Rejoice with Trembling …
A Meditation on Psalm 2:11-12
The only place safe from the wrath of God is in God.
January
A Sign: United and Fearless with the Gift of Suffering …
A Meditation on Philippians 1:27-30
Is abortion a form of discrimination? …
John Piper talks about the connection between abortion and racism.
What does Piper mean when he says he's a seven-point Calvinist? …
Historically, there are only five points of Calvinism, so what are the extra two?
What happens at death? …
Death ushers us directly into either heaven or hell, so let us look to Christ for salvation.
What is the doctrine of the Trinity? …
What does the Bible teach about the Trinity? How is it not a contradiction for God to be both three and one?
Does Paul deny the physicality of the resurrection? …
Paul says believers will be raised with "spiritual bodies" (1 Cor 15:44). Does this mean "non-physical"?
What are some books that DG recommends? …
Suggested reading on many different topics. Everything from Grudem's Systematic Theology to Bronte's Jane Eyre.
What happens to infants who die? …
Why we believe that God saves them all.
What is plagiarism? …
The definition of plagiarism, why it's a problem, and how to avoid it.
If our souls are immortal, why do our bodies need to be resurrected? …
Why we believe that the main Christian hope is the resurrection of the body, not just the immortality of the soul.
February
March
How to Respond to the Horrifying Sayings of Jesus …
Letters from Cambridge #1
What should our hearts and minds do when we hear Jesus speak so horrifically about the slaughter of the wicked?
April
Thoughts on Jesus' Demand to Repent …
Letters from Cambridge #2
Repentance is more than a change in outward behavior. It is the inner change that gives rise to genuinely God-centered, Christ-exalting behavior.
June
Life and Work in Cambridge …
Letters from Cambridge #3
Defending My Father's Wrath …
Before God adopted me through Jesus Christ his terrible wrath was upon me.
August
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You …
An Open Letter to the Council of Elders and the People of Bethlehem Baptist Church Summing Up Our March - July, 2006 Sabbatical
Talking to People Rather Than About Them …
What I Left Out of the Sermon on August 6
Gossip doesn't satisfy in the long run, but loving others does.
Why God Tells Us He Delights in His Children …
God praises us when we delight in him because it only confirms and increases our God-centeredness.
Does God choose who will be saved? …
John Piper discusses the doctrine of election and the hope that it gives for missions and evangelism.
We Want You to Be a Christian Hedonist! …
If you abandon the pursuit of your own joy you can't love man or please God.
September
Why Memorize Scripture? …
Six reasons to learn Bible verses by heart.
Thoughts at Sixty on Third Campus Thrills and 1 Corinthians 15:58 …
What does it mean to be be "steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord"?
Serious Sound Bites from Strong Men: Thoughts from Our Conference Speakers …
Excerpts to pique your interest and give you a flavor of what was preached at the Desiring God National Conference.
Thank You Letter to J. I. Packer, Celebrating 80 Years …
John Piper expresses his gratitude for God's work in the life of Dr. Packer.
October
How can Jesus be God and man? …
Jesus Christ is both fully divine and fully human, yet one person.
What Is That to You? You Follow Me! …
Freed from Comparing by Blunt Words
We're wired to compare ourselves to others, so it's freeing to hear Jesus say, "Mind your own business and the work I have for you."
Meditations After a Monday at Barnes & Noble …
On the Sadness of Sam Harris and Diane Setterfield
Thoughts on Christians in culture, postmodernism, truth, and story.
All Flesh Will Come and Worship …
Except Those "Outside"
A Meditation on Isaiah 66:22-24
How can eternal punishment fit with the breadth of God's redemption?
God's Undeserved Gift to the World: Christian Sufferers …
Thoughts on Hebrews 11:37-39
A Christian's suffering shows the world that Jesus is more valuable than whatever life can give and death can take.
November
How to Be Spiritually Minded …
What does Mac vs. PC have to do with spiritual-mindedness? Seventeen practical ways to align your attitude with God's.
Are You Willing to Stand in God's Place or Go at His Pace? …
Battling the Unbelief of Impatience
Melvin Brown, Community Ambassador for Bethlehem …
One small step our church is taking toward diversity and unity in the body of Christ.
What to Pray For …
Paying attention to what the early church prayed for can help keep your prayer life from falling in a rut.
Unexpected Blows to Fatalistic Thinking …
What does it mean for the global cause of Christ that all things are possible with God?
Nudity in Drama and the Clothing of Christ …
John Piper responds to a newspaper article about the increase of nudity on the stages of Minneapolis theaters.
10 Reasons Why I Am Thankful for the God-Breathed Bible …
What's so amazing about the Bible, and why should we be grateful for it?
The Sweet Providence of God in the Life of Our Four Sons …
Noel Piper wonders what her sons' favorite childhood books have to do with their personalities.
The Severed Toe, the Goodness of Flesh, the Gain of Death, and the Resurrection of the Body …
A Response to Kevin Corcoran
John Piper responds to a Christian materialist's denial of the human soul.
Email Interchange Between John Piper and Kevin Corcoran …
November 29-30, 2006
December
Learn to Fly By the Instruments …
Your Perceptions May Be Unreliable in a Spiritual Storm
Jesus, Islam, Pharisees, and the New Perspective on Paul …
If Jesus and the Pharisees didn't worship the same God, then surely Muslims and Christians don't either.
God Alone Is Wise …
A hymn written to celebrate the wisdom of the only wise God.
Christmas, Truth, Christ and the Mile-Long Buffet of Worldviews …
We know no truth aright if we do not know and love Christ himself as the ground and the goal of it.
Can the Regenerate Be Erased from the Book of Life? …
Meditation on Revelation 3:5
Perseverance isn't ours without a struggle, but we struggle as victors.
Letter for Noël on Her Birthday …
John Piper celebrates the gift Noel has been in this birthday letter.
