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Long Sorrows Set the Stage

Every Pinch of Pain Has Purpose

How Do I Find the Main Point of a Psalm?

The Good News of God’s Faithfulness to God

Read the Bible with Us in 2024

My Bible Reading Feels Flat — What Can I Do?

Four Reasons Christmas Is Special

Does Christ’s Righteousness Cover My Joylessness?

Does God Direct All the Details of My Life?

What Does It Mean to Live ‘in the Flesh’?

Is Cremation Okay If I Give My Body to Science?

Does Junk Food Dishonor God?

I Want Jesus to Be My Treasure — Is the Wanting Enough?

My Joy Is So Short-Lived — How Do I Make It Last?

What’s the Significance of Simon Carrying Jesus’s Cross?

Where Was the Holy Spirit on Good Friday?

Is There Any Place for Fear in the Christian Life?

How Does God Answer Today’s Skeptics?

How Do Christians Survive in Middle-Class America?

What Is the Sovereignty of God?

Why Have Kids If They Might End Up in Hell?

I’m Eager to Pastor Now — Should I Skip Seminary?

Why Did Jesus Need to ‘Become Superior’ to Angels?

How Much Can Christians Learn from Non-Christians?

He Killed His Wife and Children — Can He Really Be Forgiven?

Does the Old Testament Alienate the Disabled?

Why Does God Choose Some and Not Others?

Money, Mardi Gras, and Something Far Better: Stories from South America

How Do I Resist Smartphone Overuse?

Can a Coin Flip Reveal God’s Will for My Life?

My Girlfriend Affirms Homosexual Love — Is This a Deal-Breaker?

What Does Jesus Mean by ‘I Never Knew You’?

My Husband Is Passive — What Can I Do?

How Do I Break My Entertainment Addiction?

How Much Entertainment Is Too Much?

I’m an Anxious Person — How Do I ‘Rest in Christ’?

How Can I See the Beauty of God?

Is Street Evangelism Better Than Building Relationships?

Why Global Missions Requires Healthy Churches

Should Hell Motivate Our Missionaries?

I Feel Trapped in My Job — What Should I Do?

How Your Career Could Crush You

Is Investing in Stocks Any Better Than Gambling?

Did Jesus Endorse Polygamy in the Parable of the Ten Virgins?

Why Is God Withholding Marriage from Me?

Are Calvinists Inconsistent with Romans 9?

How Can We Prioritize Our Marriage over Work and Kids?

When Does Bible Neglect Become Sinful?

I’m Tired and Busy — How Do I Make Time for the Bible?

I Have an Hour a Day to Read — How Much Should Be Bible?

Three Reasons to Read the Bible Every Day in 2019

How Do I Make the Most of Daily Bible Reading?

Can a Christian Survive in Silicon Valley?

How Do I Welcome Christ at Christmas?

What Makes Christmas So Controversial?

What Is the Rapture?

Will We Meet Jesus as Soon as We Die?

How Will Christ ‘Reconcile’ Unbelievers to Himself?

Why Do We Give Christmas Gifts?

What Should I Tell My Kids About Santa?

How Do We Know Jesus Is the Messiah?

I Will Die Young — How Do I Fight for Hope?

My Friend Claims She’s Gay — What Do I Say?

How Do Introverts Guard Against Selfishness?

Why Is the Ministry Called ‘Desiring God’?

What Will Become of Christian Hedonism After You’re Gone?

What Does Christian Hedonism Add to Reformed Theology?

Should I Ever Go Through the Motions in Worship?

Do I Need to ‘Hear from God’ Before I Make a Decision?

How Do I Respond to Blasphemous Thoughts?

Seven Ways This Podcast Will Kill Your Joy

What Comes First: My Obedience to Jesus or My Joy in Jesus?

How Do I Pray for Healing and Honor God’s ‘No’?

Does My Sexual Past Make Me Unsavable?

Does Jesus Commend Dishonesty in Luke 16?

How Can God Be Sovereign and Good and Allow Suffering?

Do Gender Roles Apply Beyond Marriage?

What Is Union with Christ?

Is It Sinful to Gamble on Fantasy Sports?

How to Read the Bible for Teenagers

How Do I Question Someone’s Salvation at the End of His Life?

I Didn’t Treasure Christ When I First Believed — Was I Unsaved?

My Girlfriend Is Pregnant — What Do I Do Next?

Does Premarital Pregnancy Nullify ‘Unequally Yoked’?

