John Piper says that confidence in prayer doesn't come from seeing it answered.

John Piper expresses his aim in writing a book about the sovereignty of God over sin.

Memories of Bethlehem's oldest member.

John Piper says that Joseph's life typifies God's intentions for human sin.

Baptism by the Holy Spirit is mainly about Jesus, not the Holy Spirit.

John Piper explains how God's power over evil is also our greatest comfort when dealing with it.

John Piper says that Satan unwittingly helps us glorify God.

John Piper tells why he thinks Judas' betrayal is the biggest sin ever.

7 ways John shows us the glory of Jesus.

John Piper says that Satan wittingly killed himself when he killed Christ.

John Piper says we need steel in our spines if we hope to endure in this life.

“The new birth, as we will see, is not a work of man. No human makes the new birth happen. No preacher and no writer can make it happen. You can’t make it happen yourself. God makes it happen. It happens to us, not by us. But it always happens through the word of God” (p. 17).

John Piper says we hurt people if we only give them soft answers to the hard questions of suffering.

What do Jesus' titles in the first chapter of John say about him?

John Piper says that knitting babies is God's work, and we shouldn't mess with that.

John Piper says to draw as much as you can out of a passage, but then to be honest about the rest.

Some thoughts from the conclusion of John Piper's upcoming book on Ruth.

John Piper says that self-promotion must die for the sake of promoting God.

3 of Christ's glories on display in John 2.

John Piper describes the peculiar and the more popular ways that his family celebrates Christ's birth.

John Piper explains how he and Noël have sought to keep Christ central at Christmas.

Jesus' humility is at the heart of Christmas.

John Piper says that sex—or no sex—is an occasion for serving your spouse.

Jesus is the new temple. Authentic worship is no longer attached to any place. It is attached to Jesus.

John Piper says we handle strong desire best by desiring God more.

“The unhidden and unashamed aim in this book is to fan the flame of your passion for the centrality and supremacy of God” (p. 12).

"I am eager for people to know Calvin not because he was without flaws, or because he was the most influential theologian of the last 500 years (which he was), or because he shaped Western culture (which he did), but because he took the Bible so seriously, and because what he saw on every page was the majesty of God and the glory of Christ" (p. 9).

John Piper is for short-term missions, most of the time.

John Piper reminds us that God wants us to set aside time each week to rest and to reverence his name.

God can put his people through the fires of suffering to awaken their appetite for prayer.

John Piper says that flourishing can happen even when a pastor and his people aren't simultaneously on the same page.

John Piper says that our love for Jesus should control our love for another, not the other way around.

John Piper shares an unforgettable moment from seminary.