Spectacular Sins …
And Their Global Purpose in the Glory of Christ
“God did not just overcome evil at the cross. He made evil serve the overcoming of evil. He made evil commit suicide in doing its worst evil” (p. 12).
Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce …
“In other words, offending God is the essential consideration, not killing man or imperiling a nation. That is what made Wilberforce tick. He was not a political pragmatist. He was a radically God-centered Christian who was a politician. And his true affections for God based on the ‘peculiar doctrines’ of Christianity were the roots of his endurance in the cause of justice” (p. 25).
Battling Unbelief …
Defeating Sin with Superior Pleasure
“Battling unbelief and fighting for faith in future grace means that we fight fire with fire. We throw against the promises of sin the promises of God. We take hold of some great promise God made about our future and say to a particular sin, ‘Match that!’” (p. 16).
The Future of Justification …
A Response to N. T. Wright
“The subject matter of this book—justification by faith apart from works of the law—is serious. There is as much riding on this truth as could ride on any truth in the Bible” (p. 14).
Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die …
“The early church acclaimed him Lord of heaven and earth. Jesus had finished the work God gave him to do, and the resurrection was the proof that God was satisfied. This book is about what Jesus’ death accomplished for the world” (p. 13-14).
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God …
“So my prayer for this book is that God would stand forth and reassert his Creator-rights in our lives, and show us his crucified and risen Son who has all authority in heaven and on earth, and waken in us the strongest faith in the supremacy of Christ, and the deepest comforts in suffering, and the sweetest fellowship with Jesus that we have ever known” (p. 18).
When the Darkness Will Not Lift …
Doing What We Can While We Wait for God—and Joy
“My aim is to give some guidance and hope to those for whom joy seems to stay out of reach” (p. 12).
Taste and See …
Savoring the Supremacy of God in All of Life
“I do love the Bible and try to steep my mind and heart in it year after year. So what I have written here is partly meditations on biblical reality and partly applications to contemporary life” (p. 11).
Contending For Our All …
Defending Truth and Treasuring Christ in the Lives of Athanasius, John Owen, and J. Gresham Machen
“Some swans are alive and sing in our day. But not many. And only time will tell if their song will survive the centuries. But time has already rendered that judgment for hundreds of swans. They have died, and their work has stood the test of time. Their song is, therefore, especially valuable for us to hear” (p. 9).
A God-Entranced Vision of All Things …
The Legacy of Jonathan Edwards
“One of the reasons that the world and the church need Jonathan Edwards 300 years after his birth is that his God-entranced vision of all things is so rare and yet so necessary” (p. 21).
Life as a Vapor …
Thirty-One Meditations for Your Faith
“Jesus Christ came into this world – this fleeting, fallen, fickle world – and did the greatest thing that will ever be done” (p. 12).
When I Don't Desire God …
How to Fight for Joy
“I long to be of help to believers and unbelievers who are seeing some of the radical heart- changes demanded by the Bible in the Christian life—especially that we must desire God more than anything. I am not interested in superficial, external behavior changes, which the Pharisees were so good at” (p. 15).
Sex and the Supremacy of Christ …
“Everywhere you look in the world, it seems, there are reminders that life is war. We are not playing games. Heaven and hell, Jesus says, are in the balance" (p. 25-26).
The Prodigal’s Sister …
“Prodigal. I don’t know which is harder— to be one or to love one. But I know that when he comes home, there is great joy. Jesus’ Parable of the Prodigal Son is about God and how he welcomes sinners who come home through Jesus” (p. 9).
Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ …
“Seeing and savoring Jesus Christ is the most important seeing and savoring you will ever do. Eternity hangs on it. So my aim is that you see him as solid truth and savor him with great joy” (p. 9).
Beyond the Bounds …
Open Theism and the Undermining of Biblical Christianity
"We have prepared this book to address the issue of boundaries and, we pray, bring some remedy to the present and impending pain of embracing open theism as a legitimate Christian vision of God" (p. 11).
Don't Waste Your Life …
“If you live gladly to make others glad in God, your life will be hard, your risks will be high, and your joy will be full. This is not a book about how to avoid a wounded life, but how to avoid a wasted life. Some of you will die in the service of Christ. That will not be a tragedy. Treasuring life above Christ is a tragedy” (p. 10).
Pierced by the Word …
Thirty-One Meditations for Your Soul
“Yes, the Word pierces. And there is pain. But for those who trust in the living word, Jesus Christ, all the piercing will be pleasant in the end” (p. 11).
The Hidden Smile of God …
The Fruit of Affliction in the Lives of John Bunyan, William Cowper, and David Brainerd
“For John Bunyan, William Cowper, and David Brainerd, the loving purpose of God in pain was one of the most precious truths in the Bible and one of the most powerful experiences of their lives” (p. 25).
The Dangerous Duty of Delight …
Daring to Make God Your Greatest Desire
“How can I not cry, Look! Believe! Be satisfied! It may cost you your life to see it. But it will be worth it, because we know on good authority that ‘The steadfast love of the LORD is better than life’ (Psalm 63:3 RSV). Infinite delight is a dangerous duty. But you will not regret the pursuit” (p. 3).
The Misery of Job and the Mercy of God …
“The very thing the tilting ship needs in the storm is the ballast of God’s good sovereignty, not the unburdening of deep and precious truth. What makes the crush of calamity sufferable is not that God shares our shock, but that his bitter providences are laden with the bounty of love” (p. 9).
