John Piper

4 weeks ago | logos.com | John Piper |Elyse Fitzpatrick |Jeremy Writebol

Ask a question as deep as “What’s the purpose of life?” or as simple as a single word, “Trinity”—and Smart Search finds the answers you’re actually looking for in seconds. See which resources are worth reading front to back—or not—so you can dedicate your time to what’s most important for your study. Accessible from Smart Search, Factbook, or within a resource.

1 month ago | crossway.org | John Piper |Brett McCracken |Paul Tripp

This article is part of the Passages to Read series. 1. 1 Timothy 6:6–9But godliness with contentment is great gain, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. Read More2.

1 month ago | desiringgod.org | John Piper

Audio TranscriptOne of the dominant themes throughout the history of this podcast, Ask Pastor John, is looking at the local church. How do I find a good local church? When should I leave my church? Can I attend multiple churches? How do we respond to people who say, “I won’t leave Jesus — but I’m done with the local church and its failed leaders”? Et cetera. A lot of ground has been covered in these topics, as you can see in the APJ book, beginning on page 417.

1 month ago | desiringgod.org | John Piper

What is Look at the Book? You look at a Bible text on the screen. You listen to John Piper. You watch his pen “draw out” meaning. You see for yourself whether the meaning is really there. And (we pray!) all that God is for you in Christ explodes with faith, and joy, and love.

1 month ago | desiringgod.org | John Piper

I’m going to tell you what I think the main point of this text is so that as we move through the text you can put it to the test. I want you to be asking as we work our way through this text — eyes on God’s word, to test my word — “Has he got it? Is he onto Luke’s the point? Or has he imported this from his own ideas into the text? Is it coming out of the text as Luke has written the story?” Luke is the inspired writer here, not me. Can we see the point in this story as Luke has written it?