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 Why I Love the Apostle Paul: 30 Reasons.

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Pastor, Minimize Your Own Opinions

Pastor, Minimize Your Own Opinions

A sermon shouldn’t be a self-help lecture or a string of heartwarming stories. Preaching should be worship for both the preacher and the people.

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I Have an Hour a Day to Read — How Much Should Be Bible?

I Have an Hour a Day to Read — How Much Should Be Bible?

If I have only an hour a day to read, how should I divide my time between the Bible and great Christian books?

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Three Reasons to Read the Bible Every Day in 2019

Three Reasons to Read the Bible Every Day in 2019

As we begin another year of Bible reading, Pastor John takes us back to the basics: feed your motivation, grow in skill, and pray for illumination.

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Philippians 2:25–30: God Measures All Our Sorrows

God Measures All Our Sorrows

Philippians 2:25–30

We have no promise that our sorrows will go away. But we have the promise that God will give us grace to make it through.

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Heaven Unleashes Us to Live on Earth

Heaven Unleashes Us to Live on Earth

Your heavenly citizenship doesn’t make you useless to this world, but frees you to give everything you have to love and serve.

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How Do I Make the Most of Daily Bible Reading?

How Do I Make the Most of Daily Bible Reading?

As you plan your Bible reading for 2019, know yourself, know your tendencies, but know most of all that you desperately need God’s word.

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Philippians 2:25–30: Risk Yourself for the Sake of Others

Risk Yourself for the Sake of Others

Philippians 2:25–30

Many of us desire to genuinely love others better than we do now. But are we willing to pay the price?

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Why Would God Ever Accept Me?

Why Would God Ever Accept Me?

We all know we fall short in many ways. That makes this question one of the most important: How can sinners be accepted before a holy God?

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Can a Christian Survive in Silicon Valley?

Can a Christian Survive in Silicon Valley?

Can the Christlike virtues of patience, forgiveness, and gentleness survive in a cutthroat technology sector like Silicon Valley?

The Wisdom of God Lay in a Manger: Why Christmas Shocked the Devil

The Wisdom of God Lay in a Manger

Why Christmas Shocked the Devil

Christmas will be deeper, stronger, and more intense if we experience Christmas as part of something vaster than all creation.

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How Do I Welcome Christ at Christmas?

How Do I Welcome Christ at Christmas?

The famous hymn calls every heart to “prepare him room.” But what does it mean to receive Christ this Christmas?

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Our Peace Was Born in Bethlehem

Our Peace Was Born in Bethlehem

The busyness of the Christmas season can obscure the true meaning of Advent: Jesus came to bring ever-increasing peace to any who will trust him in faith.

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What Makes Christmas So Controversial?

What Makes Christmas So Controversial?

The wrath of God is our biggest problem. If it didn’t exist, we wouldn’t need the gospel, and we wouldn’t need Christmas.

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How Not to Be a Grinch This Christmas: Help for Hard Relationships

How Not to Be a Grinch This Christmas

Help for Hard Relationships

Family can be hard to deal with, especially around the holidays. But we can show kindness and tenderness in even the thorniest relationships.

God Saved a Wretch Like Him: John Newton (1725–1807)

God Saved a Wretch Like Him

John Newton (1725–1807)

Meet John Newton, the debauched sailor turned devoted husband, the miserable outcast turned famous hymn writer, the slave trader turned preacher.

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What Is the Rapture?

What Is the Rapture?

Will Christians be raptured before the tribulation? Or will we rise to meet the Lord only at his final coming?

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Philippians 2:25–30: How to Make Decisions Biblically

How to Make Decisions Biblically

Philippians 2:25–30

Most of the decisions we make in life are not based upon direct commands from the Bible. But that does not mean we cannot make biblically informed, wise decisions.

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Pray for Calm This Christmas

Pray for Calm This Christmas

Jesus came to bring peace to a world trapped in sin. Now each of us has access to the joy and serenity that transcends every circumstance.

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Will We Meet Jesus as Soon as We Die?

Will We Meet Jesus as Soon as We Die?

We often say that our dead loved ones are with Jesus now. But Paul seems to say that Christians will meet Jesus at the second coming. Which is right?

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Philippians 2:25–30: A Bible Study Method for Leaders

A Bible Study Method for Leaders

Philippians 2:25–30

No time spent learning how to study the Bible more faithfully is wasted.

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How Will Christ ‘Reconcile’ Unbelievers to Himself?

How Will Christ ‘Reconcile’ Unbelievers to Himself?

Colossians 1:20 says that Christ will reconcile “all things” to himself. Does that include demons and unbelievers?

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How Can I Tell If I’m Really Saved?

How Can I Tell If I’m Really Saved?

Christians live in the tension between indwelling sin and ongoing sanctification. How can we know if we’ve truly been born again?

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Why Do We Give Christmas Gifts?

Why Do We Give Christmas Gifts?

Gift giving, done rightly, doesn’t distract from the meaning of Christmas. Pastor John puts Christmas gifts in biblical context.

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John 3:16: Nine Promises About Eternal Life

Nine Promises About Eternal Life

John 3:16

Every temptation rendered powerless, every sickness eradicated, every tear banished — this is only the start of what eternity with God will be like.

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What Should I Tell My Kids About Santa?

What Should I Tell My Kids About Santa?

If we think Christ cannot compete with Santa in the hearts of our children, we don’t know the real Christ.