I wrote this poem called “The Calvinist” to capture a glimpse of God’s sovereign intersection with the life of a sinful man.… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Sometimes people stumble over this vastness in relation to the apparent insignificance of man. It does seem to make us infinitesimally small.… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Servanthood does not nullify leadership; it defines it. Jesus does not cease to be the Lion of Judah when He becomes the… — John Piper Copy Share Image
God will not turn away from doing you good. He will keep on doing good. He doesn't do good to His children… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Why does God bless us with abundance? So we can have enough to live on and then use the rest for all… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Obedience does not consist in paying God back and thus turning grace into a trade. Obedience comes from trusting in God for… — John Piper Copy Share Image
It isn't sex by itself that makes abortion. It is sex plus covetousness: desiring things that God does not will for us… — John Piper Copy Share Image
We do not smirk at the misery or the merrymaking of immoral culture. We weep. Being pilgrims does not mean being cynical.… — John Piper Copy Share Image
So, you have three possibilities in world missions. You can be a goer, a sender, or disobedient. The Bible does not assume… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The Bible does not oppose or forbid interracial marriages but sees them as a positive good for the glory of Christ. — John Piper Copy Share Image
Exultation that does not flow from education, affections that do not flow from knowing, savoring that does not flow from seeing, feeling… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Does Christ get a good reputation because of the way we live? Is the excellence of Christ displayed in our lives? That… — John Piper Copy Share Image
We can say that true gratitude does not give rise to the debtor's ethic because it gives rise to faith in future… — John Piper Copy Share Image
To love God does not mean to meet His needs, but rather to delight in Him and to be captivated by His… — John Piper Copy Share Image
How do you get from, "We do not know whether this is protectable human life," to "Therefore, we will not protect it?"… — John Piper Copy Share Image
No one will be able to rise to the magnificence of the missionary cause who does not feel the magnificence of Christ. — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Even in the miserable guilt we feel over our beastlike insensitivity, the glory of God shines. If God were not gloriously desirable, why would… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The absence of God in most spheres of life is perceived to be normal, and even Christians feel it as normal - which is… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“The Spirit inspired the Word and therefore He goes where the Word goes. The more of God's Word you know and love, the more… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Do you feel loved by God because you believe he makes much of you, or because you believe he frees you and empowers you… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't. Worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is ultimate, not man. When this age is over, and… — John Piper Copy Share Image
What is sin? It is the glory of God not honored. The holiness of God not reverenced. The greatness of God not admired. The… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Love is doing what will enthrall the beloved with the greatest and longest joy. What will enthrall the beloved this way is the glory… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Evangelicals are distraught over the state of America because they have not been taught that we're aliens here. — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Worship is the highest moral act a human can perform, so the only basis and motivation for it that many people can conceive is… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Do you love the cross because it makes much of you? Or do you love it because it enables you to enjoy and eternity… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“job 14:1 man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of troubles "If that isn't your experience now it… — John Piper Copy Share Image
