“He shook my dozing soul and threw the cold water of reality in my face, so that life and God and heaven… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Feeling loved by God means feeling glad not only that He crushed His Son so that I can be forgiven, but that… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Every sin flows from the failure to treasure the glory of God above all things. — John Piper Copy Share Image
The highest act of love is the giving of the best gift, and, if necessary, at the greatest cost, to the least… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Whether sexual orientation can change or not, hearts can change and turn any sexual orientation into an occasion for the glory of… — John Piper Copy Share Image
At one level, the message of the book of Ruth is that the life of the godly is not a straight line… — John Piper Copy Share Image
'Worship' is the term we use to cover all the acts of the heart and mind and body that intentionally express the… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Therefore, the task of all Christian scholarship- not just biblical studies- is to study reality as a manifestation of God’s glory, to… — John Piper Copy Share Image
My take on tithing in America is that it's a middle-class way of robbing God. Tithing to the church and spending the… — 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
It horribly skews the meaning of the cross when contemporary prophets of self-esteem say that the cross is a witness to my… — John Piper Copy Share Image
My joy grows with every soul that seeks the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Remember, you have one… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Our main work is, by the spirit of God, with the Word of God, to portray the glories of God as more… — John Piper Copy Share Image
We are all starved for the glory of God, not self. No one goes to the Grand Canyon to increase self-esteem. Why… — John Piper Copy Share Image
What is the essence of evil? It is forsaking a living fountain for broken cisterns. God gets derision and we get death.… — 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
In our proud love affair with ourselves we pour contempt, whether we know it or not, on the worth of God's glory.… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Satan's aim is to destroy our joy and trust and delight in God, and to make God look worthless in the world's… — John Piper Copy Share Image
We give glory to God when we trust him to do what he has promised to do-especially when all human possibilities are… — John Piper Copy Share Image
God's global aim in creation and redemption is not only the glory of his name, but also the gladness of the peoples. — John Piper Copy Share Image
If the pursuit of God's glory is not ordered above the pursuit of man's good in the affections of the heart and… — 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