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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.

Jesus: The Only Way to God

Jesus: The Only Way to God

Must You Hear the Gospel to Be Saved?

In this book, John Piper offers a timely plea for the church to consider what is at stake in surrendering the unique place of Jesus in salvation.

Ruth: Under the Wings of God

Ruth: Under the Wings of God

Through these poems, readers will walk with Boaz from promise to fulfillment, with Ruth from widowhood to motherhood, and with Naomi from death to life.

Don’t Waste Your Life

Don’t Waste Your Life

Not wasting your life is about living to make others glad in God. If you do, your life will be hard, your risks will be high, and your joy will be full.

The Power of Words and the Wonder of God

The Power of Words and the Wonder of God

Words carry an immeasurable significance: by his word God created the world, and by our words we worship God.

Filling up the Afflictions of Christ

Filling up the Afflictions of Christ

The Cost of Bringing the Gospel to the Nations in the Lives of William Tyndale, Adoniram Judson, and John Paton

In this short book, John Piper illustrates powerful and enduring lessons through the sufferings of Tyndale, Judson, and Paton.

Velvet Steel

The Joy of Being Married to You

Beyond the tough love of covenant-keeping is a warmth and tenderness that can't be denied. So while John Piper's This Momentary Marriage focuses on the theological meaning of marriage, its companion volume, Velvet Steel, reveals the rich, emotional dimension.…

Rethinking Retirement

Rethinking Retirement

Finishing Life for the Glory of Christ

A Christian’s retirement years are not about accumulating comforts and toys, but about finishing life in a way that makes Christ look glorious.

Finally Alive

What Happens When We Are Born Again

In this book, John Piper explains the Bible’s teaching on the new birth: what it is, how it happens, and how we can help others experience it.

John Calvin and His Passion for the Majesty of God

John Calvin and His Passion for the Majesty of God

John Piper fires readers' passion for the centrality and supremacy of God by unfolding Calvin's exemplary zeal for the glory of God. God rests all too lightly on the church's mind in our time. Consequently, the self-saturation of his people…

Stand

A Call for the Endurance of the Saints

This short book will awaken rugged, Christ-exalting endurance in those who are weary or who simply long to remain firm to the end.

What’s the Difference?

What’s the Difference?

What does the Bible teach about manhood and womanhood? In what ways are men and women essentially the same and essentially different?

The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World

The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World

In this short book, six pastor-theologians aim to help others live in light of Christ’s supremacy as we share truth to a postmodern society.

The Future of Justification

The Future of Justification

A Response to N.T. Wright

N. T. Wright, a world-renowned New Testament scholar and bishop of Durham in the Church of England, has spent years studying the apostle Paul's writings and has offered a "fresh perspective" on Paul's theology. Among his conclusions are that "the…

In Our Joy

This pocket-sized discipleship book was designed to encourage and challenge professing Christians to truly and fully follow Christ.

Battling Unbelief

Battling Unbelief

Defeating Sin with Superior Pleasure

In this short book, John Piper explains how to fight eight of our most common sins by embracing God’s superior promises.

Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce

Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce

In this little book, John Piper writes of William Wilberforce’s life and how his deep spirituality helped to change the moral outlook of a nation.

When the Darkness Will Not Lift

When the Darkness Will Not Lift

Doing What We Can While We Wait for God — and Joy

It is utterly crucial that in our darkness we affirm the wise, strong hand of God to hold us — even when we have no strength to hold him.

Suffering and the Sovereignty of God

Suffering and the Sovereignty of God

John Piper and six contributors urge readers to look to Christ in suffering to find the deepest comfort and sweetest fellowship they have ever known.

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.

Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die

Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die

John Piper has gathered fifty reasons from the New Testament to answer this question: What did God achieve for sinners in sending his Son to die?

God’s Passion for His Glory

God’s Passion for His Glory

Living the Vision of Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards is in a class by himself in American history, perhaps in the history of Christendom.

Contending for Our All

Contending for Our All

Defending Truth and Treasuring Christ in the Lives of Athanasius, John Owen, and J. Gresham Machen

Athanasius, John Owen, and J. Gresham Machen loved unity more than controversy. But they would not stand by when the truth of the gospel was at stake.

Taste and See

Savoring the Supremacy of God in All of Life

These contemporary meditations from John Piper will whet your appetite for more of God and bring refreshment in your daily communion with Christ.

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!

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.

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