Piper John: 140 books
When the Darkness Will Not Lift: Doing What We Can While We Wait for God: Doing What We Can While We Wait for God--and Joy
Doing What We Can While We Wait for God--and Joy
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2006
"It is utterly crucial that in our darkness we affirm the wise, strong hand of God to hold us, even when we have no strength to hold him."
John Piper
Even the most faithful, focused Christians can encounter periods of depression and spiritual darkness when joy seems to stay just out of reach....
This Momentary Marriage: A Parable of Permanence
A Parable of Permanence
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2009
Reflecting on forty years of matrimony, John Piper exalts thebiblical meaning of marriage over its emotion, exhorting couples tokeep their covenant for all the best reasons.
Even in the days when people commonly stayed married "'til deathdo us part," there has never been a generation whose...
by John Piper
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2008
A guided group study that focuses on John Piper's DVD teachingregarding how to fight for true delight in Christ and obtain properaffections for God.Does the command to love God with all our heart, soul, and mindreally obligate us to enjoy God above all things? Joy and delightare emotions after...
Love Your Enemies (A History of the Tradition and Interpretation of Its Uses)
Jesus' Love Command in the Synoptic Gospels and the Early Christian Paraenesis
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2012
“Love Your Enemies…”
This is one of the few statements Jesus made that is readily accepted by believers and skeptics alike. Its authenticity is not seriously questioned and yet it is a revolutionary command.
Giving attention to various critical theories, John Piper presents evidence...
Expository Exultation
Christian Preaching as Worship
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2018
“God has appointed preaching in worship as one great means of accomplishing his ultimate goal in the world.” —John Piper
John Piper makes a compelling claim in these pages about the purpose of preaching: it is intended not merely as an explanation of the text but also as a means of awakening...
Velvet Steel
The Joy of Being Married to You: Selections from the Poems of John Piper
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2009
Beyond the tough love of covenant-keeping is a warmth and tenderness that can't be denied. So while John Piper's This Momentary Marriage focuses on the theological meaning of marriage, its companion volume, Velvet Steel, reveals the rich, emotional dimension.
Within these pages Piper shares...
by John Piper
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2008
John Piper awakens you to the highest, best, final, and decisivegood of the gospel, without which no other gifts would be good.Some people say forgiveness makes the gospel good news. Otherssuggest that being saved from hell or gaining freedom from a guiltyconscience makes it good news. But...
Desiring God, Revised Edition
Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2011
Experience the Lifelong Pleasures of Knowing God!
Satisfaction…Happiness…Joy. According to John Piper, the pursuit of pleasure in God is not only permissible, it’s essential.
Desiring God is a paradigm-shattering work that dramatically alters common perspectives on relating to...
Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism
A Response to Evangelical Feminism
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2006
A controversy of major proportions has spread through the church. Recent generations bear witness to the rise of "evangelical feminism"-a movement that has had a profound impact on all of life, challenging some of our basic Christian beliefs.
In this new edition of an influential and award-winning...
The Pastor as Scholar and the Scholar as Pastor
Reflections on Life and Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011
Following the 2009 Gospel Coalition conference John Piper and D. A. Carson presented two talks at Park Community Church in Chicago, IL, sponsored by the Henry Institute at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. The topic of their presentation was on the relationship of scholarship and pastoral ministry....
Il retaggio della suprema gioia
La grazia trionfante di Dio nella vita di Agostino, Lutero e Calvino
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 20, 2013
In questo libro John Piper racconta la verità su Agostino, Lutero e Calvino: fu la loro esperienza della maestà di Dio e della grazia, nelle loro debolezze – e di fronte ad innumerevoli ingiustizie ed avversità – a fare la differenza. Portò Agostino ad abbandonare gioie frivole e mondane,...
by John Piper
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2007
"John Piper's succinct and superbly perceptive study of William Wilberforce deserves to become an acclaimed bestseller. It not only tells the story of a great man's life-it also tells us how to understand the ultimate source of his greatness and happiness. Moreover, that understanding goes far...
The Pleasures of God
Meditations on God's Delight in Being God
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2012
The author of Desiring God reveals the biblical evidence to help us see and savor what the pleasures of God show us about Him. Includes a study guide for individual and small-group use.
Isn’t it true—we really don’t know someone until we understand what makes that person happy? And so...
by John Piper
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 1997
There is an appetite for God. And it can be awakened. I invite you to turn from the dulling effects of food and the dangers of idolatry, and to say with some simple fast: "This much, O God, I want you." Our appetites dictate the direction of our lives--whether it be the cravings of our stomachs,...