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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Why Is Circumcision Such a Big Deal? Ephesians 2:11–13, Part 4

Why Is Circumcision Such a Big Deal?

Ephesians 2:11–13, Part 4

Why is circumcision, of all the different things that could have been, the sign of the covenant between God and Israel?

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Who Is God?

God is the most important and most valuable reality in the entire universe. Who has he revealed himself to be?

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Recalling Hopelessness Can Serve Happiness: Ephesians 2:11–13, Part 3

Recalling Hopelessness Can Serve Happiness

Ephesians 2:11–13, Part 3

Forever and always the banner of eternal life reads, “Salvation belongs to the Lord.” This fact will forever bring us low and lift our praises high.

The Most Lavish Promise of God? Immeasurable Joy in the Ages to Come

The Most Lavish Promise of God?

Immeasurable Joy in the Ages to Come

The glories of God are so great, and his riches so immeasurable, that it will take us an eternity to enjoy them.

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How Can We Know God?

How Can We Know God?

Before we can ask who God is, we need to know where to find the answer. Where can we go to learn the truth about who God reveals himself to be?

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The Courage We Need for Mission

The Courage We Need for Mission

God’s providence isn’t an obstacle to evangelism and missions. It is, instead, our only hope to see the good news of the gospel reach all nations.

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Should We Leave Our Failures Behind? Ephesians 2:11–13, Part 2

Should We Leave Our Failures Behind?

Ephesians 2:11–13, Part 2

The apostle Paul commands us to remember and to forget in his letters. When should we remember, and when should we forget?

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Do We Dishonor God by Neglecting His Gifts?

Do We Dishonor God by Neglecting His Gifts?

We dishonor God when we love the gifts more than the Giver. But we also dishonor him when we forget all the gifts he has given.

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Salvation Is for All — Through the Jews: Ephesians 2:11–13, Part 1

Salvation Is for All — Through the Jews

Ephesians 2:11–13, Part 1

Jesus was not American, not African, not Asian, not European. The Messiah came as a Jew from the Jews, and that matters.

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John Piper’s Big Book on the Providence of God

John Piper’s newest book, ‘Providence,’ celebrates the all-embracing, all-pervasive, invincible providence of God.

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Why Did Jesus Choose Judas?

Why Did Jesus Choose Judas?

If Jesus knew that Judas would betray him in the end, why did Jesus choose Judas as a disciple to begin with?

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Finding the Confidence to Pray

Finding the Confidence to Pray

The doctrine of God’s all-governing providence is not a problem for our prayers. It is our only hope for our prayers coming to pass.

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Your Good Works Are His Good Works: Ephesians 2:8–10, Part 5

Your Good Works Are His Good Works

Ephesians 2:8–10, Part 5

In every good deed, God is active and working. Even our good works will ultimately be ascribed to the glory of God.

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I’m Likely Going to Prison — Now What?

I’m Likely Going to Prison — Now What?

Where is God when I face life-changing consequences for my sin? Can he really work for my good, even in a punishment as severe as prison?

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We Are the Workmanship of God: Ephesians 2:8–10, Part 4

We Are the Workmanship of God

Ephesians 2:8–10, Part 4

In Christ, we get a new legal standing before the judgment seat of God and a new nature to live before men.

What a World Ours Will Be: Why the Universe Longs to Be New

What a World Ours Will Be

Why the Universe Longs to Be New

When Christ returns to make all things new, his people will be set free from sin at last. And the whole universe will be set free with them.

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Should I Ever Pursue My Dreams?

Should I Ever Pursue My Dreams?

Can we pursue our own dreams while also obeying God? Or do we need to give up our dreams in order to follow what Jesus is really calling us to?

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Protected from False Teaching

Protected from False Teaching

Joyful faith in the all-governing providence of God immunizes us against false teaching that exalts man and detracts from the glory due to God alone.

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Freed from Wrath for a Life of Goodness: Ephesians 2:8–10, Part 3

Freed from Wrath for a Life of Goodness

Ephesians 2:8–10, Part 3

Christ has not only saved us from the wrath of God, but transformed us and saved us from the sinful nature that destined us for that wrath.

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Who Wrote the Bible?

Who Wrote the Bible?

The question “Who wrote the Bible?” has a double answer: God and man. Humans held the quill, but God ultimately inspired their words.

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‘Hallowed Be Your Name’: The Greatest Prayer in All the World

‘Hallowed Be Your Name’

The Greatest Prayer in All the World

The lines of the Lord’s Prayer tend to pass by our eyes, and through our mouths, in a routine manner. But what might we be missing in our familiarity?

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The Good News of Obliterated Boasting: Ephesians 2:8–10, Part 2

The Good News of Obliterated Boasting

Ephesians 2:8–10, Part 2

God saves sinners by his grace alone to obliterate all human boasting in his presence. Is this good news for sinners?

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What Is the Meaning of Life?

What Is the Meaning of Life?

When life just doesn’t seem to make sense, or even when it seems void of any meaning at all, what can help us to know our purpose again?

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Sustained Through the Hardest Suffering

Sustained Through the Hardest Suffering

God’s providence not only governs all things, but it gives us hope in our suffering. We can trust that our all-good God will turn every sorrow to joy.

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Is Faith a Gift of God? Ephesians 2:8–10, Part 1

Is Faith a Gift of God?

Ephesians 2:8–10, Part 1

If I am commanded to believe the gospel, is faith something I create, or is it a gift of God?