 1997).
  • A Godward Life: Savoring the Supremacy of God in All of Life (Multnomah, 1997).
  • God's Passion for His Glory: Living the Vision of Jonathan Edwards (Crossway, 1998).
  • The Innkeeper (Crossway, 1998).
  • A Godward Life, Book Two: Savoring the Supremacy of God in All of Life (Multnomah, 1999).
  • The Legacy of Sovereign Joy (Crossway, 2000).
  • The Hidden Smile of God (Crossway, 2001).
  • Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ (Crossway, 2001, 2nd edition, 2004).
  • The Dangerous Duty of Delight (Multnomah, 2001).
  • The Misery of Job and the Mercy of God (Crossway, 2002).
  • Brothers, We Are not Professionals: A Plea to Pastors for Radical Ministry (Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2002).
  • The Roots of Endurance: Invincible Perseverance in the Lives of John Newton, Charles Simeon, and William Wilberforce (Crossway, 2002).
  • Counted Righteous in Christ: Should We Abandon the Imputation of Christ's Righteousness? (Crossway, 2002).
  • Beyond the Bounds (Co-editor; Crossway, 2003).
  • Don't Waste Your Life (Crossway, 2003).
  • Pierced By the Word (Multnomah, 2003).
  • The Prodigal's Sister (Crossway, 2003).
  • The Passion of Jesus Christ (Crossway, 2004).
  • When I Don't Desire God: How to Fight for Joy (Crossway, 2004).
  • Life As a Vapor (Multnomah, 2004).
  • A God Entranced Vision of All Things (Co-editor; Crossway, 2004).
  • Sex and the Supremacy of Christ (Co-editor; Crossway, 2005).
  • Taste and See (Multnomah, 2005).
  • God is the Gospel (Crossway, 2005).
  • Contending for Our All (Crossway, 2006).
  • What's the Difference (Crossway, 2001, reprint 2008).
  • Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die (Crossway, 2006).
  • Suffering and the Sovereignty of God (Crossway, 2006).
  • What Jesus Demands of the World (Crossway, 2006).
  • When the Darkness Will Not Lift (Crossway, 2006).
  • Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce (Crossway, 2007).
  • The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World (Co-editor; Crossway, 2007).
  • The Future of Justification (Crossway, 2007).
  • Spectacular Sins: And Their Global Purpose for the Glory of Christ (Crossway, 2008).
  • John Calvin and His Passion for the Majesty of God (Crossway, 2008).
  • The Hidden Smile of God: The Fruit of Affliction in the Lives of John Bunyan, William Cowper, and David Brainerd (Crossway, 2008).
  • Finally Alive (Christian Focus, 2009).
  • This Momentary Marriage: A Parable of Permanence (Crossway, 2009).
  • Filling Up the Afflictions of Christ: The Cost of Bringing the Gospel to the Nations in the Lives of William Tyndale, Adoniram Judson, and John Paton (Crossway, 2009).
  • A Sweet and Bitter Providence: Sex, Race, and the Sovereignty of God (Crossway 2010).
  • Jesus: The Only Way to God: Must You Hear the Gospel to be Saved? (Baker, 2010).
  • Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God (Crossway, 2010).
  • The Gadarene (Desiring God, 2010).
  • The Pastor as Scholar and the Scholar as Pastor (Crossway, 2011).