Angels are not omniscient. That is, they do not know all that is and will be. We believe this partly because they are finite, created beings and partly because the New Testament portrays them as desiring to look into things…

John Piper says there are only three options for you in relation to missions.

John Piper outlines three components of loving God with our minds.

Soren Kierkegaard said, “When the age loses the tragic, it gains despair.” This sounds profoundly right. The elements of life that make tragedy possible are the same as the ones that fight off despair. For tragedy to be real…

John Piper thinks about the troubles of this world as a way to help stay prepared for the next.

Our ninth grandchild was born on Friday: Morrow John Piper. The day was filled with evidences of God’s tenderness to us. So I ask with the psalmist, “What shall I render to the Lord for all his benefits to me?” …

John Piper fights against becoming bored with the Bible with prayer.

John Piper says to show support first and offer explanations later.

Joseph Bottum, an editor at First Things, recently published an article called “The Death of Protestant America.” Here are a few of his observations that give meaning  to the title By “Protestant America” he means the America that…

John Piper challenges us to exploit the privileges of singleness.

John Piper says that God instituted parenting to teach children about him.

From Rousseau to the Tom and Jerry Cartoons, Wheaton English Professor, Alan Jacobs, traces a “cultural history” of Original Sin, the name of his recent 304 page book. The most auspicious and provocative lines in Matt Jenson’s review in…

Lee Grady, the editor of Charisma, one of the main charismatic magazines, has written a lament and critique of the Lakeland “revival” which is now in a tailspin over the leader's announced separation from his wife. Grady’s summons to…

John Piper gets at the core of what is most essential for good stewardship.

John Piper recounts how Psalm 42 became particularly sweet to him.

John Piper thinks Christians should think hard about every area of life.

Consider the mystery that the entire universe and all the events in it serve to glorify Jesus Christ.

John Piper says there is a good way to seek glory and honor.

John Piper says that pain is sometimes God's way of calling attention to an area of sin in our lives.

Yesterday Alexander Solzhenitsyn died at the age of 89. I pause here on my vacation in the woods of Wisconsin to say, Thank you, heavenly Father, for the inspiration of this man’s life. No one did more than Solzhenitsyn to…

John Piper says that parents must both teach and model the greatness of God to their children.

Seeing Bathsheba bathing led to David’s adultery with her (2 Samuel 11:2-3). David was a man after God’s own heart. David was born again. David wrote divinely inspired scripture. David was blessed with wisdom and power. David enjoyed an everlasting…

Having just preached three messages on the relationship between baptism and church membership, here is a small follow up. Paul Jewett’s compelling book on infant baptism gives a clear and persuasive interpretation to a puzzling text Here’s the text and…