All John Piper Quotes
- We are more than a collection of appetites - we are of God. Appetite
- It has to do with seeing God. “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God†(Matthew 5:8). Blessed
- Every good thing in the Christian life grows in the soil of humility. Without humility, every virtue and every grace withers. That’s why Calvin said… Calvin
- The only answer in these modern times, as in all other times, is the blood of Christ. When our conscience rises up and condemns us,… Agent
- Don't follow a defeated foe. Follow Christ. It is costly. You will be an exile in this age. But you will be free. Age
- That's who Jesus Christ is. He became the final Priest and the final Sacrifice. Sinless, he did not offer sacrifices for himself. Immortal, he never… Alone
- We are not as Christ-centered and cross-cherishing as we should be, because we do not ponder the truth that everything good, and everything bad that… Bad
- Husbands are not Christ. But they are called to be like him. And the specific point of likeness is the husband's readiness to suffer for… Abuse
- Christ did not die to make good works merely possible or to produce a half-hearted pursuit. He died to produce in us a passion for… Avoidance
- O that we would so love the gospel and have so much compassion for lost people that tribulation and distress and persecution and famine and… Bold
- We weren't meant to be somebody--we were meant to know Somebody Inspirational
- My feelings are not God. God is God. My feelings do not define truth. God’s word defines truth. My feelings are echoes and responses to… Bend
- Grace is not simply leniency when we have sinned. Grace is the enabling gift of God not to sin. Grace is power, not just pardon. Enabling
- Our obedience is God's pleasure when it proves that God is our treasure. This is good news, because it means very simply that the command… Beauty
- Therefore bread was created for the glory of Christ. Hunger and thirst were created for the glory of Christ. And fasting was created for the… Both
- It was becoming clearer and clearer that if I wanted to come to the end of my life and not say, “I’ve wasted it!†then… All
- God created me—and you—to live with a single, all-embracing, all-transforming passion—namely, a passion to glorify God by enjoying and displaying his supreme excellence in all… All
- You don’t have to know a lot of things for your life to make a lasting difference in the world. But you do have to… Been
- But whatever you do, find the God-centered, Christ-exalting, Bible-saturated passion of your life, and find your way to say it and live for it and… Bible
- Life is wasted if we do not grasp the glory of the cross, cherish it for the treasure that it is, and cleave to it… Boast