John Piper
John Piper
John Stephen Piperis founder and teacher of desiringgod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is a Calvinist Baptist preacher and author who served as Pastor for Preaching and Vision of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota for 33 years. His books include ECPA Christian Book Award winners Spectacular Sins, What Jesus Demands from the World, Pierced by the Word, and God's Passion for His Glory, and bestsellers Don't Waste Your Life and The Passion of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth11 January 1946
CountryUnited States of America
God aims to exalt Himself by working for those who wait for Him.
We cannot know what prayer is for until we know that life is war.
The immensity of His worth is reflected in the intensity of your worship,
The presence of hope in the invincible sovereignty of God drives out fear.
It is unbiblical and arrogant to try to worship God for any other reason than the pleasure to be had in Him.
Suffering for Jesus is temporary. Pleasure in Jesus is eternal.
Every sin flows from the failure to treasure the glory of God above all things.
Boasting is the outward form of the inner condition of pride.
Be glad in the Lord and receive willingly from His Hand all that he designs for my holiness - both painful and pleasant.
Isn't it ironic that today people say, 'If you know the love of God, you don't have to worry when you go on in sin.' But the apostle John said, 'If you know the love of God, you won't be able to go on in sin.'
If gratitude is not rooted in the beauty of God before the gift, it is probably disguised idolatry. May God grant us a heart to delight in him for who he is so that all our gratitude for his gifts will be the echo of our joy in the excellency of the Giver!
If we love God's fame and are committed to magnifying His name above all things, we cannot be indifferent to world missions.
Anger devours almost all other good emotions. It deadens the soul. It numbs the heart to joy and gratitude and hope and tenderness and compassion and kindness.
Not grace to bar what is not bliss, Nor flight from all distress, but this: The grace that orders our trouble and pain, And then, in the darkness, is there to sustain.