Why Does Piper Avoid Politics and What’s Trending?

Why Does John Piper Journal?

Does Depression Disqualify a Pastor?

When You Sin at Home: Learning to Pause and Repent

How John Piper Became a ‘Christian Hedonist’

Are We Fighting Against Sin or for Joy?

Should We Raise Our Hands in Worship?

How to Raise Children in a Pornographic Culture

My Funding Dried Up — Is This My Sign to Leave the Ministry?

What Part Does God Play in Positive Social Change?

Should I Attend the Wedding of a Couple Already Living Together?

How Do I Teach ‘Christian Hedonism’ to My Kids?

Should I Ever Take an Action I Don’t ‘Have Peace’ About?

Five Ways Jesus Changes Our Relationship to the Old Testament

What Is the Place of Faith in My Unanswered Prayers?

What Hope Does God Offer in My Depression?

Ministering Without R.C. Sproul

Real Sermons Are Not Lectures or Moral Stories

How Do I Feed My Joy in Jesus Every Morning?

How Do I Choose Good Books and Grow My Library?

I Have Chronic Fatigue — How Do I Not Waste My Life?

How Self-Esteem Ruins Bible Reading

How Has Social Media Changed Bible Reading?

Women of the Word: Reading the Bible for Ourselves

Is It Wrong for Men to Have Long Hair?

How Do We Respect Others While Rejecting Their False Beliefs?

Piper’s Reflections After a Mainline Church Service

What Can We Learn from the Jordan Peterson Phenomenon?

Why Is My Child Disabled?

Three Threats to the Joy of This Generation

What’s the Point of My Life?

John Piper’s Most-Used Promises

How to Win the War for Morning Devotions

The Miracle of Waiting Faithfully

How Do I Cling to God — When Life Feels Easy?

How Much Joy Can We Really Expect in This Life?

Make War on Your Urge to Sulk

When God Answers ‘No’ to Our Prayers

How to Navigate Conversations About Sexual Identity

Am I Less Human If I’m Sexually Unfulfilled?

The Christian Debate over Sexual Identity

Does God Want to Make Me Happy or Holy?

Did Paul and Moses Prioritize Mission over Joy in God?

Does John Piper Add (Joy) to the Gospel?

Universalism Distorts the Grace of God

Universalism Is ‘Alive and Well’ — How Do We Oppose It?

Did C.S. Lewis Warn Against Christian Hedonism?

What Does It Feel Like to See the Beauty of Christ?

Is God Glorified in Those Who Reject Him?

What 40-Year-Old David Platt Would Say to His 20-Year-Old Self

Isn’t the Joy-Centered Life Just an Emotional Roller Coaster?

How Do I Find God’s Will for My Life?

Does Scripture Forbid Entrepreneurs from Raising Big Money?

How Do I Overcome Crippling Self-Consciousness?

Where Is Satan Most Visibly Active Today?

A Word to Strengthen Parents of Disabled Children

How Do I Overcome My Fear of Death?

Should Christians Save for Retirement?

Drug Users and Christian Hedonists — Aren’t Both Just Chasing the Next High?

How Can We Tweet to the Glory of God?

The Secret to Fighting Anxiety

Should We Sing of God’s ‘Reckless Love’?

Is My Joy Essential in Glorifying God?

Reflections on the Seashells Sermon, 18 Years Later

How Do I Know If a Sermon Is Too Long or Too Short?

What Is the Place of Eloquence in Christian Preaching?

How to Read the Bible — and Preach It

Piper’s Six-Stage Process for Writing Books

How Does God’s Sovereignty Not Violate Our Decision-Making?

My Body: Friend or Foe?

Isn’t God Most Glorified in Me When I Am Most Self-Giving?

How to Keep Your Faith When You Lose Confidence in a Local Church

Why Do We See So Few Miracles Today?

Where the Gospel of Roman Catholicism Fails

Do Paul’s Missions Leave Us with a Geographic Pattern to Follow?

Why Will Some of Us Get Fewer Rewards in Heaven?

Will Profanity Make Us More Relevant in Reaching Our Culture?

Can We Skip the Parts of the New Testament Not in the Original Manuscripts?

Do the Biblical Warnings Against Riches Apply to Most Americans?

Have I Really Forgiven Someone If I Keep Remembering Their Wrong?

How Do I Avoid the Pitfalls of Too Little Introspection and Too Much?

