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John Piper

John Piper is founder and teacher of Desiring God and chancellor of Bethlehem College and Seminary. For 33 years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is author of more than 50 books, including Desiring God and The Pleasures of God. Read more about John.

We Are Not Our Own: On God, Brittany Maynard, and Physician-Assisted Suicide

We Are Not Our Own

On God, Brittany Maynard, and Physician-Assisted Suicide

No matter what they’ve told Brittany Maynard, we are not our own. These lives are not ours to take.

Contemporary America and a Call to Prayer

John Piper calls the church to new passion in prayer.

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Romans 8:5–6: Set Your Mind on the Spirit

Set Your Mind on the Spirit

Romans 8:5–6

The Bible often presents two ways for us to live. In Romans 8:5–6, Paul describes two different lives, two different mindsets, and two different conditions. This lab carefully traces the serious differences in order to cause us to look to Christ.

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Romans 8:3–4: What the Law Could Not Do

What the Law Could Not Do

Romans 8:3–4

Purpose clauses (“in order that”) tell us why God does what he does. In this lab, Pastor John looks at why God gave us the law and why he sent his Son to die on the cross. All along, he asks how the Christian should relate to the law after Christ has come.

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Encouragement for Slow Readers

Encouragement for Slow Readers

For some, reading feels like a chore instead of a joy. Audio Bibles open the door to God’s word, even for those who don’t read.

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Romans 8:3–4: Love Fulfills the Law

Love Fulfills the Law

Romans 8:3–4

Romans 8:3–4 says Christ died so that the law would be fulfilled in us. What does it mean for the law to be fulfilled? And how is it fulfilled in us? In this lab, John Piper tackles these two critical questions.

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The Future of World Missions

The Future of World Missions

World missions is the great work of the church, and David Platt exudes a passion to reach the unreached peoples with a massive God behind him.

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Winning the War Against Lust

Winning the War Against Lust

Fight lust with a stronger weapon than guilt, shame, and fear. Fight lust by feeding faith with the knowledge of an irresistibly glorious God.

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Romans 8:3: God Sent His Own Son

God Sent His Own Son

Romans 8:3

Romans 8:3 holds some of the most precious truths of Christianity. Paul explains how God removes our guilt and ends our condemnation. Pastor John slows down to dig into the nitty-gritty details of our good news.

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Why Our Happiness Makes God Happy

Why Our Happiness Makes God Happy

God doesn’t need anything from anyone, so when we obey God, do we obey him for his sake or for our own happiness?

Biblical Counseling for the Great Commission

Biblical Counseling for the Great Commission

This is a simple plea that those of you whom God is calling to be biblical counselors consider your counseling as a way of reaching the unreached peoples of the world with the life-transforming gospel of Jesus Christ.

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How Do I Fight Same-Sex Desires?

How Do I Fight Same-Sex Desires?

Paul said that it is better to marry than to burn with passion. What does that mean for the person struggling with homosexual desire?

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When Enjoying Money and Possessions Is a Work of Grace

When Enjoying Money and Possessions Is a Work of Grace

The message of Ecclesiastes: Life — and money and possessions — is empty and futile without God.

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Romans 8:1–4: The Spirit Set You Free

The Spirit Set You Free

Romans 8:1–4

The word “for” is one of the most common in the Bible. In this lab, Pastor John explains the relationship between our justification and sanctification by focusing on those three letters: f-o-r.

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How Does Delight in God Fuel Delight in Creation?

How Does Delight in God Fuel Delight in Creation?

More than any other kind of person, Christians are able to delight in creation because they are not bound to worship it.

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A Prayer to Hold Your Life Together

A Prayer to Hold Your Life Together

Pastor John points to the purpose of prayer — that God would look great in the world and in the lives of his people.

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Free in Christ Jesus: Romans 8:1–3

Free in Christ Jesus

Romans 8:1–3

Paul uses the phrase “in Christ Jesus” 47 times in his letters. What does that crucial phrase mean?

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Does God Predestine People to Hell?

Does God Predestine People to Hell?

Predestination to hell is a heavy reality. But what is mysterious to us now will be revealed in the end. And we will see that it is right.

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Why Are Believers Threatened with Perishing?

Why Are Believers Threatened with Perishing?

Even those who claim Christ can show themselves not to share in him if they refuse to repent of their sin.

The Redwoods and the Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment

The Redwoods and the Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment

Every gift in this world is a token of our Father’s love, bought for us with the blood of Christ, intended to point us to the world to come.

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My Church Makes Ministry a Pain

My Church Makes Ministry a Pain

The joys of pastoring may ebb and flow, but Pastor John offers ten hope-filled counsels to help pastors press on when ministry proves difficult.

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Romans 7:22–8:2: No Condemnation

No Condemnation

Romans 7:22–8:2

In your Bible reading, an author will often compare two things. It’s important to stop and study everything you learn about how those two things are similar and different. In this lab, Pastor John looks at our slavery to sin and freedom in Christ.

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How Do I Prepare for the Rapture?

How Do I Prepare for the Rapture?

Jesus is coming back. Pastor John shares what Christians should do while they wait for his return.

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Three Motivations to Pray

Three Motivations to Pray

Pray because God tells us to. Pray because it increases our joy. Pray because the sovereign ruler of the universe makes things happen through prayer.

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Romans 8: The Greatest Chapter

The Greatest Chapter

Romans 8

Pastor John introduces a new series focused on Romans 8. First, he spends a couple minutes helping you make the most of Look at the Book. Then, he gives you seven reasons why Romans 8 is the greatest chapter in all the Bible.

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