Seneca, C.S. Lewis, and a Sale …
Each day is on sale for anyone who will purchase it. If we do not purchase it, we lose it—forever.
The Holy Spirit Will Help You Die …
In their hour of greatest trial God gives his children courage and faith.
Alone on Sunday Night …
If your life is not deep in Christ alone, death will be a terrible thing.
An Open Letter to a Friend in Heaven …
John Piper commemorates the life of an elder at Bethlehem who went to be with Jesus.
What Happens When You Die? At Home with the Lord …
Even though Paul's outer man is decaying, his inner man is renewed day-by-day through his faith in the unseen weight of glory.
It Is Great Gain to Die …
Five Reasons Why
What Happens When You Die? The Dead Will Be Raised Imperishable …
God will honor the work of his Son by raising your body from the dead, and you will use your body to glorify him forever and ever.
What Happens When You Die? All Appear Before the Judgment Seat of Christ …
If there is no condemnation for believers, why will they have to be judged?
What Happens When You Die? Glorified and Free on the New Earth …
What will things be like after Jesus returns?
Life and Death at Christmas …
Let every loss and every delight send your hearts homing after heaven.
What If Our Dying Is Discipline? …
Meditation on 1 Corinthians 11:29-32
Sometimes God takes a sinning saint because he loves him too much to let him go on in sin.
Funeral Meditation for Patty May Larson …
Therefore We Do Not Lose Hope
Get Ready, O Please, Get Ready …
John Piper thanks God for the lives of two saints and asks how it is that their deaths are "precious in the sight of the Lord."
By What Death Will You Glorify God? …
Will the pain of losing all that you have on earth fade at the prospect of seeing and being with Christ?
It Is Sown in Dishonor, It Is Raised in Glory …
Let us learn how to help each other die. It will not be easy, but, by grace, we will help each other say in our final pain, "To die is gain."
Dying for the Glory of Christ …
Death is our last opportunity on earth to make much of the supreme value of knowing Jesus Christ.
What happens at death? …
Death ushers us directly into either heaven or hell, so let us look to Christ for salvation.
What happens to infants who die? …
Why we believe that God saves them all.
A Service of Remembrance for the Life of Larry Jens Christensen …
March 26, 1935 - January 17, 2007
Twin Cities, MN
Hello, My Father Just Died …
John Piper’s journal entry narrating his father’s death on Tuesday, March 6, 2007.
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.
What Has the Loss of Your Father Taught You About Ministering to the Dying? …
John Piper considers how we can be a blessing to those on the brink of eternity.
What Are Some Old Truths That Our Generation Desperately Needs to Recover? …
Listen to John Piper talk about a major blindspot in our generation's view of reality.
How Should We Teach Children About Death and Eternal Life? …
John Piper talks about how to best prepare children for the realities of this life.
Why Do You Believe That Infants Who Die Go to Heaven? …
John Piper discusses why he believes God doesn't condemn babies.
Deal with Death …
TBI Graduation
Death is, fortunately, an ever-present reality for ministers of the gospel.
Does It Matter Whether We're Cremated or Buried? …
John Piper explains why he thinks burial is best.
How Do You Deal With the Death of an Unsaved Loved One? …
John Piper says we must trust that the Judge of all the earth will do what is right.
What Happens to Infants Who Die? …
John Piper explains why he believes all infants who die go to heaven.
Victor Watters Converses with Death: A Meditation on 1 Corinthians 15:55-57 …
Memorial Service for Victor Manuel Watters
Twin Cities, MN
Do You Conduct Funerals for Non-Christians? …
A pastor writes and asks John Piper: “Have you personally conducted funerals for non-Christians? If so how, is that funeral tailored differently from a funeral for a believer?”
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