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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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How to Handle Panhandlers

How to Handle Panhandlers

The Bible calls believers to give to the one who begs, but how can we obey this commandment without being ripped off or feeding someone’s bad habits?

Introducing Jon Bloom and His New Book

There are books you should read at your desk hunched over and ready to wrestle with rarified ideas. Then there are books that you should read the way you stop by a shaded stream. The trust level is high. The…

A Hunger for God

A Hunger for God

Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer

If we don’t feel desires for God, it’s not because we’ve drunk deeply and are satisfied. It’s because we’ve nibbled so long at the table of the world.

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How to Fight Laziness

How to Fight Laziness

Hard work is not a consequence of the fall, but a gift. If we are going to fight laziness, we need to develop a good theology of work.

30 Reasons Why It Is a Great Thing to Be a Pastor

God is the greatest Reality in the universe. And pastors swim in that sea with ever-replenished joy. I am the Lᴏʀᴅ, and there is no other, besides me there is no God. (Isaiah 45:5) Oh, the depth of the riches…

Jesus Is Most Magnified in Us When We Are Most Satisfied in Him

Jesus Is Most Magnified in Us When We Are Most Satisfied in Him

We are all created for God’s glory, and the way we most glorify God is by being satisfied in him.

What Happens in the New Birth

The new birth is a supernatural work of the Holy Spirit that cleanses us from all our sin and makes us into a new creation.

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When Jehovah’s Witnesses Knock at Your Door

When Jehovah’s Witnesses Knock at Your Door

Christians and Jehovah’s Witnesses have major differences that we can’t ignore when they visit. But how can you love them well if you don’t have time to debate?

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Christians and Marijuana

Christians and Marijuana

Marijuana continues to become legal in more and more states. As the drug becomes more common, how should we think about it from a biblical worldview?

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The Power to Conquer Selfishness

The Power to Conquer Selfishness

Anyone can use their power to command others, but there is a unique greatness and power found in those who chose to serve through Christ.

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Reflections on His Last Sermon As Pastor

Reflections on His Last Sermon As Pastor

As Pastor John preached his farewell sermon, he wanted to point Bethlehem to the great shepherd who would be with them long after he was gone.

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How Are Teachers Judged More Strictly?

How Are Teachers Judged More Strictly?

Because teachers have been given more, God will hold them more accountable. He will judge them on how they used the opportunity they were given.

Letter to a Parent Grieving the Loss of a Child

Letter to a Parent Grieving the Loss of a Child

A grieving mother, who recently had given birth to a stillborn son, wrote to Pastor John asking for counsel and comfort. Here’s what he wrote back.

Leap and Weep: Pondering Again That It’s Over

People continue to ask me how it feels. “You were a pastor non-stop for 33 years. Now you’re not. How does it feel?” I have been tongue-tied too many times. So I have tried to come up with the shortest…

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How Far Is Too Far Before Marriage?

How Far Is Too Far Before Marriage?

God designed sex to bring joy, and he reserved this gift for marriage. How can we guard ourselves to avoid awakening sexual feelings outside marriage?

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What Is the Purpose of Fasting?

What Is the Purpose of Fasting?

Fasting only adds to our hunger for God. Through fasting, we put our stomach where our hearts are to give added intensity to our ache for Jesus.

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Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same Deity?

Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same Deity?

Pastor John explains why Muslims do not worship the God of the Bible.

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Was Jesus for Real?

Was Jesus for Real?

How can we be sure that Jesus is who he said he is? Can we have any assurance the Jesus we read about in the Bible is real?

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Is Jesus the Only Way to Be Saved?

Is Jesus the Only Way to Be Saved?

It might feel unloving to say that Jesus is the only way, but it would be even more unloving not to.

Recommissioned and Ready to Launch

For 33 years Bethlehem put bread on our table. They paid our salary. They didn’t muzzle this ox while he was treading out the grain (1 Timothy 5:18). They were the hands of God in meeting our needs. I am…

Farewell Words to Bethlehem Baptist Church

Recommissioning Service for John Piper

As John Piper steps away from his pastoral role at Bethlehem Baptist Church, he reflects on his ministry with heartfelt gratitude to God.

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What Do You Think of Your Influence on Christian Hip Hop?

What Do You Think of Your Influence on Christian Hip Hop?

At least twelve rap songs have been directly influenced by Pastor John, how does he feel about this legacy?

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The Parent’s Role in a Child’s Gender Development

The Parent’s Role in a Child’s Gender Development

God calls parents to love their children enough to shape them into future men and women. But how much influence should a parent have?

No Blessing Like Health — With the Exception of Sickness

No Blessing Like Health — With the Exception of Sickness

God does not afflict you dispassionately. He cares deeply for you, and is using painful trials to make you better.

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Wimpy Theology Makes Wimpy Women

Wimpy Theology Makes Wimpy Women

Pastors and husbands reject complementarity when they cripple women by not encouraging them to study, mediate, and ponder deeply.

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