John Piper

Quotes Regarding Spiritual Warfare

article - John Piper, Amy Carmichael

Most people show by their priorities and their casual approach to spiritual things that they believe we are in peacetime, not wartime.

The Ripple Effect of the Word: More Thoughts on Reading And Writing

article - John Piper

I’ve been thinking again about the importance of reading and writing.

The Power of Books and How to Use Them: Thoughts on Reading to Each Other Out Loud

article - John Piper

Evidently it was the custom of the pastors of the Northamptonshire Baptist Association in England in the late 1700s to meet periodically for prayer, fasting, and reading to each other.

The Passion of Jesus Christ: Fifty Reasons Why He Came to Die

article - John Piper

In his heart-wrenching, innocence-shattering, mouth-shutting book Night, Elie Wiesel tells of his experience as a teenager with his father in the concentration camps of Auschwitz, Buna, and Buchenwald.

The Church Was Spoken Against Everywhere

article - John Piper

Can the gospel spread, and thousands be converted, and churches grow, and love abound where Christianity is continually spoken against?

A Surprise Endorsement for Doctrine

article - John Piper

God gives good press to doctrine. But surveys of evangelicals usually do not—until recently.

What Is Your View About “Killing vs. Murder”?

article - John Piper

The attacks of September 11 and the resulting war against terrorism have brought to the front once again the question of the Christian view of war.

To the Jew First and Also to the Greek

article - John Piper

The good news that Christ died for our sins, and that he rose from the dead to open eternal life, and that salvation is by grace through faith—all that is for everyone who believes.

What Happens When We Die? The Dead Will Be Raised Imperishable

article - John Piper

Therefore God will honor the work of his Son by raising your body from the dead, and you will use your body to glorify him forever and ever. That is why you have a body now. And that is why it will be raised imperishable.

A Compelling Reason for Rigorous Training of the Mind

article - John Piper

I was reading and meditating on the book of Hebrews recently, when it hit me forcefully that a basic and compelling reason for education—the rigorous training of the mind—is so that a person can read the Bible with understanding.