John Piper | Desiring God

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John Piper

John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & 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 Providence.

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How Do I Become Passionate About Bible Reading?

How Do I Become Passionate About Bible Reading?

Regular, disciplined Bible intake is not optional for God’s people. It is God’s plan for preserving us and bringing us safely to glory.

Providence

The providence of God is his purposeful sovereignty by which he will be completely successful in the achievement of his ultimate goal for the universe.

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Eight Years of APJ, and What’s Ahead

Eight Years of APJ, and What’s Ahead

At the end of another year, Pastor John reflects on 2020, the world of Ephesians, and the need for a new tidal wave of God-centered teaching.

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This Present Evil Age of Sin: Ephesians 2:1–3, Part 7

This Present Evil Age of Sin

Ephesians 2:1–3, Part 7

Christians are unavoidably out of step with this world. We do not think the same or act the same because we serve a different Master.

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Should We Talk More About ‘Following Jesus’?

Should We Talk More About ‘Following Jesus’?

In the Gospels, Jesus repeatedly tells people to follow him. But why doesn’t that call ring out in the rest of the New Testament?

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Walking in Sin Enslaves Us to Sin: Ephesians 2:1–3, Part 6

Walking in Sin Enslaves Us to Sin

Ephesians 2:1–3, Part 6

Anyone who assumes he is free and independent apart from God is in reality enslaved to the world and a lackey of Satan.

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Is Christmas Too Pagan for Christians?

Is Christmas Too Pagan for Christians?

Christmas offers an opportunity to look upon the incarnation with fresh amazement. But does the timing of our celebration just reflect pagan tradition?

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Why Did Christ Need a Body?

Why Did Christ Need a Body?

In the person of Jesus Christ, we encounter incarnate Deity. But why did he have to take on flesh that first Christmas?

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The Difference Between Sin, Sins, and Trespasses: Ephesians 2:1–3, Part 5

The Difference Between Sin, Sins, and Trespasses

Ephesians 2:1–3, Part 5

What is the difference between sin, sins, and trespasses in the Bible?

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Do We Have the Exact Words of Christ, or a Paraphrase?

Do We Have the Exact Words of Christ, or a Paraphrase?

Do the Gospels give us the exact words that Jesus spoke, or do they give us a paraphrase that captures his meaning?

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Why Share the Gospel with Dead People? Ephesians 2:1–3, Part 4

Why Share the Gospel with Dead People?

Ephesians 2:1–3, Part 4

Keep sharing the gospel with friends, families, and neighbors. People are still being saved. Power still exists in God’s great news.

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Does Joy Come After Suffering, Or in It?

Does Joy Come After Suffering, Or in It?

Faith does not shield us from waves of sorrow. But it does plant our feet on a rock of immovable joy. And when the waves leave, the rock remains.

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The Sweetness of Christ in 2020

The Sweetness of Christ in 2020

As 2020 draws to a close, Pastor John describes the one reality that shaped everything else for him: the experience of sweeter fellowship with God.

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Can the Spiritually Dead Please God? Ephesians 2:1–3, Part 3

Can the Spiritually Dead Please God?

Ephesians 2:1–3, Part 3

What does it mean that mankind is dead in their trespasses apart from Christ?

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What Happens to Non-Christians Who Take the Lord’s Supper?

What Happens to Non-Christians Who Take the Lord’s Supper?

What happens when unbelievers eat the Lord’s Supper — either because they think they are believers or because the church has welcomed them to participate?

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How Could We Be Healthy, Active, and Dead? Ephesians 2:1–3, Part 2

How Could We Be Healthy, Active, and Dead?

Ephesians 2:1–3, Part 2

Being dead apart from Christ does not mean you are inactive, unable to do anything in this world. It means you have no love or appetite for God.

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Christian Marries Non-Christian — How Does a Church Respond?

Christian Marries Non-Christian — How Does a Church Respond?

How should pastors respond to a Christian who marries a non-Christian? And what might repentance look like in such a situation?

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Fight Sin Like a Victor, Not a Victim

Fight Sin Like a Victor, Not a Victim

When Christ gives you new life by the Spirit, you are no longer a victim under sin’s power, but a victor who has the strength to triumph.

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United Under Wrath and the Cross: Ephesians 2:1–3, Part 1

United Under Wrath and the Cross

Ephesians 2:1–3, Part 1

All ethnic groups stand condemned apart from Christ. And all people from every ethnic group can be redeemed by the blood of the cross.

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How Do I Battle Imposter Syndrome?

How Do I Battle Imposter Syndrome?

Imposter syndrome can make us feel like frauds in the workplace — like we are never good enough and always about to be exposed. How can we respond?

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Dead in Sin, Alive in Grace: Ephesians 2:1–3

Dead in Sin, Alive in Grace

Ephesians 2:1–3

The word that describes us before Christ: Dead. The word that describes us after Christ meets us with mighty grace: Alive.

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Did Jesus Say We Are gods?

Did Jesus Say We Are gods?

In John 10, Jesus quotes from Psalm 82, saying, “You are gods.” Does this mean human beings are gods, or is something else going on?

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What’s Keeping Me from Seeing Jesus?

What’s Keeping Me from Seeing Jesus?

By nature, we all want to be made much of. Until that craving for praise is laid to rest, we’ll never know the joy of making much of Jesus.

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The Glorious Grace of Electing Love: Summary of Ephesians 1

The Glorious Grace of Electing Love

Summary of Ephesians 1

We need to see God’s truth not only as our theology, but as our great treasure. For that, God needs to open the eyes of our hearts.

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Can I ‘Name It and Claim It’?

Can I ‘Name It and Claim It’?

God can do far, far more than we can think to ask. But that doesn’t mean whatever we wish lines up with his sovereign plans to bring us good.