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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.

What Jesus Built by Rising from the Dead

Easter Sunday

Now the chief priests and the whole Council kept trying to obtain false testimony against Jesus, in order that they might put Him to death; 60 and they did not find any, even though many false witnesses came forward. But…

Executive Pastor: What and Why?

Having an Executive Pastor seems like an ideal way of unleashing the ministries of the church and maximizing the contributions of each pastor.

Let Us Draw Near to God

Palm Sunday

Drawing near to God is the heart of the gospel, and we are called to embrace it with informed zeal.

All the Angels Are Coming with Him

Have you ever wondered what joy and hope sustained Jesus in his horrific hours of suffering?

Conference Message

The Pleasure of God in Peacemaking

Peacemaker Ministries Keynote Address

The power for peacemaking doesn’t come from forgiving and forgetting or just trying harder, but from the superior promises God offers us in Jesus Christ.

Please Pray for Me as I Write

A glimpse into what books John Piper aimed to complete, with God's help, on his 1997 writing leave.

Perfected for All Time by a Single Offering

For the Law, since it has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very form of things, can never by the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw…

Loving the Second Coming and the Assurance of Salvation

Do we long for Christ's return or are we anxious that it might interrupt our worldly plans? Eternity hangs on this question.

What Christ Will Do at the Second Coming

What Christ Will Do at the Second Coming

Christ died once and for all. Not for his own sins, but for ours so that when we die, we don’t have to die again.

Panel Discussion

Triumphantly Encouraged: The Privilege of Ministry, Panel Discussion

Desiring God 1997 Conference for Pastors

The essential doctrines of our faith and things that we must be willing to stand for, defend, and advance beyond the boundaries of our own culture.

The Divine Majesty of the Word

The Divine Majesty of the Word

John Calvin: The Man and His Preaching

The key to John Calvin’s life: he recovered and embodied a passion for the absolute reality and majesty of God.

What Christ Did at the End of the Age

Therefore [referring back to verses 19-20 where the book of the covenant and the people's bodies and the tabernacle and the vessels were sprinkled with blood, in view of that God-ordained practice, he says] it was necessary for the copies…

The Origin of Calvinism

The Bible, for Calvin, was above all a witness of God to the majesty of God. This led inevitably to what is the heart of Calvinism.

How the Called Receive an Eternal Inheritance

How is the New Covenant like a last will and testament?

Be Strong and Fervent in Spirit in the Cause of Truth and Life

Sanctity of Life Sunday

Boredom with Christ is blindness. Open your eyes and let him inspire in you a new passion for the cause of life.

Some Questions to Ask When Considering a Job

Twelve questions and the Scripture passages that prompt them.

Purified to Serve the Living God

How can people destroyed by their sin draw near to a perfect God?

"Please Feed Me More!"

The Cry of Dying Faith

If you are dissatisfied with your Christian courage, joy, and purity of heart then you should check the way you are feeding your faith.

Thy Word I Have Treasured in My Heart

Thy Word I Have Treasured in My Heart

Do you hate sin in your life? As a Christian you should. Here is some practical help to fight sin.

Conference Message

Is Christian Hedonism Valid?

Is Christian Hedonism Valid?

Christian Hedonism says that when you are saved, your joy is in God as your supreme Treasure. But is this tenable?

Conference Message

Building a God-Focused Ministry

Building a God-Focused Ministry

Successful ministry isn’t based on programs and events, but on a passion for God and his word that pervades the entirety of a church’s life.

Conference Message

Passion for the Supremacy of God

Passion for the Supremacy of God

God loves his glory more than you and this is great news of great joy because God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.

Crossway Books Interview with John Piper on A Hunger for God

1. What do you mean by calling Fasting a homesickness for God? Matthew 9:15 "The attendants of the bridegroom cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the bridegroom is…

Pray This Letter into the Hands of Hundreds Who Don't Own a Bible

This is the letter that will go out with the free Bibles that people will call to receive after our banner goes up this week. Since I presume to speak for you all, I thought you should read the letter!!…

Praying from the Fullness of the Word

I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it, that it may bear more fruit. 3…

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