John Piper

Giving is a way of having what you need.

— John Piper

God tests His people through hardship.

— John Piper

Life is in God's hand.

— John Piper

Grace is power, not just pardon.

— John Piper

God without Christ is no God.

— John Piper

Adoption is the visible Gospel.

— John Piper

“Not to enjoy God is to dishonor Him.”

— John Piper

All heroes are shadows of Christ

— John Piper

Life is too short, too precious, too painful to waste on worldly bubbles that burst

— John Piper

When it comes to killing my sin, I don't wait for the miracle, I act the miracle.

— John Piper

The right creative act makes its own laws, and always will do.

— John Piper

“...the gospel has an answer to both pride and guilt.”

— John Piper

“Let the freedom to fail give you the hope to fight.”

— John Piper

To be a Christian is to move toward need, not comfort.

— John Piper

Every sin flows from the failure to treasure the glory of God above all things.

— John Piper

Reading is more important to me than eating.

— John Piper

At one level, the message of the book of Ruth is that the life of the godly is not a straight line…

— John Piper

It is about the greatness of God, not the significance of man. God made man small and the universe big to say…

— John Piper

I am not a good example of an urban pastor. Because of the way I believe God calls me to use my…

— John Piper

“The Spirit inspired the Word and therefore He goes where the Word goes. The more of God's Word you know and love,…

— John Piper

The bloodline of Jesus is thicker, deeper, stronger than the bloodline of race, ethnicity and family.

— John Piper

The key to praying with power is to become the kind of persons who do not use God for our ends but…

— John Piper

Neither Muslims nor anyone else truly worships the true God if they reject Jesus as he really is in the Gospels.

— John Piper

God is not an employer looking for employees. He is an Eagle looking for people who will take refuge under his wings.

— John Piper

Marriage is not mainly about being or staying in love. It’s mainly about telling the truth with our lives. It’s about portraying…

— John Piper

It is a myth that man in his natural state is genuinely seeking God. Men do seek God. But they do not…

— John Piper

“Now comes the really amazing part. What is offered to the world, to everyone who hears the gospel, is not a love…

— John Piper

“Worship is the highest moral act a human can perform, so the only basis and motivation for it that many people can…

— John Piper

“Not all question asking is good. It depends on the attitude. Is there a submission to the Word of God and a…

— John Piper

If God were not just, there would be no demand for his Son to suffer and die. And if God were not…

— John Piper

“. . . the story of Ruth . . .was written to give us encouragement and hope that all the perplexing turns…

— John Piper

Jesus' teaching in general [implies] that happy and fulfilling sexual relations in marriage depend on each partner aiming to give satisfaction to…

— John Piper

“There is no greater sin than to hate and kill the Son of God. There was no greater suffering nor any greater…

— John Piper

“The logic of the Bible says: Act according to God's "will of command," not according to his "will of decree." God's "will…

— John Piper

You have to decide what those issues are for you. What do you think disqualifies a person from holding public office? I…

— John Piper

“Paul says that one weapon in this ongoing fight of faith is the practice of “disciplining” the body. He was not unaware…

— John Piper

“God is calling us to live for the sake of Christ and to do that through suffering. Christ chose suffering; it didn’t…

— John Piper

The formation of the life of a person in the womb is the work of God, and it is not merely a…

— John Piper

“Legalism is a more dangerous disease than alcoholism because it doesn’t look like one. Alcoholism makes men fail; legalism helps them succeed…

— John Piper

My feelings are not God. God is God. My feelings do not define truth. God’s word defines truth. My feelings are echoes…

— John Piper