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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.

Setting Our Minds on Things Above in Summer

Thoughts on Colossians 3:1-2

Originally published in A Godward Life (Multnomah, 1997). If then you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not…

Love Is a Fulfilling of the Law, Part 2

Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 The commandments, "You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet," and…

How the Elders of Bethlehem Baptist Church Decided That It Was Biblical and Wise to Borrow Money to Purchase the North Campus

On July 24 I preached on Romans 13:8a, "Owe no one anything, except to love each other." I raised the question whether this command ruled out all borrowing for Christians—borrowing a rake from a neighbor, fifty cents for a coke…

Love is a Fulfilling of the Law, Part 1

Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed. 8 Owe no one anything, except to love…

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Open Their Eyes: Doing What Only God Can Do

Open Their Eyes: Doing What Only God Can Do

Part 2

The calling to open up the eyes of the blind must be carried out through the means of teaching the whole counsel of God.

Conference Message

Open Their Eyes: Doing What Only God Can Do

Open Their Eyes: Doing What Only God Can Do

Part 1

The greatest news of the gospel is that it brings us to behold the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ for our everlasting satisfaction.

Submission to Civil Authority

Submission to Civil Authority

John Piper: “Christians are not first citizens of any human nation but citizens of the kingdom of God.”

A Compelling Reason for Rigorous Training of the Mind

Thoughts on the Significance of Reading

The Bible often requires us to read thoroughly, not skim lightly. How should this affect the way we train our minds?

Subjection to God and Subjection to the State, Part 3

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist…

When Unclothed Is Unfitting

Thoughts on Selling with Sex

There are at least nine reasons--even from a secular perspective--for why sexually-explicit advertising is socially irresponsible.

Subjection to God and Subjection to the State, Part 2

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist…

For Your Joy

The Almighty wants you to be happy! This evangelistic book addresses several key questions about God and us that everyone needs answers to. Use it to share with unbelievers that Jesus, the greatest being in the universe, is not just calling them to come, but calling them to come for their joy!

The Treasure That Turns Treasures to Garbage

The Text I Didn't Preach On

What is superior to moral and religious achievements is knowing, gaining, and being found in Christ.

Treasuring Christ Together Above All Things

What is Bethlehem's strategy for spreading a passion for the supremacy of God in all things to all the world?

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The Unwasted Life

The Unwasted Life

Delighting to Make Much of Christ

The unwasted life is the life that recognizes that God’s love for us consists primarliy, not in him making much of us, but in bringing us at great cost to the enjoyment of making much of him forever.

Jesus and the Children

Pondering Children as Pride Detectors

Something is deeply amiss in the soul that does not descend to love a child.

Fathers, Bring Them Up in the Discipline & Instruction of the Lord

A Tribute to My Father, William Solomon Hottle Piper

Eleven precious truths taught and demonstrated to John Piper by his father.

Real Joy in Reformed Doctrine: Leadership for a Greater Consensus

Real Joy in Reformed Doctrine

Leadership for a Greater Consensus

The existence of the whole counsel of God, the nature of it, and the effect of it must not be minimized in order to seek awakening and revival.

Three Campuses for Treasuring Christ Together

Treasuring Christ Together is Bethlehem's strategy for spreading a passion for the supremacy of God in all things for the joy of all peoples through Jesus Christ by multiplying campuses planting churches and supporting the Global Diaconate for the poorest…

When Is It Dangerous to Look at Jesus?

On vacation, I kept a copy of Jonathan Edwards' sermons on my bedside table as a way of going to sleep with a God-centered mind. One of those sermons was called, “Keeping the Presence of God.” It was preached at…

Sex and the Supremacy of Christ

Sex and the Supremacy of Christ

We can’t just celebrate sex for what God made it to be. We have to fight what sin has turned it into. Sex is ultimately for the glory of God.

Subjection to God and Subjection to the State, Part 1

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who…

The Good, Insane Concordance Maker

Don't belittle God’s crooked sticks. With them he may write the message that makes a thousand people glad.

Honoring the Biblical Call of Motherhood

Honoring the Biblical Call of Motherhood

A Tribute to Ruth Piper

Motherhood is the life-on-life transmission of a God-centered, Christ-treasuring worldview.

Thanks for Praying for Me on Writing Leave--Here's What Happened

For all those who asked our heavenly Father to help me while I was on writing leave, thank you from the bottom of my heart. I felt supported in every way. So I would like to give you an update…

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