“For Jesus, the demand for joy is a way to live with suffering and to outlast suffering.” — John Piper Copy Share Image
“The call of Christ is a call to live a life of sacrifice and loss and suffering--a life that would be foolish… — John Piper Copy Share Image
I've never heard anyone say the really deep lessons of life have come in times of ease and comfort. But, I have… — John Piper Copy Share Image
We are not as Christ-centered and cross-cherishing as we should be, because we do not ponder the truth that everything good, and… — John Piper Copy Share Image
This is God's universal purpose for all Christian suffering: more contentment in God and less satisfaction in the world. — John Piper Copy Share Image
The way of the cross is the way of suffering. Christians are called to die, not kill, in order to show the… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
The evil and suffering in this world are greater than any of us can comprehend. But evil and suffering are not ultimate.… — John Piper Copy Share Image
If God were not just, there would be no demand for his Son to suffer and die. And if God were not… — John Piper Copy Share Image
I owe my life and hope to the gospel. Without it I would still be strutting with racist pride, or I would… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Husbands are not Christ. But they are called to be like him. And the specific point of likeness is the husband's readiness… — John Piper Copy Share Image
We ought to celebrate the positive glorious gifts of God, but the worth of God shines in a powerful way to the… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Humble us, O God, under your mighty hand, and let us rise, not as professionals, but as witnesses and partakers of the… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The only answer in these modern times, as in all other times, is the blood of Christ. When our conscience rises up… — John Piper Copy Share Image
People are not prepared or able to rejoice in suffering unless they experience a massive biblical revolution of how they think and… — John Piper Copy Share Image
So the main question is not, Which humans brought about the death of Jesus but, What did the death of Jesus bring… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The suffering of sickness and the suffering of persecution have this in common: they are both intended by Satan for the destruction… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Suffering in the path of Christian obedience, with joy - because the steadfast love of the Lord is better than life (Psalm… — John Piper Copy Share Image
We do not choose suffering simply because we are told to, but because the one who tells us to describes it as… — 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
