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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.

Holy Ambition: To Preach Where Christ Has Not Been Named

Holy Ambition

To Preach Where Christ Has Not Been Named

God will not lead you down a pointless path, but to a holy ambition that meets great need for the glory of Jesus.

Why God Tells Us He Delights in His Children

God praises us when we delight in him because it only confirms and increases our God-centeredness.

By Signs and Wonders: Where Christ Has Not Been Named

In Paul's ministry, signs and wonders functioned to confirm the gospel. Should we be expecting the same miraculous confirmations of our witnessing today?

What Is Christian Hedonism?

What Is Christian Hedonism?

“Hedonism” is the pursuit of pleasure. So, how does it even make sense to speak of “Christian Hedonism”?

If Hell Is Real, How Can God Be Loving?

Hell is not only consistent with God's love, but ultimately serves to highlight his love even more fully.

How Can I Be Filled With the Spirit?

Listen to John Piper talk about how prayer and gospel are essential if we want to be filled with the fullness of God.

What Happens to Those Who Have Never Heard the Gospel?

Listen to John Piper talk about the justice of God in judging those who have never heard the gospel.

Why Should I Believe In Jesus Christ?

Listen to John Piper discuss the value of faith in Jesus.

Join Me in Saying Thanks to God for David and Sally Michael

Junctures like this don’t happen very often. Thirty years of marriage, twenty years of ministry at Bethlehem for David, ten years of ministry at Bethlehem for Sally. This article is an advance overflow of my heart David is presently the…

Why and How We Celebrate the Lord's Supper

When we celebrate the Lord’s Supper, we feast spiritually by faith on all the promises of God bought by the blood of Jesus.

Talking to People Rather Than About Them

What I Left Out of the Sermon on August 6

Gossip doesn't satisfy in the long run, but loving others does.

Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood

Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood

A Response to Evangelical Feminism

John Piper, Wayne Grudem, and a host of others offer a defense of biblical marriage: one man and one woman, reflecting Christ and his church.

This Man Went Down to His House Justified

This Man Went Down to His House Justified

Neither your good works nor the righteousness that Christ works in you will ever justify you before God. Jesus himself is your righteousness.

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You

An Open Letter to the Council of Elders and the People of Bethlehem Baptist Church Summing Up Our March - July, 2006 Sabbatical

This is long. You might want to run your eyes down the headings and only read what is interesting to you. No pressure. It’s just good to be back, and I am brimming with thanks for the sabbatical. Where Were…

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Why We Suffer

God’s sustaining grace does not keep us from all trouble and pain, but is there through the dark night of suffering and will bring us all the way to glory.

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Why Paul Suffered

Filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions does not mean we add to the merit of Christ’s atoning work, but that we hold out his suffering to the world through our sacrifical lives.

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Why Jesus Suffered

The most fundamental reason why a world full of suffering exists is that Christ suffered to display the greatness of the glory of the grace of God.

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Why the World Suffers

The world suffers the way it does because God planned redemption before the fall, subjected the world to futility, and ordained physical evil as a parable of moral evil.

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Will We Last?

The only way to ultimately persevere in faith, ministry, calling, and marriage is to be upheld by sovereign, sustaining grace.

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Will We Risk?

Numerous biblical examples, along with the reality that God is for us in Christ, demonstrate that taking risks for the cause of Christ is right.

Defending My Father's Wrath

Before God adopted me through Jesus Christ his terrible wrath was upon me.

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A Call for Courage in the Cause of Truth

William Still Memorial Lecture

Christ gives us all we need to be courageous in the cause of speaking the truth.

Life and Work in Cambridge

Letters from Cambridge #3

I write with a full heart. Gratitude for my colleagues and people at Bethlehem overflows. Thank you so much for praying for me. Your prayers are gathered in God’s bottles and poured out on me according to his wisdom. Here…

How a Dead Dog Loves a King

Greetings from Cambridge, England, and 36 Selwyn Gardens at Tyndale House. God has been very good to us here to give us almost three months now of fairly productive labors, mingled with some trips here and there to Saint Andrews…

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Why Expositional Preaching Is Particularly Glorifying to God

Why Expositional Preaching Is Particularly Glorifying to God

Preaching is not conversation or discussion. It’s not casual talk about religious things. Preaching is heralding a message permeated by the sense of God’s greatness.

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