The Sovereignty of God and the Sin of the Believer …
A Note on 1 Corinthians 10:13
When we give in to temptation is that ultimately self-determination or God's sovereign will?
Prolegomena To Understanding Romans 9:14-15 …
An Interpretation of Exodus 33:19
Published in The Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 22/3 (1979), pp. 203-216.
A Very Precious and Practical Doctrine …
God's mercy and sovereignty are the twin pillars of the Christian life.
A Brief Theology of Sleep …
God is not nearly so impressed with our late nights and early mornings as he is with the peaceful trust that casts all anxieties on him and sleeps.
God Threw His Shoe on Edom …
Or, The Dome is Dead
What fools God makes of men who strive against their Maker!
How Does a Sovereign God Love? …
A Reply to Thomas Talbott
Revolt Against the Sovereignty of God …
Exploiting Heartache to Push Heresy
Denying God's control over evil does not bring the healing it purports to.
Ruth: Sweet and Bitter Providence …
When it seems that God is farthest from you or has turned against you, he is actually laying foundations for your greater happiness.
A Well-Timed Help …
Sunday Evening Message
God's help is always well-timed.
The Pleasure of God in All That He Does …
God is never constrained to do a thing that he despises. He does whatever he wants.
Are There Two Wills in God? …
Divine Election and God's Desire for All to Be Saved
If God wants everyone to be saved, why does he choose that some won't be?
The Providence of God …
Seeing to the Universe
God is not a passive participant in a world that exists without his sustaining it. Wherever he is looking, he is acting.
The Providence of God (Part 1) …
Bethlehem Baptist Church
The Providence of God (Part 2) …
Bethlehem Baptist Church
The Providence of God (Part 3) …
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Sustained by Sovereign Grace—Forever …
How can you be sure that grace will sustain you to the end?
When God’s Will Is That His Will Not Be Done …
Meditations on 1 Samuel 2:22-25
Sometimes God ordains that sin continue for holy and just reasons, which is not sin on his part.
Summary of the Sovereignty of God in Salvation …
The "Five Points" of Calvinism
Sustained by Sovereign Grace—Forever …
PDI Celebration East Conference
Indiana, PA
I Am the Lord, and Besides Me There Is No Savior …
Education for Exultation: In God
If the Lord Wills …
Education for Exultation: Humbly Under God
All Things for Good, Part 1 …
Three things that love for God is not.
All Things for Good, Part 2 …
A call to follow Jesus in the risks of love no matter what it costs.
The Absolute Sovereignty of God: What Is Romans Nine About? …
John Piper tells how Romans 9 changed his life and then discusses its overarching theological purpose.
Use Means, but Don’t Trust in Means; Trust in God …
God wants us to use means to get his work done, but he wants us to trust in him, not in these means.
God's Word Has Not Fallen, Session 1 …
The Cove
Asheville, NC
God's Word Has Not Fallen, Session 2 …
The Cove
Asheville, NC
God's Word Has Not Fallen, Session 3 …
The Cove
Asheville, NC
God's Word Has Not Fallen, Q & A …
The Cove
Asheville, NC
God's Word Has Not Fallen, Session 4 …
The Cove
Asheville, NC
How the Archbishop Got It Wrong: Humane Confidence vs. Destructive Doubt …
We must respond to suffering with both compassion and confidence in God.
Ten Aspects of God's Sovereignty Over Suffering and Satan's Hand in It …
Desiring God 2005 National Conference
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God
Interview with John Piper …
Desiring God 2005 National Conference
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God
Christ's Grace and Your Sufferings …
Desiring God 2005 National Conference
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God
Suffering for the Sake of... …
Desiring God 2005 National Conference
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God
The Suffering of Christ and the Sovereignty of God …
Desiring God 2005 National Conference
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God
If God Is Sovereign Over What We Do, How Can He Get Angry At Us? …
Listen to John Piper explain how God can be both all-powerful and justifiably angry at what he has ordained.
The Great Work of the Only Wise God …
God is infinitely able to know the best possible outcome of any situation and then achieve it.
Response to Rabbi Kushner on the Collapse of the 35W Bridge …
John Piper responds to the idea that God is not supreme over tragedies.
How Can We Hate What is Evil If God Has Ordained It to Happen? …
John Piper discusses how, under God's sovereignty, we should be able to both hate and give thanks for what he might will.
