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John Piper

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born
in Chattanooga, Tennessee, The United States
January 11, 1946

gender
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Religion & Spirituality

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Jonathan Edwards, John Calvin, Blaise Pascal, C. S. Lewis, Daniel P. F...more


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John Stephen Piper is a 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)

Pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis since 1980, John Piper received his doctorate in theology from the University of Munich and taught at Bethel College for six years. His books include A Godward Life I...more


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John Piper's Blog

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Christian Adoption: Disavowals and Affirmations
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Significant Christian push-back was unleashed in recent months by Kathryn Joyce’s criticism of the abuses in evangelical adoption efforts: The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption.



Melanie Springer Mock documented some of that push-back and gave her appreciative take on Joyce’s book. I have been surprised at some undiscriminating criticism of evangelical adoption.



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John Piper's Books

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Desiring God: Meditations o...
4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 10,764 ratings — published 1986 — 18 editions
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Don't Waste Your Life
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 7,958 ratings — published 2003 — 16 editions
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Passion of Jesus Christ
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Let the Nations Be Glad!: T...
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The Pleasures of God: Medit...
4.35 of 5 stars 4.35 avg rating — 1,535 ratings — published 1991 — 13 editions
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When I Don't Desire God: Ho...
4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 1,522 ratings — published 2004 — 10 editions
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Future Grace
4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 1,481 ratings — published 1995 — 10 editions
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Hunger for God
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Think: The Life of the Mind...
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“God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him”
― John Piper
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“One of the great uses of Twitter and Facebook will be to prove at the Last Day that prayerlessness was not from lack of time.”
― John Piper
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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
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