John Piper
John Piper
John Stephen Piperis founder and teacher of desiringgod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is a Calvinist Baptist preacher and author who served as Pastor for Preaching and Vision of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota for 33 years. His books include ECPA Christian Book Award winners Spectacular Sins, What Jesus Demands from the World, Pierced by the Word, and God's Passion for His Glory, and bestsellers Don't Waste Your Life and The Passion of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth11 January 1946
CountryUnited States of America
God has ordained that Satan have a long leash with God holding on to the leash because he knows that when we walk in and out of those temptations, struggling with both the physical effects that they bring and the moral effects that they bring, more of God's glory will shine.
The deepest longing of the human heart is to know and enjoy the glory of God. We were made for this.
God's global aim in creation and redemption is not only the glory of his name, but also the gladness of the peoples.
The further you go in the revealed thoughts of God, the clearer you see that God's aim in creating the world was to display the value of his own glory.
Our main work is, by the spirit of God, with the Word of God, to portray the glories of God as more beautiful and more satisfying than anything.
The Bible does not oppose or forbid interracial marriages but sees them as a positive good for the glory of Christ.
Zeal for the glory of God motivates world missions
The ultimate aim of the gospel is the display of God’s glory.
Now unto him who is able to strengthen you … be glory.
The training is more extensive, the training has been upgraded, the training is very successful, and the training is monitored by the police department of New York City,
The astonishing thing is that people can become religious without being converted. That is, they join churches and start reading the Bible and doing religious things with no change in the foundation of their happiness: It is still themselves. They are the ground of their joy.
One way to appreciate C.S. Lewis is to see how his Christian humility shaped his life and work.
God revealed himself through the Law, which pointed to Christ as its end and goal, commanded the obedience that comes from faith, increased transgressions, and shut the mouths of all humans because no one has performed the righteousness of the Law so as not to need a substitute.
God created a good world that was subjected to futility because of the sinful, treasonous choice of the first human beings.