Two things convince John Piper to trust God's sovereignty no matter what.

John Piper talks about how he is most encouraged by his people.

John Piper has six suggestions for overcoming the hunger for immediate entertainment.

John Piper offers counsel on how to help others endure suffering.

John Piper speaks practically about controlling our natural cravings.

John Piper says we shouldn't forget that everything will be better in heaven.

John Piper lays out three factors to consider in determining how to invest your life.

John Piper gives some guidance for figuring out where to invest your labors.

John Piper suggests three ways to help hurting children trust God.

Listen to John Piper talk about how we can keep our shield of faith up at all times.

John Piper reaffirms God's design to help his people—and their marriages—through others in their local church.

“The greatest ministry you can have to me is for you to enjoy Christ. Turn that around and ask, ‘How can I be the greatest blessing to the people around me?’ The answer: Get up in the morning, go to the word of God, and, like George Mueller said, ‘Get your heart happy in God’ before you meet other people.”

John Piper explains why election should make sinners hopeful, not doubtful.

John Piper offers three solutions for how all Christians can stay strong in the midst of competing viewpoints.

John Piper talks about where true assurance of salvation comes from.

“If I am walking in obliviousness to God’s activity in the world, how am I going to interact with people at a God-level where he might be preparing them for some word from me or from some action from me?”

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

John Piper talks about how to glorify God by showing that Christ is your treasure in the way you live.

John Piper discusses how to make Bible-reading a regular part of life.

John Piper clarifies how we are to minister with conviction and compassion.

John Piper explains why strategy is only secondary when sharing Christ.

John Piper illustrates how time can prove the goodness of God, even when he has permitted much suffering.

John Piper says Scripture has the power to persuade people of its message.

John Piper talks about how to encourage your kids to love the word of God.

John Piper shares how he manages his time in order to care for his family.

John Piper talks about displays of God's beauty and intelligence in creation that ought to inspire worship.

John Piper discusses practical steps toward having a vision for missions.

John Piper discusses how, under God's sovereignty, we should be able to both hate and give thanks for what he might will.

John Piper talks about the hope for change that we have as new creatures in Christ.

John Piper talks about ways to help stimulate affections for Christ in ourselves and others.

John Piper unfolds an irrational assumption that hinders faith for modern minds.

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

In Episode 60, Pastor John follows up on Episode 19 on the battle against lust.

John Piper says that parents must both teach and model the greatness of God to their children.

John Piper mentions three ways a Christian wife can bless her husband.

John Piper says to pray for and utilize strategic situations for sharing.

John Piper explains that all sin is ultimately an assualt on the glory of God.

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

Listen to John Piper tell how he fell in love with the supremacy of God over all things, including his will.

In Episode 86, John Piper talks about how the writings of C. S. Lewis prepared him to understand and love the writings of Jonathan Edwards.

John Piper talks about how he trained his children in private and family devotions.

In a Q&A time with the youth group at Bethlehem Baptist, John Piper talks about how he met his wife.

John Piper recounts how Psalm 42 became particularly sweet to him.

In Episode 63, Pastor John talks about how the church’s works “exceeds the works of Jesus.”

John Piper identifies two types of boasting and how we can turn both to God.

John Piper says we must ultimately leave justice to God and forgive one another.

John Piper says that full healing requires both gutsiness and graciousness.

John Piper identifies four things that should be present for aspiring pastors.

In Episode 55 Pastor John talks about how we discern whether we love God’s gifts more than we love him.

John Piper: “God is always disciplining us. He is always doing things good, hard and gentle to us.”

John Piper says that expository preaching is about exposing a text's meaning, and stories have meaning.

John Piper offers three criteria for understanding how biblical commands apply to us.

John Piper says we must rightly understand the sovereignty of God before we can rightly respond to our sin.

John Piper thinks about the troubles of this world as a way to help stay prepared for the next.

John Piper urges Christians to memorize and review a cluster of helpful Scripture passages.

John Piper wants to memorize those verses that help him fight against anxiety.

John Piper says we must trust that the Judge of all the earth will do what is right.

John Piper says that any biblical truth can be a marriage sermon.

John Piper lists three factors that help him decide what to read next.

John Piper says that misusing God's name is more a matter of the heart than the tongue.

John Piper gives his counsel on how to lead your family in worship together.

John Piper says that God is the bottom line in both good and bad parenting.

John Piper contemplates how working out can be spiritually significant.

John Piper talks about how to keep from being dragged down by the shortcomings of others.

John Piper fights against becoming bored with the Bible with prayer.

Listen to John Piper discuss how he memorizes Scripture. There are two keys: prayer and setting aside time.

Don't get caught up in a life that counts for nothing.

John Piper describes his method of sermon preparation, but doesn't recommend it for other preachers.

In Episode 85, John Piper talks about how he processes public tragedy.

John Piper mentions several things he does to combat pride.

John Piper explains how he tries to process and preserve what he reads.

John Piper talks about how to take criticism and how to give it.

John Piper shares several options for helping others grasp the truths of Scripture.

John Piper talks about the value of showing our concern for others when sharing the gospel.

John Piper says to show support first and offer explanations later.

John Piper explains how he would argue for the reasonableness of religion.

John Piper says that different spheres of life call for different guiding principles.

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

John Piper says it helps to view the Gospels as portraits, not photographs, of Jesus.

In Episode 52 talks about predestination and the glory of God.

John Piper shares the basics of how he seeks to lead his family spiritually.

Andrew in Naples, Florida asks, “Pastor John, do your pro-life convictions change when it comes to situations involving rape, incest, or matters of a mother’s life?”

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

John Piper says Scripture presents the glory of God as the goal of all existence and the hope of believers.

John Piper says that God instituted parenting to teach children about him.

John Piper says that a preacher should consider his hearers' needs, be himself, and pray.

John Piper describes how faith in Christ enables us to fight temptation.

John Piper describes the church-wide and individual effects caused by his view on divorce.

In Episode 84, John Piper talks about the spiritual and emotional boundaries in dating.

In Episode 73, John Piper gives a theology of sex and answers the question on “how far is too far” in dating relationships.

In Episode 83, John Piper talks about how C. S. Lewis has influenced him.

John Piper shares advice on how readers should think about their craft and audience.

John Piper says that every Christian sermon should point to Jesus somehow.

John Piper answers several questions about the importance and effects of contemplating Christ's return.

John Piper says that the exploitation of worshipers, not simply selling to them, is what made Jesus mad.

John Piper says that our deeds in this life are evidence of, not grounds for our justification.

Listen to John Piper talk about why Paul calls marriage a mystery.

John Piper talks about how our hope in Christ makes us look different than the rest of the world.