Married or Single: For Better or Worse …
If what Piper says about the blessing of singleness is true, then why would one even want to be married?
12 Ways to Love Your Wayward Child …
Suggestions on how to parent rebellious sons and daughters.
The Sufficiency of Christ's Obedience in His Life and Death …
If we are made right with God because of Christ’s obedient life, does this mean that the cross itself is not enough to justify us?
Enthralled! …
The Secret to Doing What Matters Most
Whose Obedience and Death Brings About The Fact that God Is Totally for Us? …
Part of the Conclusion to the New Book, The Future of Justification
An excerpt from the conclusion to the upcoming book, The Future of Justification.
More Thoughts for Fathers on Ephesians 6:4 …
The Part of the Sermon that Didn’t Get Preached
John Piper looks at what it means for fathers to nourish, admonish, and instruct their children so that they will love Christ.
Stand: A Call for the Endurance of the Saints …
John Piper's Letter of Invitation to the 2007 National Conference
John Piper invites you to our national conference this September.
Learn from Darwin …
We Become What We Behold
Putting My Daughter to Bed Two Hours After the Bridge Collapsed …
What Do Tragedies Like This Mean for Us?
Thoughts after the collapse of the bridge in Minneapolis.
When You Aren't Sure What to Do Next …
Following the Reliable, Unpredictable Jesus
Response to Rabbi Kushner on the Collapse of the 35W Bridge …
John Piper responds to the idea that God is not supreme over tragedies.
Response to Grudem on Baptism and Church Membership …
Thoughts on whether a different opinion on baptism should be reason to exclude you from a church's membership.
Good Doctrine Makes Better (Teenage) Saints …
Growing a church by serious biblical teaching is difficult, but it bears more radical fruit than less doctrinally serious strategies.
Pastors, Pragmatism, Pleasure, and Pride …
Three warnings to church leaders.
Christ: The Ground and Goal of the Old Testament …
What did everything that happened before Jesus have to do with him?
Jesus chooses and Uses Failures …
"Forgiven," Not "Failure," Defines the Christian
Mark This Day and Marvel at the Work of God …
September 7 marks the 200th anniversary of Protestant missions in China.
Three 9/11's We Need to Know …
How to Mark and Honor This Day
The greatest tribute we can pay those who have died is to live for Christ, who is in control.
The Gospel in 6 Minutes …
A concise explanation of the gospel and a plea to believe it.
Thanking God for Ten Years of Partnership in the Gospel …
Appreciation for Chuck & Carol Steddom and Sam & Vicki Crabtree
John Piper expresses his happiness at the 10-year anniversaries of Bethlehem's executive pastor and worship pastor.
What I Said at My Granddaughter’s Funeral …
A Granddaddy’s Thoughts
John Piper shares seven ways that he has felt the loss of his granddaughter, Felicity Margaret Piper.
Philippian Fellowship Annual Meeting …
Jon Bloom unfolds five aims that direct Desiring God's strategies for ministry.
When God's Will Isn't Clear …
The Difficulty is Part of God's Design
When Does God Become 100% For Us? …
Answering a Good Question
John Piper explains how God’s disposition towards us changes at the moment of our justification.
Atlas Shrugged Fifty Years Later …
Appreciation and Criticism
John Piper reflects on the insights and errors of Ayn Rand's writings on the 50th anniversary of her best-selling novel.
Tragically Widening the Grounds of Legitimate Divorce …
A Response to Instone-Brewer's Article in Christianity Today
John Piper responds to David Instone-Brewer's article on divorce from Christianity Today.
Sheep, Wolves, Snakes, and Doves …
Thoughts on Matthew 10:16
How can we know whether to persevere through persecution or run away from it?
Make It Free …
Improving Online Effectiveness by Removing All Barriers to Accessing and Sharing Content
If you are a Christian media ministry, I commend to you the following vision for maximizing your effectiveness online: Post all of your content online, for free, without requiring registration, in a maximally usable interface.
Remember Why You Sold Everything …
Keeping the Treasure in View during the Long Wait
Co-ed Combat and Cultural Cowardice …
Men are not wired to follow women, let alone follow them into danger.
A Church-Based Hope for “Adultolescents” …
How should the church respond to the postponement of adulthood in our culture?
Ganging Up on Gratitude …
The Bishop and the Atheist Warn of Too Much Thanks
A Thanksgiving Meditation
A response to both a bishop and an atheist who warn against thankfulness.
Biblical Texts to Show God’s Zeal for His Own Glory …
Thirty-two evidences from Scripture that God loves his own glory most.
Desiring God Going Global …
John Piper introduces Desiring God's International Outreach.
You Never Know What God Is Growing …
Sow Faithfully. The Harvest Will Be Larger than You Think
When Satan Hurts Christ’s People …
Reflections on Why Christians Suffer Losses
Reflections on why Christians suffer losses.
How the Lord of Life Gives Life …
A Meditation on Acts 16:14
Why do some who are “dead in trespasses and sins” come to believe and some do not?
“From His Fullness We Have All Received Grace upon Grace” …
A Christmas Meditation on John 1:14-16
A Christmas Meditation on John 1:14-16
What Will the Final Judgment Mean for You? …
If we could see the final judgment, we would be the happiest and bravest people in 2008.
When the Adulteress Went Home …
Living Guilt-free with the Consequences of Past Sin
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.
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.
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?
“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"?
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Joyful, Serious Church Life Together …
Thoughts on Bethlehem Baptist's new relational commitments.
The President, the Passengers, and the Patience of God …
What does the USAir crash have to do with the inauguration?
