John Piper | Desiring God

Most people in the world have no experience of lasting joy in their lives. We’re on a mission to change that. All of our resources exist to guide you toward everlasting joy in Jesus Christ.

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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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Is It Sinful to Watch Sin on a Screen?

Is It Sinful to Watch Sin on a Screen?

Our culture saturates itself with entertainment that hardly gives a passing thought to God. Should Christians consume such media?

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Is the God-Centeredness of God Precious?

Is the God-Centeredness of God Precious?

When you discover that God is not only perfectly glorious, but that everything he does is for his glory, your life may get flipped upside down.

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2 Timothy 2:1–7, Part 4: Single-mindedness, Integrity, and Diligence Through Grace

Single-mindedness, Integrity, and Diligence Through Grace

2 Timothy 2:1–7, Part 4

When Paul thought of Christian ministry, he thought of a soldier, an athlete, and a farmer. Do you?

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How Do I Stay Attracted to My Aging Spouse?

How Do I Stay Attracted to My Aging Spouse?

Sexual desire doesn’t begin and end with physical attraction. God made us to cherish inner beauty and glory, not just looks that pass with age.

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‘How God Made Me Happy in Him’: John Piper’s Journey to Joy

‘How God Made Me Happy in Him’

John Piper’s Journey to Joy

Glory and joy appear all over the Bible, but how they relate is not readily obvious. Listen to John Piper tell the story of how God connected the dots between the two.

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2 Timothy 2:1–7, Part 3: Teaching the Bible Takes Supernatural Strength

Teaching the Bible Takes Supernatural Strength

2 Timothy 2:1–7, Part 3

You do not need new curriculum to disciple someone in the Bible; you need supernatural strength from God.

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Will We Pray in Heaven?

Will We Pray in Heaven?

If heaven is a world of love, with no grief or pain or loss, then will we have any need to pray to God once we are there?

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The Key to Our Victory over Sin

The Key to Our Victory over Sin

Only the grace of supernatural delight can empower us to resist the allure of sin’s constant temptations.

Humility Was His Secret Strength: Charles Simeon (1759–1836)

Humility Was His Secret Strength

Charles Simeon (1759–1836)

Charles Simeon endured opposition, and stayed patient in suffering, by focusing on two objects: the depth of his sin, and the height of God’s grace.

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2 Timothy 2:1–7, Part 2: Grace Is Power, Not Just Pardon

Grace Is Power, Not Just Pardon

2 Timothy 2:1–7, Part 2

If you think you have received grace but have no new power to seek God and kill sin, you may not have received God’s grace.

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I Feel No Sexual Attraction — Should I Still Pursue Marriage?

I Feel No Sexual Attraction — Should I Still Pursue Marriage?

If someone’s sexual desires are low to the point of indifference, should he or she still be open to marriage down the road?

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Seven Reasons We Must Pursue Supreme Satisfaction in God

Seven Reasons We Must Pursue Supreme Satisfaction in God

Enjoying God, being satisfied in him, is essential in glorifying him as he deserves. God is not as glorified by mere duty as he is by delight.

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2 Timothy 2:1–7, Part 1: Is Spiritual Insight a Product of Thinking or Praying?

Is Spiritual Insight a Product of Thinking or Praying?

2 Timothy 2:1–7, Part 1

Those who expect to have spiritual insight without thinking hard do not know how God gives understanding.

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Why Does the Bible Stress the Power of Jesus’s Name?

Why Does the Bible Stress the Power of Jesus’s Name?

The Bible stresses repeatedly the power and greatness of Jesus’s name. But why does it emphasize his name, and not just his person?

Love Is the Overflow of Joy in God: Why I Love the Apostle Paul

Love Is the Overflow of Joy in God

Why I Love the Apostle Paul

The deepest love is never merely an act of the will. It is the overflowing impulse of a heart that is happy in God.

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‘I Don’t Believe in Christ — Why Is Faith So Hard?’

‘I Don’t Believe in Christ — Why Is Faith So Hard?’

If Jesus promises that his yoke is easy and his burden light, then why do some people struggle so much to put their faith in him?

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Foundations of Christian Hedonism, Part 11: God Glorified, Man Satisfied

God Glorified, Man Satisfied

Foundations of Christian Hedonism, Part 11

If you desire God to get glory from your life, take your joy in him very seriously.

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When Has My Career Become My Idol?

When Has My Career Become My Idol?

If God created us for good works and wants us to labor diligently, then how do we determine when our career has become an idol?

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A Peculiar Act of Worship: Preaching as Expository Exultation

A Peculiar Act of Worship

Preaching as Expository Exultation

The preacher’s task is not merely to teach or inform, but to rejoice with his people over the wonders of Scripture.

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Foundations of Christian Hedonism, Part 10: Love for People as the Overflow of Joy

Love for People as the Overflow of Joy

Foundations of Christian Hedonism, Part 10

Pursuing greater, deeper joy in God increases, not diminishes or hinders, our love for other people.

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Advice for Christians Who Work Sundays

Advice for Christians Who Work Sundays

If your job requires you to work on Sundays, how do you honor the Lord’s Day? Pastor John offers three pieces of counsel.

He Dared to Defy the Pope: Martin Luther (1483–1546)

He Dared to Defy the Pope

Martin Luther (1483–1546)

The Reformation began when Martin Luther, a scrupulous but tortured monk, rediscovered the surpassing grace of God in the infallible word of God.

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What Did the Reformation Give Us?

What Did the Reformation Give Us?

Every Protestant owes a debt of gratitude to the Reformers, especially for one of their most precious gifts to us: expository exultation.

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Foundations of Christian Hedonism, Part 9: Joy in Suffering Shows the Worth of God

Joy in Suffering Shows the Worth of God

Foundations of Christian Hedonism, Part 9

Suffering with joy in this world is one of the greatest advertisements for the reality of the next.

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Should We Stop Reading Dead White Guys?

Should We Stop Reading Dead White Guys?

Christians should judge a book not by the color of its author or the number of its century, but by the God-exalting or God-ignoring content of its pages.