John Piper

I want to learn from everybody.

— John Piper

We are far too easily pleased.

— John Piper

There is hope in forgiveness

— John Piper

Sin carries in it its own misery.

— John Piper

Mission exists because worship doesn't.

— John Piper

You can't praise what you don't prize.

— John Piper

Sanctification is a community project.

— John Piper

I owe my life and hope to the gospel.

— John Piper

It's amazing how many introverts go into the ministry.

— John Piper

Every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God.

— John Piper

“And because his love for you never had a beginning, it can have no end.”

— John Piper

The goal of missions is the gladness of the peoples in the greatness of God.

— John Piper

For the mind of faith, a promised act of God is as good as done.

— John Piper

One of the great enemies of hope is forgetting God's promises.

— John Piper

I do not elevate the time or mode of baptism to a primary doctrine.

— John Piper

“There is no point in winning an argument if you know or suspect you are wrong.”

— John Piper

Sin is what you do when your heart is not satisfied with God. No one sins out of duty. We sin because…

— John Piper

“...childlike wonder and awe have died. The scenery and poetry and music of the majesty of God have dried up like a…

— John Piper

What could be a greater privilege than to listen to the voice of God, and be granted by God himself the ears…

— John Piper

It has to do with seeing God. “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God” (Matthew 5:8).

— John Piper

You get one pass at life. That’s all. Only one. And the lasting measure of that life is Jesus Christ.

— John Piper

“One way to describe this problem is to say that when these people “receive Christ,” they do not receive him as supremely…

— John Piper

“So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. (1 Corinthians 10:31)”

— John Piper

Whenever the strength of God is not recognized as the source of our strength, we are breaking the First Commandment: Do not…

— John Piper

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

Sin is what you do when your heart is not satisfied with God. No one sins out of duty. We sin because…

— John Piper

The great barrier to worship among God's people is not that we are always seeking our own satisfaction, but that our seeking…

— John Piper

“... the mind was designed not to defend what we want, but to discover what is ultimately true, which should shape our…

— John Piper

“Racial and ethnic segragtion is a gospel issue! Cephas' fear and wihdrawal from fellowship across ethnic lines was "not in step with…

— John Piper

“Let’s not overlook that eating the Lord’s Supper with God’s people is a kind of preaching that is also meant to feed…

— John Piper

There is a great gulf between the Christianity that wrestles with whether to worship at the cost of imprisonment and death, and…

— John Piper

The pursuit of joy in God is not optional. It is not an 'extra' that a person might grow into after he…

— John Piper

All of history is moving toward one great goal, the white-hot worship of God and his Son among all the peoples of…

— John Piper

“Where in the context might we look for the reward that the Father encourages us to seek? I think a reliable guide…

— John Piper

You don’t have to know a lot of things for your life to make a lasting difference in the world. But you…

— John Piper

“So when I say that everything that exists—including evil—is ordained by an infinitely holy and all-wise God to make the glory of…

— John Piper

“O, the lessons here for us! Name your discouraging setback—personal, political, scholarly, ecclesiastical, cultural, global. Dare any Christian say that God is…

— John Piper

“If anyone is going to see the gospel as true and good, satanic blindness and natural deadness must be overcome by the…

— John Piper

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

“Have you ever wondered what it feels like to have a love for the lost? This is a term we use as…

— John Piper