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John Piper
John Stephen Piper (born January 11, 1946) is an American Reformed Baptist theologian, pastor, and author.
Works on this site: 1986 to 2003.
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In their own words
God the Father through the Son created out of nothing everything that is not God.
John Piper· He Commanded and They Were Created (sermon), 1981Reformed Baptist
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
God lays our sins on Christ and punishes them in him. And in Christ's obedient death, God fulfills and vindicates his righteousness and imputes (credits) it to us.
John Piper· The Great Exchange (Solid Joys devotional), 2012Reformed Baptist
2 Corinthians 5:21 God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
he created us to display his glory, that is, that his glory might be known and praised.
John Piper· God Created Us for His Glory (sermon), 1980Reformed Baptist
Isaiah 43:7 everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”
There is something I want you to do for me: I have some enemies that deserve to perish, and I want you to go and die in their place, so that they can have eternal life.
John Piper· God So Loved the World, Part 1 (sermon), 2009Reformed Baptist
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
"Fullness" means completely satisfying. And "forevermore" means those pleasures never stop.
John Piper· The Lord Governs My Good and Is My Good: All of Psalm 16 for a New Year (sermon), 2022Reformed Baptist
Psalms 16:11 You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
About this voice
John Stephen Piper (born January 11, 1946) is an American Reformed Baptist theologian, pastor, and author. Educated at Wheaton College (B.A. literature, 1968), Fuller Theological Seminary (B.D., 1971), and the University of Munich (Th.D. New Testament, 1974, under Leonhard Goppelt), Piper served as a professor of biblical studies at Bethel College (Minnesota, 1974–1980) before a 33-year senior pastorate at Bethlehem Baptist Church (Minneapolis, MN, 1980–2013). He is the founder, senior teacher, and chancellor of Desiring God (desiringgod.org, 1994–present) and Bethlehem College and Seminary (since 2009). His book catalog runs to 60+ titles, with Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist (1986, multiple revisions) the signature work, joined by The Pleasures of God (1991), Future Grace (1995), Don't Waste Your Life (2003), Counted Righteous in Christ (2002, justification defense), The Future of Justification (2007, response to N.T. Wright), and Brothers, We Are Not Professionals (2002). Piper has biographical-spiritual treatments of Charles Spurgeon, John Owen, William Cowper, Hudson Taylor, George Whitefield, William Tyndale, Adoniram Judson, and others in The Swans Are Not Silent series.
8 works
What this site reads them for
| The work | Year | Quoted here |
|---|---|---|
| Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian HedonistPiper's signature work. The articulation of Christian Hedonism. One of the major evangelical theological-devotional texts of the late 20th century. | 1986 | Not quoted here yet |
| The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God's Delight in Being GodCompanion to Desiring God — the divine-side counterpart, articulating the pleasures of God Himself as the basis for Christian Hedonism. | 1991 | Not quoted here yet |
| Future Grace: The Purifying Power of the Promises of GodPiper's mature articulation of sanctification — by faith in the promises of future grace, against gratitude-as-primary-motivation models. | 1995 | Not quoted here yet |
| Don't Waste Your LifeThe challenge to live for what matters eternally; widely-used among evangelical college students and missions-oriented audiences. | 2003 | Not quoted here yet |
| Counted Righteous in ChristPiper's defense of imputed-righteousness justification against the New Perspective on Paul (especially N.T. Wright's What Saint Paul Really Said, 1997). | 2002 | Not quoted here yet |
| Brothers, We Are Not ProfessionalsPiper's pastoral-theology challenge to evangelical clergy professionalization. | 2002 | Not quoted here yet |
| Recovering Biblical Manhood and WomanhoodThe standard CBMW articulation of complementarianism; defining text in the contemporary evangelical egalitarian-vs-complementarian debate. | 1991 | Not quoted here yet |
| The Swans Are Not Silent seriesPiper's tradition-curation work; the recovery and transmission of historical-evangelical voices. | Not quoted here yet |
Where to find them
- Desiring God
- Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
- The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God's Delight in Being God
- Future Grace: The Purifying Power of the Promises of God
- Don't Waste Your Life
- Counted Righteous in Christ
- Brothers, We Are Not Professionals
- Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood
- The Swans Are Not Silent series
5 quotations across 5 books