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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.

How Can We Cultivate a Heart for the Unreached?

John Piper discusses practical steps toward having a vision for missions.

Funeral Message for Luke Kenneth Anderson

A Meditation on John 11:1-44

The story of Lazarus serves as an anchor to those who have lost loved ones to suicide by showing the preciousness of Christ over life.

What Do You Think of Tattoos and Body-Piercing?

Listen to what tattoos and piercing have to do with the glory of God.

Christ: The Ground and Goal of the Old Testament

What did everything that happened before Jesus have to do with him?

How Should Christians View Retirement?

John Piper talks about how to make your final years valuable for Christ.

The Fatal Disobedience of Adam and the Triumphant Obedience of Christ

We are sinful by nature because of our father, Adam, but we can claim the righteousness of our Savior, Jesus.

How Should Music Be Included In Family Devotions?

John Piper discusses the place of singing in family worship--even if no one is musical.

Attention All Counselors and Psychologists

Eric Johnson’s magnum opus has just been published by IVP Academic. It is titled Foundations for Soul Care: A Christian Psychology Proposal. Knowing Eric and his love for God, and his allegiance to Scripture, and his deep appreciation for…

Pastors, Pragmatism, Pleasure, and Pride

Three warnings to church leaders.

The Fall of Satan and the Victory of Christ

The Fall of Satan and the Victory of Christ

Satan and all his works are evil. But Jesus crushes Satan’s head and disarms him of his deathly power.

What Do Truth and Praise Have to Do With Each Other?

John Piper discusses the relationship between theology and doxology.

How Can I Make Time for the Bible?

John Piper discusses how to make Bible-reading a regular part of life.

What Does It Mean to Call God Our Father?

John Piper discusses how our relationship to God can be like a child with his dad.

How Can Parents Help Their Kids Memorize the Bible?

John Piper talks about how to encourage your kids to love the word of God.

Good Doctrine Makes Better (Teenage) Saints

Growing a church by serious biblical teaching is difficult, but it bears more radical fruit than less doctrinally serious strategies.

How Should We Respond to the Idea That Jesus Was Just a Good Man, Not God?

John Piper talks about how it doesn't work to say Jesus was good unless you say also that he is God.

What Does It Mean That We Have Been Adopted By God?

John Piper talks about the amazing fact that God has brought us into his family. Subscribe to the podcast.

All Things Were Created Through Him and for Him

All Things Were Created Through Him and for Him

God will use everything — even the tragedies of our lives — to shine a bright light on the goodness and glory of Jesus Christ.

Talitha's Bedtime Song

Last Sunday, for the first time in my life, I sang on request in a Sunday morning worship service. Another one of those milestones I said I could never do. The pastor saw me in the audience and said that…

Response to Grudem on Baptism and Church Membership

Thoughts on whether a different opinion on baptism should be reason to exclude you from a church's membership.

Kids Should Know Jesus Is Better

One of my goals in our ministry to children at Bethlehem is to help parents teach them the truth and model the truth, so that when a family goes to the Science Museum in St. Paul and watches a dizzying…

Response to Rabbi Kushner on the Collapse of the 35W Bridge

John Piper responds to the idea that God is not supreme over tragedies.

Sermon Series on Spectacular Sins

My plan for this fall—and I want to stress it is a plan, not a promise—is a 7-part series on historically significant sins. It will be entitled “Spectacular Sins and Their Global Purpose in the Glory of Christ.”…

Ian Thomas with the Lord

Torchbearers International began in the heart of a young Englishman, Ian Thomas, who at the age of 19 came to understand that “it is no longer I but Christ who lives in me.” This timeless flame of truth has been…

Waiting for My Husband After the Bridge Collapsed

I wrote this poem when I heard of a newlywed waiting for her husband after the bridge collapsed. Listen O God, please let him be unconscious, With his wallet lost, unknown In some draped cubicle, with nurses Near, and scrolling…

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