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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: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist and most recently Foundations for Lifelong Learning: Education in Serious Joy. Read more about John.

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Job: When the Righteous Suffer, Part 1

Job: When the Righteous Suffer, Part 1

The book of Job teaches us that God is ultimately sovereign over all things, including Satan and any calamity he brings.

How Can Watching a Documentary About Insects Be a Worship Experience?

John Piper talks about displays of God's beauty and intelligence in creation that ought to inspire worship.

The Strange Task of Witnessing About Light

What can we learn about our calling as Christians when it's described as witnessing about light?

Why Not Destroy the Devil Now?

Why doesn’t God totally remove Satan and all demons now, since he will someday without their approval (Revelation 20:10) Here is the answer I propose in the first paragraph of chapter nine of Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ. The…

Could You Comment on the Revival Services Happening In Lakeland, Florida?

John Piper talks about his method for testing the authenticity of a revival.

Are You Opposed to People Owning Guns?

John Piper explains why he doesn't keep a gun in his house.

John Was Not the Light, but a Witness to the Light

Let's join John the Baptist in saying, “Jesus must increase, but I must decrease.”

Does Having a Blog Affect Your Ministry?

John Piper explains why and how he writes for the DG blog.

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The Ultimate Meaning of True Womanhood

The Ultimate Meaning of True Womanhood

True womanhood is not wimpy. It exists to uniquely display the glory of God.

The Godward Focus of Faithfulness

One of my long-standing dissatisfactions with the focus of biblical theology is the habit of tracing God’s faithfulness only as far back as his covenant-keeping. Righteousness (tsedeqa) is portrayed as covenant-keeping. Love (hesed) is portrayed as…

Are We Free to Use Any Means Necessary, Except for Sinful Ones, to Reach the Lost?

John Piper says we should look beyond what is merely not sinful and pursue means that are also wise.

Don't Desire Wealth

I can smell it. It’s like toast or steak or brownies. It doesn’t just draw our desire, it creates desire. Deep drops in the stock market make many people salivate. They know it will rebound. They are sitting on cash…

What to Say to the Depressed, Doubting, Skeptical, Confused, Angry

How to interact with those who are struggling in their faith.

My Mother's Birthday

Today my mother turns 90. She has spent the last 34 years with Jesus in heaven. That’s not a euphemism for “dead.” It’s a solid-steel statement of God in scripture: “...away from the body and at home with the Lord…

What Would You Say to a Pastor Who Is Considering Blogging?

John Piper has three questions for any potential blogger to consider.

In Him Was Life

In Him Was Life

Not only is Jesus the Life that created all material life, but he is the Life that creates all eternal life.

Jonathan Edwards' Birthday

Today is Jonathan Edwards’ 305th birthday. Lyman Beecher wrote to his son in 1836 Next after the Bible, read and study Edwards, whom to understand in theology...will be as high praise in theological science as to understand Newton’s works...of natural…

Do Fathers and Mothers Have Different Roles In Parenting?

John Piper says that dads have a unique responsibility in parenting, but that mom and dad are no less an essential team.

Should We Question Our Salvation If We Hate the Idea of Suffering?

John Piper says that moments of spiritual weakness should not cause us to doubt our salvation, but to repent.

Kathy and Kenny Stokes

Celebrating 10 Years of Ministry at Bethlehem

John Piper celebrates the Stokes's 10 years of ministry at Bethlehem.

I Believe in God's Self-Sufficiency

A Response to Thomas McCall

How was it loving for God to create the world, if he foreknew the horrors that would come upon it?

Grace Is Resistible... Until It’s Not

Grace Is Resistible... Until It’s Not

Learn your doctrine from texts. It stands up better that way, and feeds the soul. For example, learn irresistible grace from texts. In this way you will see it does not mean grace cannot be resisted; it means that when…

Can We Pass the Spiritual Responsibilities of Raising Our Kids Onto Others?

John Piper says that church should supplement and bless what is already happening at home.

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Is There Christian Eloquence? Clear Words and the Wonder of the Cross

Desiring God 2008 National Conference

I begin by showing why this question is urgent for me, and in the process I hope to clarify what the question means and what eloquence means. The question is urgent first and foremost because the apostle Paul, writing under…

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Panel Discussion - Piper, Tripp, Kauflin, and Taylor

Desiring God 2008 National Conference

Bob, you’re one of the happiest men that I know. But several years ago you went through a period of intense emotional suffering. I wonder if you would be willing to share a bit about what you went through, how…

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