John Piper
Desiring God
Minneapolis, MN, United States
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Past articles by John:
Prince of What Peace? How Christmas Overcomes Our Conflicts
At the root of all conflict is man’s conflict with God. At Christmas, we celebrate that God took the initiative to establish true peace. → Read More
What Should We Pray For?
One way to answer this question is to look at what the early church prayed for. Here is a list gathered from the New Testament. It can guide you in how you pray. I suggest that periodically you pray through this list just to test whether your... → Read More
Seventy Years Without Shipwreck: Five Reasons That Some Fall Away
Faith does not shipwreck upon the rocks of history, logic, science, or ethics, but on the mountains of sinful desire. → Read More
What is Saving Faith? Reflections on Receiving Christ as a Treasure
What happens in the heart when it experiences real saving faith? John Piper argues that faith in Christ is not saving unless it includes an “affectional dimension of treasuring Christ.” → Read More
We Rejoice to Suffer for You: Pastoral Pain and the People’s Joy
Why does the apostle Paul speak so much about himself and his suffering? Because his suffering for the sake of others makes the love of Christ tangible to them. → Read More
We Win the World with Singing
God plans to win the world with singing. Here are five connections between our joy-filled worship and the finishing of the Great Commission. → Read More
Israel and Us Reconciled in One Body
Jesus is the point in redemptive history where the true Israel becomes the church of Christ and the church emerges as the true Israel. → Read More
How to Use the Law Lawfully to Bear Fruit for God
Meditate on the law in order to know the justice and mercy of God in Christ, your righteousness and your life. → Read More
Singing, Suffering, and Scripture: How God Keeps Us Through Song
Suffering may quiet our singing for a time, but God designed singing to sustain our souls. And one day, we will sing forever with unrestrained joy. → Read More
Coronavirus and Christ
What is God doing through the coronavirus pandemic? He is not silent about what he is doing in the world. He has given us the Scriptures. John Piper listens carefully to God’s word and leads us to six answers. → Read More
Philippians 3:18–21: What Will My New Body Be Like?
Someday soon we get to exchange our crippled and lowly body for a glorious and heavenly one. → Read More
Even When It Hurts: How Christ Reveals Himself in Pain
In this life, we will not be able to see all God is doing through sickness and pain, but we can trust that he will reveal more of himself to us through every trial and trouble. → Read More
Philippians 3:18–21: A Mini-Theology of Hell
As hard as it may be, we must face the reality that hell exists and is promised to all of God’s enemies. → Read More
Philippians 3:18–21: Do You Weep Over the Perishing?
God does not call us to learn just from Paul’s teaching but also from his emotions. Do you weep over the lost like the apostle Paul? → Read More
Job 1:20–2:8: If God Afflicts You, Will You Curse Him?
No suffering takes God by surprise. He alone is the perfect help in our pain. Should all around our soul give way, he then is all our hope and stay. → Read More
Job 1:6–22: How to Respond to Tragedy
We cannot respond however we want when we suffer. Though we can grieve and mourn, if we never get to worship, we’ve stopped short. → Read More
Philippians 3:15–16: Stages of the Christian Life
No one starts as a mature Christian. Keep seeking God. Keep laboring to grow. And keep trusting that God will bring about our maturity. → Read More
Philippians 3:15–16: What the Mature Think About
A heavenly mindset will not be lofty and self-righteous, but humble and God-dependent. → Read More
Who Will Give My Head Waters? Seven Reasons to Pray for Holy Tears
Tears, crying, and weeping are all a proper response to the God-ordained sorrow and pain we face. Just because God is sovereign doesn’t mean we ignore our pain. → Read More
Philippians 3:15–16: What Does It Mean to Be Mature?
God wants us to grow up and leave behind childish ways. And he has done everything necessary to ensure it can happen. → Read More