--- title: "6 John Piper Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 6 John Piper quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best John Piper sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f19/tony-merida-76792_adoption_the-deepest-and-strongest-foundation-for_617140.jpg" --- > [“The deepest and strongest foundation for adoption is located not in the act of humans adopting humans, but in God adopting humans.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-merida/the-deepest-and-strongest-foundation-for-adoption-is-located-not-in/) [Tony Merida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-merida/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f19/tony-merida-76792_adoption_the-deepest-and-strongest-foundation-for_617140.jpg) > [“John Piper has a powerful way of bringing this concept home: When God visits the sins of the fathers on the children,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kasey-van-norman/john-piper-has-a-powerful-way-of-bringing-this-concept-home-when-god/) [Kasey Van Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kasey-van-norman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/372/kasey-van-norman-39469_children_john-piper-has-a-powerful-way-of-bringin_1717477.jpg) > [“Am I desiring and seeking the temporal and eternal good of my neighbor with the same zeal, ingenuity and perseverance that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-perman/am-i-desiring-and-seeking-the-temporal-and-eternal-good-of-my/) [Matt Perman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-perman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a57/matt-perman-31729_perseverance_am-i-desiring-and-seeking-the-temporal-a_2009251.jpg) > [We live in a relativistic culture, where people are more con- cerned with being liked than being truthful. In A Sweet and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-chan/we-live-in-a-relativistic-culture-where-people-are-more-con-cerned/) [Francis Chan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-chan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84c/francis-chan-548_being-truthful_we-live-in-a-relativistic-culture-where_2974239.png) > [We are still living with the consequences of that today in popular Reformed thinking from the likes of John Piper, R. C.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-d-crisp/we-are-still-living-with-the-consequences-of-that-today-in-popular/) [Oliver D. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-d-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78c/oliver-d-crisp-12863_consequence_we-are-still-living-with-the-consequence_3137654.jpg) > [“God’s primary concern, and I think I learned this from Bruce Ware and John Piper, is His own glory and reputation. People…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gale-heide/god-s-primary-concern-and-i-think-i-learned-this-from-bruce-ware-and/) [Gale Heide](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gale-heide/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/133/gale-heide-56976_freedom_god-s-primary-concern-and-i-think-i-lear_3215338.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/john-piper/#itemlist", "name": "John Piper Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The deepest and strongest foundation for adoption is located not in the act of humans adopting humans, but in God adopting humans. And this act is not part of his ordinary providence in the world; it is at the heart of the Gospel. 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He simply lets the effects of the fathers’ sins take their natural course, infecting and corrupting the hearts of the children. For parents who love their children this is one of the most sobering texts in all the Bible. The more we let sin get the upper hand in our own lives, the more our children will suffer for it. Sin is like a contagious disease. My children don’t suffer because I have it. 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