The Power of Books and How to Use Them …
Make all your reading purposeful. Great books have changed the world by changing people's lives.
"Again You Shall Take Up Your Tambourines" …
What’s the Whole Counsel of God?
Doctrine is the new (and better) foundation of exuberance when the naiveté of childhood won’t work anymore.
Think Deeply and Clearly …
A Meditation on 2 Timothy 2:7
The human mind may be fallen, but it's not useless.
Clyde Kilby’s Resolutions for Mental Health and for Staying Alive to God in Nature …
Ten resolutions by Pastor John's beloved English Literature professor.
Where Does Christian Living Come From? …
It is remarkable that again and again the apostle Paul confronts failure to do what’s right with failure to know what’s right.
An Amazing (Unused?) Means of Change …
The ability to think is a gift from God and an immensely powerful means of our becoming what we ought to be.
The Place of Writing …
A Plea for Prayer
Fresh statements of old truth are always needed. Without them people will read error.
The Great "Therefore" of the Resurrection …
Ideas have consequences.
Redeeming Time By Writing Truth …
Surely God means for our minutes on earth to count for something.
The Ripple Effect of the Word …
More Thoughts on Reading and Writing
Fresh statements of old truth are always needed, because without them people will read error.
God Is Not Boring …
God is worthy enough to inspire an infinite number of new and imaginative expressions of his beauty.
A Surprise Endorsement for Doctrine …
If we are not willing to get a high estimation of doctrine from Scripture, perhaps we can get it from George Barna.
A Compelling Reason for Rigorous Training of the Mind …
Thoughts on the Significance of Reading
The Bible often requires us to read thoroughly, not skim lightly. How should this affect the way we train our minds?
Biblical Foundations for Bethlehem College and Seminary …
An Invitation
An invitation to a lecture on the importance of higher education.
7 Potential Writing Projects …
John Piper talks about what he might work on during his current writing leave.
Pregnancy, Labor, and Birth—of Books …
An Open Letter of Thanks
An letter of gratitude to the staff, elders, and people of Bethlehem Baptist Church at the end of John Piper's writing leave.
My 2010 Writing Leave: What? and Why? …
John Piper prepares for 5 writing projects, for 6 reasons.
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Related Resources:
- Jonathan Edwards on the Pilgrim Mindset (Taste & See Articles)
- A God-Entranced Vision of All Things: Why We Need Jonathan Edwards 300 Years Later (Conference Messages)
- Taking the Swagger Out of Christian Cultural Influence (Taste & See Articles)
- The Social Panorama of Our Day (with Portuguese Interpretation) (Conference Messages)
- Jesus Christ and the Law of God (Sermons)
- Education for Exultation (Sermons)


