The Passion movement began in 1997 when Louie Giglio and Jeff Lewis headed up a gathering of college students in Austin, TX. The movement has since met annually around the United States and the world under the banner of Isaiah 26:8.

Right now some 45,000 college students are gathering in Atlanta for Passion 2012 (watch the live-stream). John Piper is scheduled to speak Wednesday night at approximately 8:15 (EST). When asked about the event and how we should pray, Pastor John writes:

What do you say to 45,000 college students?

You say: Jesus Christ is supremely to be preferred above all things. For he is supreme over all things. As the Creator is supreme over the created. As the sustainer is supreme over the sustained. As the end is supreme over the means.

"All things were created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold toget…

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Along with Matt Chandler and J. D. Greear, Pastor John will be speaking at the Campus Outreach National Conference this weekend in Chattanooga, TN. All of the sessions will be live-streamed, for free. Here's Pastor John's schedule:

Saturday, December 31 at 12pm
Men's Rally

Saturday, December 31 at 8:30pm
Main Session

Sunday, January 1 at 10:15am
Main Session

(Eastern Standard Time)

Watch live at http://www.conationalconference.com/live.

Together for the Underestimated Gospel, April 10-12, 2012, in Louisville, KY.

Pastor John will visit Australia at the end of August to speak several times at events organized by the Katooma Christian Convention, including the "ONE" conference in Sydney:

Travel Schedule

• August 25 — Brisbane (Queensland Theological College)
• August 26-28 — Katoomba (Engage 2011)
• August 29-31 — Sydney (Oxygen 11; ONE)
• September 2-3 — Katoomba (Engage 2011)

John Piper's sermon at the Southern Baptist Convention's Pastor's Conference will be live-streamed today at 3:30PM (Pacific).

To watch the live-stream and learn about the conference goals, visit www.sbcpc.net.

Tonight at 6:50 (CST) we're live-streaming Francis Chan speaking about his book Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God (at Bethlehem Baptist Church).

Please join us at www.desiringGod.org/live (and spread the word!).

John Piper's message from two nights ago at Passion 2011—"Getting to the Bottom of Your Joy"—is now available.

Download the MP3 or listen online.

Having returned from his leave, John Piper is set to speak tonight at Passion 2011 in Atlanta (7PM EST).

The event is sold out, but you can watch it online via their live-stream.

You can also follow along on Twitter, as David Mathis plans to keep it updated throughout the conference with key Piper quotes.

Piper is no stranger to Passion conferences. Here's the list from our Resource Library of messages he has given at their events in the past (not exhaustive):

Passion 97

• Passion for the Supremacy of God, Part 1
• Passion for the Supremacy of God, Part 2
• Building a God-Focused Ministry (Leaders Seminar)

Passion 98

• Did Christ Die for Us or for God?
• God Is Glorified in Us When Christ Is Gain to Us
• Christian Hedonism with Questions and Answers (Leaders Seminar)

OneDay 2000

• Boasting Only in the Cross

OneDay 2003

• A Generation Passionate for God's Holiness

P…

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Bethlehem College and Seminary recently put up the video of their Inaugural Convocation. A statement on the school's website explains the significance of the event:

During the course of the convocation, BCS formally installed John Piper as chancellor, Tim Tomlinson as president, and the BCS faculty. It was a public declaration of our intentions to fulfill the calling and mission that we believe the Lord has given BCS. We all felt the weight of the responsibility which we have now taken on and the accountability for fulfilling those responsibilities to which we will be held.

• 3:54—Tim Johnson, Chair, Council of Elders, Welcome and Invocation
• 8:06—Hymn
• 12:36—Tom Steller, Academic Dean, History, Purpose, and Mission
• 19:45—John Piper, Chancellor, Introduction of Speaker
• 21:52—R. Albert Mohler, Jr., President, SBTS, Inaugural Address
• 48:30—Dieudonne Tamfu, Alumn…

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On Lausanne's website, John Piper's exposition of Ephesians 3 is among the most watched, most discussed, and highest rated sessions from last month's congress in Cape Town. I mention that only to suggest that what he says in it has really struck a chord with those who've heard it.

It was an important and timely word. If you're interested in hearing it yourself, you can now watch or read it on our website.

The high point of the message is when Piper makes this plea to listeners (pardon the length—the context is necessary):

If God had not put Christ forward to bear his own wrath, if Christ had not become a curse for us, as Galatians 3:13 says, then all the nations and all Jews would have perished under God’s wrath and entered into everlasting suffering in hell, as Jesus said in Matthew 25:46.

The reason I draw out this implication of the cross is to hold togeth…

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