John Piper's Blog, page 47
April 5, 2022
What Is Slavery Like Without Threatening? Ephesians 6:5–9, Part 6
What does it mean that masters are to stop their threatening? And how did that revolutionize the slave-master relationship?
April 4, 2022
Should We Dramatize Jesus’s Life for Television?
God gave us a book about Jesus, not a video. So how might Christians think about dramatic portrayals of Jesus’s life in television or movies?
April 2, 2022
Should We Be Motivated by Degrees of Reward? Ephesians 6:5–9, Part 5
How could heaven be perfect and yet some people get more (or less) rewards? How could there be degrees in perfection?
April 1, 2022
Do Christians Still Have Evil Desires?
If God’s wrath comes against evil desires, and not only evil behaviors, why will his wrath not come against Christians, who still battle evil desires?
March 31, 2022
Every Christian Serving with the Whole Soul: Ephesians 6:5–9, Part 4
True Christian love and service spring from within. People-pleasers may sometimes serve, but not from the heart.
March 30, 2022
How Fleeting Pleasures Sidetrack Our Love
A lack of love for other people doesn’t show that we’re trying too hard to please ourselves — it shows that we’re far too easily pleased.
March 29, 2022
March 28, 2022
I’m Too Distracted with Life to Meditate on Christ
How can we turn our attention away from regrets, dreams, and other consuming thoughts so that we can set our minds on things that are above?
March 27, 2022
Bible Reading Has Been My Life: Personal Reflections for Christian Fathers
What does Bible reading look like for John Piper? In this message to fathers, he tells personal stories and shares how he has weaved Bible reading into all of life.
March 26, 2022
Can Slaves of Christ Have Another Master? Ephesians 6:5–9, Part 2
The apostle’s words to slaves commanding them to obey their earthly masters apply to all of us — but how?
