John Piper
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born
January 11, 1946
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male
place of birth
The United States
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Religion & Spirituality
about this author
John Stephen Piper is a Reformed and Baptist theologian, preacher, and author, currently serving as Pastor for Preaching and Vision of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is the author of numerous books, including ECPA Christian Book Award winners 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 Jesus Christ. The evangelical organization Desiring God is named for his book Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist (1986)
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Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist by John Piper avg rating 4.19 — 813 ratings — published 2003 7 editions |
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Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper avg rating 4.05 — 772 ratings — published 2003 8 editions |
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Future Grace by John Piper avg rating 4.19 — 263 ratings — published 1995 4 editions |
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Let the Nations Be Glad! 2d ed. by John Piper avg rating 4.25 — 250 ratings — published 1993 7 editions |
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When I Don't Desire God: How to Fight For Joy by John Piper avg rating 4.15 — 229 ratings — published 2004 6 editions |
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The Passion of Jesus Christ: Fifty Reasons Why He Came to Die by John Piper avg rating 3.93 — 233 ratings — published 2004 4 editions |
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The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God's Delight in Being God by John Piper avg rating 4.37 — 198 ratings — published 1991 7 editions |
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Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ by John Piper avg rating 4.13 — 159 ratings — published 2001 4 editions |
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A Hunger for God: Desiring God through Fasting and Prayer by John Piper avg rating 4.06 — 143 ratings — published 1997 6 editions |
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God Is the Gospel: Meditations on God's Love as the Gift of Himself by John Piper avg rating 4.18 — 96 ratings — published 2005 4 editions |
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"Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in God without obscuring the glory of God."
— John Piper
— John Piper
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"The wisdom of God devised a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God while not compromising the righteousness of God."
— John Piper (Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist)
— John Piper (Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist)
