...we should all fortify ourselves against the dark hours of depression by cultivating a deep distrust of the certainties of despair. Despair… — John Piper Certainty Copy Share Image
What was once foolishness to us-a crucified God-must become our wisdom and our power and our only boast in this world. — John Piper Boast Copy Share Image
If you can't see the sun you will be impressed with a street light. If you've never felt thunder and lightning you'll… — John Piper Fall Copy Share Image
The saving love of God is his doing whatever must be done, at great cost to himself, and for the least deserving,… — John Piper Cost Copy Share Image
Books don't change people; paragraphs do, Sometimes even sentences. — John Piper Book Copy Share Image
Bad theology will eventually hurt people and dishonor God in proportion to its badness. — John Piper Badness Copy Share Image
“Hold your possessions so loosely that when they are lost in the sacrifices of love, your confidence in a supreme Treasure in… — John Piper Christianity Copy Share Image
If you don't feel strong desires for the manifestation of the glory of God, it is not because you have drunk deeply… — John Piper Desire Copy Share Image
“I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord GOD” (Ezekiel 18:32).” — John Piper Death Copy Share Image
Therefore bread was created for the glory of Christ. Hunger and thirst were created for the glory of Christ. And fasting was… — John Piper Bread Copy Share Image
Without extended, concentrated prayer, the ministry of the Word withers. And when the ministry of the Word declines, faith (Rom. 10:17; Gal.… — John Piper Activity Copy Share Image
“A prayerless Christian is like a bus driver trying alone to push his bus out of a rut because he doesn't know… — John Piper Bus driver Copy Share Image
We cannot know what prayer is for until we know that life is war. — John Piper Knows Copy Share Image
The ultimate purpose of life is to show that Jesus is more precious than life. — John Piper Jesus Copy Share Image
“This point is often missed by evangelical feminists. They conclude that a difference in function necessarily involves a difference in essence; i.e.,… — John Piper Feminism 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 Christ Copy Share Image
Christ is glorified in you when he is more precious to you than all that life can give or death can take. — John Piper Christ Copy Share Image
Not to abide in Jesus’ love would mean that we stop believing that we are loved by Jesus. We look at our… — John Piper Abandonment Copy Share Image
Headship is the divine calling of a husband to take primary responsibility for Christlike, servant leadership, protection, and provision in the home. — John Piper Calling Copy Share Image