How Can I Trust God's Goodness When He Allowed Me to Be Abused? …
John Piper illustrates how time can prove the goodness of God, even when he has permitted much suffering.
How A Roman Catholic Anti-Calvinist Can Serve Today’s Poet-Calvinists …
Thoughts on G.K. Chesterton and Orthodoxy.
How Can I Believe That God Is In Control When Something Bad Happens? …
Two things convince John Piper to trust God's sovereignty no matter what.
Is God's Sovereignty Limited? …
John Piper argues that it is both right and good to believe in God's absolute control over all things.
Thoughts On Why Everything Exists …
Consider the mystery that the entire universe and all the events in it serve to glorify Jesus Christ.
How Do You Address a Person Who Blames Others (Including God) for Their Sin? …
John Piper says we must rightly understand the sovereignty of God before we can rightly respond to our sin.
I Believe in God's Self-Sufficiency …
A Response to Thomas McCall
Trinity Journal 29NS (2008) 227-234
How was it loving for God to create the world, if he foreknew the horrors that would come upon it?
What Do You Hope Will Be the Lasting Effect of "Spectacular Sins"? …
John Piper expresses his aim in writing a book about the sovereignty of God over sin.
How Can Evil Have a Good Purpose? …
John Piper explains how God's power over evil is also our greatest comfort when dealing with it.
What Is the Antidote for Wimpy Christianity? …
John Piper says we need steel in our spines if we hope to endure in this life.
How Does Talk About the Grandeur and Glory of God Heal a Bruised Heart? …
John Piper says we hurt people if we only give them soft answers to the hard questions of suffering.
The President, the Passengers, and the Patience of God …
What does the USAir crash have to do with the inauguration?
How Would You Counsel Someone Who Blames Their Temptations on God's Sovereignty? …
John Piper says that God's sovereignty over sin doesn't make it any less wicked.
Spectacular Sins, Part 1 …
Resolved Conference
Palm Springs, CA
Spectacular Sins, Part 2 …
Resolved 2009
Rebuilding Some Basics of Bethlehem: 10 Reasons Why Believing in the Sovereignty of God Matters …
God's sovereignty is a rock of confidence and comfort for those who are in Christ.
Behold, Believe, Be Raised …
Jesus and all that God is for us in him is what we hunger and thirst for, and saving faith is being satisfied in him.
Skeptical Grumbling and Sovereign Grace …
What does it mean that no one can come to Jesus unless the father draws them?
It Is the Spirit That Gives Life …
As once-adoring followers disappear, Jesus' message becomes clearer and clearer: Their resistance itself is in God's hands.
Has God Predetermined Every Tiny Detail In the Universe, Including Sin? …
John Piper shows how the Bible attributes absolutely everything to God, even the worst of sins.
Does God Get More Glory If People Have Free Will? …
John Piper says complete human autonomy doesn't glorify God more.
The Sovereignty of God …
Theology Refresh: Podcast for Christian Leaders
Francis Chan discusses the sovereignty of God, highlighting some important biblical texts and commenting on its practical impact.
John Piper Interviews John Knight (Part 1) …
Disability and the Sovereignty of God
John Piper Interviews John Knight (Part 2) …
Disability and the Sovereignty of God
John Piper Interviews John Knight (Part 3) …
Disability and the Sovereignty of God
The Pleasure of God in Everything He Does …
Bethlehem College and Seminary Chapel
Twin Cities, MN
Disability and the Sovereign Goodness of God …
Resources from John Piper
"One of the reasons I believe the Bible and love the Bible is because it deals with the hardest issues in life. It doesn’t sweep painful things under the rug — or complex things or confusing things or provoking things or shocking things or controversial things" (p. 7).
Esther …
“It’s precisely the inexpressible something that poetry is meant to help us see or feel. If it were merely expressible— if there were nothing ineffable about it—there would be no need for a poem. But everywhere in the Bible we meet reality that exceeds our comprehension. We must find a way to at least point or suggest or hint. It’s too wonderful—or too something—to keep to ourselves. So it is with the book of Esther. This book never mentions God. But he is everywhere – the invisible hand that moves empires for the sake of his people” (p. 8).
Confronting the Problem(s) of Evil …
Biblical, Philosophical, and Emotional Reflections on a Perpetual Question
God Works for Those Who Wait for Him …
Christ Redeemer Church
Woodbury, MN
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