January
A Birthday Gift to My Father on His 89th Birthday …
Through his writings, Bill Piper holds out a timely word to us saints who are still in the world.
How Shall We Love Our Muslim Neighbor? …
9 answers that need to be emphasized.
February
When Prosperity is a Bane and Adversity a Blessing …
Lessons from the Young Man in Mark 10
Abraham Lincoln's Path to Divine Providence …
The hardships in Lincoln's life drove him toward God, not away from him.
The Tragedy of Langston Hughes and a Warning I Will Heed …
In his spite for Christ, Hughes issues a caution it is important to hear.
Why Desiring God Exists …
Some of the passions we as a ministry want to pursue and spread.
March
The Unbelieving Poet Catches a Glimpse of Truth …
Jesus' beauty is irresistable once it is seen.
Let These Results of the Resurrection of Jesus Revive Your Passion for His Supremacy Over All Things …
Reminders of what the resurrection is for.
The Intensity of Christ’s Love and the Intentionality of His Death …
5 ways of seeing Christ’s intentionality in dying for us.
Signs and Wonders, Heresy, and Love for God …
Does God have designs for deceptive signs and wonders? Does he have purposes for heresies?
April
“Behold, It Was Very Good.” But Now? …
Noel Piper writes about how her trip to Kenya changed the way she thinks about caring for creation.
Preaching As Concept Creation, Not Just Contextualization …
We need to both contextualize and teach gospel ideas that no one can grasp without new categories.
The Rebellion of Nudity and the Meaning of Clothing …
Our clothes are a witness both to our past and present failure and to our future glory.
Acclaim for Christ vs. Craving Praise …
How do we reconcile "do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing" with "let your light shine before others"?
May
How Do You “Give” God Strength? …
How do we give the Lord what we don't have and he does?
How A Roman Catholic Anti-Calvinist Can Serve Today’s Poet-Calvinists …
Thoughts on G.K. Chesterton and Orthodoxy.
June
More than Enough …
If We Really Believe This, Our Worries Are Over
How God Teaches the Deep Things of His Word …
A Meditation on Psalm 119:65–72
A meditation on goodness in Psalm 119:65–72.
2 Birthdays and Biblical Inerrancy …
Two birthdays give reason to be thankful because of what they signify about the truth of God’s word.
Fighting Covetousness by Looking at Others …
Keep God first in your life by finding others who love God well and imitating them.
July
Some Knowledge Is Too Heavy …
There is more mercy than we realize when God chooses not to tell us everything
If You Can Be Godly and Wrong, Does Truth Matter? …
Truth is important, but there is more to godliness than knowing about God.
Morning Meditations on 4 Parts of the Bible …
Stay in the Word so that you can see more of the God you love.
Does God Lie? …
Is God completely truthful if he ordains lies?
An Invitation to an Unusual Conference …
The Power of Words and the Wonder of God, September 26-28
August
Is God Punishing Me? …
Everything God Feels toward You as a Christian is Gracious
Thoughts On Why Everything Exists …
Consider the mystery that the entire universe and all the events in it serve to glorify Jesus Christ.
September
Why a New Sermon Series on the Gospel of John? …
John Piper introduces the extended sermon series he'll begin this Fall.
In Honor of Tethered Preaching …
John Calvin and the Entertaining Pastor
Differences between entertainment-oriented preachers and bible-oriented preachers.
The Precious Gift of Baby Talk …
The Bible is infinitely precious, true, glorious baby talk.
October
Kathy and Kenny Stokes …
Celebrating 10 Years of Ministry at Bethlehem
John Piper celebrates the Stokes's 10 years of ministry at Bethlehem.
I Believe in God's Self-Sufficiency …
A Response to Thomas McCall
Trinity Journal 29NS (2008) 227-234
How was it loving for God to create the world, if he foreknew the horrors that would come upon it?
What to Say to the Depressed, Doubting, Skeptical, Confused, Angry …
How to interact with those who are struggling in their faith.
The Strange Task of Witnessing About Light …
What can we learn about our calling as Christians when it's described as witnessing about light?
Let Christians Vote As Though They Were Not Voting …
How should our thoughts on voting be affected by the age to come?
Biblical Foundations for Bethlehem College and Seminary …
An Invitation
An invitation to a lecture on the importance of higher education.
November
Listen to the Story of Jesus and See the Glory of God …
Jesus wants to give assurance to those who read the Gospel of John in the 21st century.
Happy 100th Birthday, Irene Peterson! …
Memories of Bethlehem's oldest member.
December
Pursue Mature Manhood and Womanhood …
Some thoughts from the conclusion of John Piper's upcoming book on Ruth.
The Shy Virtue of Christmas …
Jesus' humility is at the heart of Christmas.
I Love Jesus Christ …
An Unforgettable Moment in Seminary
John Piper shares an unforgettable moment from seminary.