The Roots of Endurance …
Invincible Perseverance in the Lives of John Newton, Charles Simeon, and William Wilberforce
“Perseverance is a gift. That I will wake up and be a believer tomorrow morning is not finally and decisively owing to my will, but to God. I have known too many mornings on the precipice to think otherwise. That I have been snatched back every time is sheer mercy” (p. 22).
Brothers, We Are Not Professionals …
A Plea to Pastors for Radical Ministry
“We pastors are being killed by the professionalizing of the pastoral ministry . . . The more professional we long to be, the more spiritual death we will leave in our wake" (p. 1).
Counted Righteous in Christ …
Should We Abandon the Imputation of Christ's Righteousness?
“As I have preached through the first eight chapters of Paul’s letter to the Romans in the last four years, I have found my mind and heart moving toward Luther’s estimation of the doctrine of justification, and particularly the imputation of Christ’s righteousness as the precious foundation of our full acceptance and everlasting inheritance of life and joy” (p. 13).
The Supremacy of God in Preaching …
“More than ever I believe in preaching as a part of worship in the gathered church. Preaching is worship, and it belongs in the regular worship life of the church no matter the size of the church” (p. 9).
What's the Difference? …
“Over the years I have come to see from Scripture and from life that manhood and womanhood are the beautiful handiwork of a good and loving God. he designed our differences and they are profound” (p. 13-14).
The Justification of God …
An Exegetical and Theological Study of Romans 9:1-23
“I do not consider my conclusions novel from a historical viewpoint. Nevertheless, with regard to both the righteousness of God and the election of men, the conclusions are not in vogue today, and so exegetical explanation and defense are needed” (p. 15).
50 Crucial Questions About Manhood and Womanhood …
An Overview of Central Concerns About Manhood and Womanhood
“The issue we face in this booklet is how men and women should relate to each other according to the Bible” (p. 11).
The Legacy of Sovereign Joy …
God's Triumphant Grace in the Lives of Augustine, Luther, and Calvin
“Aurelius Augustine (354-430), Martin Luther (1483-1546), and John Calvin (1509-1564) had this in common: they experienced, and then built their lives and ministries on, the reality of God’s omnipotent grace” (p. 18).
The Pleasures of God …
Meditations on God's Delight in Being God
“God’s delight in being God is not sung the way it should be, with wonder and passion, in the worship places of the word. And we are the poorer and weaker for it. My hope and prayer in writing this book is that more and more people would meditate with me on the pleasures of God” (p. 7).
Future Grace …
The Purifying Power of the Promises of God
“By future I do not merely mean the grace of heaven and the age to come. I mean the grace that begins now, this very second, and sustains your life to the end of this paragraph. By grace I do not merely mean the pardon of God in passing over your sins, but also the power and beauty of God to keep you from sinning” (p. 5).
A Godward Life …
Savoring the Supremacy of God in All of Life
“My prayer is that God might be pleased to take the short readings of this book and set a sentence or paragraph on fire in your mind” (p. 14).
A Hunger for God …
Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer
“Christian fasting, at its root, is the hunger of a homesickness for God” (p. 17).
The Innkeeper …
“Perhaps the innkeeper paid dearly for housing the Son of God. Should it not be costly to penetrate and portray this pain? The Innkeeper seeks to reveal the Light that shines behind this brutal moment in history and our own path of suffering. Come and see!” (p. 7).
God's Passion for His Glory …
Living the Vision of Jonathan Edwards
“Jonathan Edwards is in a class by himself in American history, perhaps in the history of Christendom” (p. xi).
Let the Nations Be Glad! …
The Supremacy of God in Missions
“Missions exists because worship doesn’t. Worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is ultimate, not man. When this age is over, and the countless millions of the redeemed fall on their faces before the throne of God, missions will be no more” (p. 15).
Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood …
A Response to Evangelical Feminism
“We want to help Christians recover a noble vision of manhood and womanhood as God created them to be” (p. 10).
Desiring God …
Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
“The overriding concern of this book is that in all of life God be glorified the way He Himself has appointed. To that end this book aims to persuade you that The chief end of man if to glorify God by enjoying Him forever” (p. 18).
The Supremacy of God in Missions …
Christian & Missionary Alliance General Council
Milwaukee, WI
The Supremacy of God in Prayer …
Christian & Missionary Alliance General Council
Milwaukee, WI
The Supremacy of God in Preaching …
Christian & Missionary Alliance General Council
Milwaukee, WI
Get a Holy Ambition — and Skip Adultolescence …
Vision 116 Conference
Twin Cities, MN
Ministry Reflections with John Piper and R. C. Sproul …
Ligonier Ministries 2011 National Conference
Orlando, FL
Let the Nations Be Glad! …
Ligonier Ministries 2011 National Conference
Orlando, FL
25 Years of Desiring God …
Ligonier Ministries National Conference
Orlando, FL
Don't Waste Your Life …
Ligonier Ministries National Conference
Orlando, FL
Thoughts on Christ, Weakness, Insults, and Homosexuality …
2011 Philippian Fellowship Meeting
Twin Cities, MN
Let the Nations Be Glad! (Session 3) …
The Supremacy of God in Missions
Let the Nations Be Glad! (Session 2) …
The Supremacy of God in Missions
Let the Nations Be Glad! Q&A …
The Supremacy of God in Missions
Let the Nations Be Glad! (Session 1) …
The Supremacy of God in Missions
The Celebrity Factor and Pastoral Ministry …
Theology Refresh: Podcast for Christian Leaders
John Piper tackles the question, "Is it hero worship or holy emulation?" and discusses how he has thought through the subject of celebrity status and pastoral ministry.
