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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.

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Who Has Been Most Influential in Your Life?

Who Has Been Most Influential in Your Life?

Pastor John shares his personal list of influencers — people who contributed significantly to shaping his mind.

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How Evangelistic Should Sundays Be?

How Evangelistic Should Sundays Be?

The one gospel does two things: It feeds the saints week by week and it calls unbelievers to repent and believe in Jesus for salvation.

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Personal Comfort in God’s Sovereignty Over Evil

Personal Comfort in God’s Sovereignty Over Evil

If God is absent, life is meaningless; if he is helpless, we have no hope. But if he is sovereign, he works even evil for the good of his children.

When Two So-Called “Married” Women (or Men) Repent

When Two So-Called “Married” Women (or Men) Repent

Guiding same-sex couples through the messy process of repentance takes biblical wisdom, pastoral care, and a loving community.

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Can God Ordain Evil Without Being Evil?

Can God Ordain Evil Without Being Evil?

If no single evil act falls outside of God’s control, how can God be completely good?

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On Pastors Who Use Churches as Studios

On Pastors Who Use Churches as Studios

God may choose to extend the influence of a pastor beyond the church doors, but his call remains the same: Faithfully feed your flock.

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Can a Born-Again Christian Lose Salvation?

Can a Born-Again Christian Lose Salvation?

A born-again person cannot be unborn again. If God has called you by name, he is faithful to keep you until the end.

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Is Jeremiah 29:11 a Promise to Christians?

Is Jeremiah 29:11 a Promise to Christians?

If the promise in Jeremiah 29:11 was made to exiles in Babylon, what business do Christians have claiming it for themselves?

Prayer: We Get the Help, He Gets the Glory

One of the unique things about God is that he displays his glory by helping rather than demanding help. “No eye has seen a God besides you, who works for those who wait for him” (Isaiah 64:4). “He is not…

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Boundaries for Non-Christian Friendships

Boundaries for Non-Christian Friendships

In their friendships with non-Christians, are believers loving and transforming, or conforming and being transformed?

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Stranded on a Desert Island, What Books Do You Bring?

Stranded on a Desert Island, What Books Do You Bring?

What three books would you want with you if you were stranded on a desert island? Pastor John shares his three picks.

The Power for Our Patience

May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy. (Colossians 1:11) Strength is the right word. The apostle Paul prayed for the church at Colossae, that they would be…

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Can a White Woman Marry a Black Man?

Can a White Woman Marry a Black Man?

God does not restrict believers from marrying someone with a different skin color. He only requires that they be a Christ-follower.

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On Cussing

If you feel tempted to cuss, ask, “Is it going to build this person up? Will it make them stronger? Will it make Christ more beautiful in their eyes?”

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Will World History Become the Ballad of Eternity?

Will World History Become the Ballad of Eternity?

God does not intend for us to forget about our earthly lives when we enter heaven. We will be singing about the trophies of his grace for all eternity.

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Encouragement for Ordinary Pastors

Encouragement for Ordinary Pastors

A local pastor does not need to compete with Tim Keller, John Piper, and Matt Chandler. He simply needs to faithfully expound the Bible to his people.

Christian Adoption: Disavowals and Affirmations

Significant Christian push-back was unleashed in recent months by Kathryn Joyce’s criticism of the abuses in evangelical adoption efforts: The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption. Melanie Springer Mock documented some of that push-back and…

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Do Online Sermons Undermine Local Churches?

Do Online Sermons Undermine Local Churches?

The internet has flooded believers with solid biblical content. But it can never replace a pastor whom God has called to shepherd a local church.

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What Does Opposition to Chris Broussard Tell Us?

What Does Opposition to Chris Broussard Tell Us?

Although more people will abandon and defile the truth as the end approaches, God may still bring a mighty outpouring of his grace before Christ returns.

Grace Forfeited

Adam, Tamerlan, and the Lady

This poem is a new start of an old tradition in American journalism: the news poem. Hardly a vile murder or a military victory went by without colonial poets bemoaning or celebrating the occasion in verse, with the work then published on a single page “broadside” and sold for a penny.

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Explain Your New Poem “Grace Forfeited”

In this special edition, John Piper explains the meaning and motive of his poem, “Grace Forfeited.”

Marvin Olasky Interviews John Piper

Having any last impact upon our culture is in God’s hands, but what is left to us is to be obedient and keep talking.

All Things Are Yours

Bethlehem College and Seminary Commencement

One of our aims at Bethlehem College and Seminary is to teach you to read the world and yourself and the Bible with such illuminating skill that you will always see clearly why you should not boast in that skill…

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Was Chris Broussard Right?

Was Chris Broussard Right?

God will condemn homosexual practice just as he does thievery and greed. All our broken desires deserve God’s wrath as their punishment.

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Facing Death Faithfully

Facing Death Faithfully

When death draws near, God’s word assures believers that God will not withhold any good from them, even when it feels they are losing so much.

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