When Do We Intervene in Other People’s Conflicts?

Does the Bible Portray Women as Emotional and Men as Rational?

How Do I Show Kindness to My Children and Expect Them to Obey?

Is the Great Commission for Every Individual Christian?

Does Reformed Theology Impede Racial Reconciliation?

Dating: Good Jealousy and Bad

Is It Sinful for My Husband and Me to Pray Against Pregnancy?

Isn’t It Loving to My Family to Prepare for Doomsday?

How to Climb the Corporate Ladder — for Jesus’s Sake

My Midlife Crisis — and Counsel for Yours

Sex-Abuse Allegations and the Egalitarian Myth

When God Feels Distant, He May Want Us to Grow Up

God’s Sovereign Plans Behind Your Most Unproductive Days

How Do We Avoid Over-Thinking (or Under-Thinking) the Christian Life?

Do Christians Carry More Emotional Stress Than Non-Christians?

Christians Are Marrying Later — How Do I Wait in Faith?

Will We Be Finally ‘Saved’ by Faith Alone?

Do Reproductive Technologies Oppose God’s Design?

In What Way Will Christians Judge Angels?

Do Cessationists Miss Out on the Full Joys of Christianity?

On the Day Billy Graham Died

Can a Devout Roman Catholic Be Genuinely Born Again?

How Does ‘Willful Sinning’ Threaten My Salvation?

Isn’t Veganism Closer to God’s Original Design?

In What Sense Did Christ Die for the Non-Elect?

Avoiding Pride in a World of Selfie Sticks and Social Media Platforms

Did Jesus Advocate Castration to Break Sex Addiction?

How Important Is It to Confess My Sin to Someone Other Than God?

Did Jesus Say I’d Be Healthier If My Faith Were Stronger?

How Do I Fight Pride When Competing in School, Business, and Sports?

Two Strategies to Win the War on Lust

Following Christ Is Costly — But How Do You Count the Cost?

“Let Your Light Shine” — Should I Instagram My Good Works?

Is This Life Too Short to Determine Our Eternal Destiny?

Is There a Place for Female Professors at Seminary?

Does God’s Happiness Depend on Mine?

What Value Is the Old Testament to the Christian Life?

Does God Love the Non-Elect?

Do Non-Christians Ever Please God?

What’s Wrong with Dressing Immodestly for Attention?

To Discouraged Pastors and Their Wives

Why ‘Falling Out of Love’ Never Justifies Divorce

Deep Bible Reading Strategies for the Tired and Busy

A New Year, A New Bible Reading Plan

I’m Retired and Want to Do Missions — What’s My First Step?

Where Is Heaven Right Now?

Why Did Jesus Need to ‘Learn Obedience’?

Why Christmas Never Lives Up to the Buildup

Do I Love God for His Gifts or for Who He Is?

Did Jesus Diminish His Divine Power to Become Human?

Keep Close to the Heart of Christmas

To Live Is Christ — What Does That Mean?

What Is the ‘Sin Not Leading to Death’ in 1 John 5?

Can I Leave and Cleave If We Live with My Parents?

How to Live Wisely in the End Times

We Are Accountable for What We Know

When Do Christians Resist a Government That Kills Its Citizens?

To Whom Did Jesus Pay Our Ransom?

Did Public Controversy over the Nashville Statement Hurt the Cause?

Does Hebrews Tell Us to “Grow Up” Beyond the Gospel?

How Do You Structure Your Prayer Life?

Does God Decree Events He Doesn’t Want to Happen?

How Do I Glorify God in My Job?

How Do I Process Personal Criticism?

Why Does Gossip Feel So Good?

Am I Wrong to Prepare for a Nuclear Doomsday?

Why Does God’s Sovereignty Make Some Ambitious and Others Apathetic?

How Do I Love God More Than My Entertainment?

The Dignity of Those with Dementia

Six Common Ways Preachers Dishonor God’s Word

How Do I Know If I’m Loving My Wife Well?

Church Membership Has Left Me Relationally Jaded

Is God a Megalomaniac?

How Much of My Happiness Is Settled by Factors Outside My Immediate Control?

How Martin Luther Built a Brand That Changed the World

What Are the Best Reformation Biographies?

Why the Reformation Remains Relevant After 500 Years

Is Anyone Born a Racist? Or Is It Learned?

Is Knowing God’s Sovereignty Important to My Daily Life?

God Is Holy and Righteous — Are Those the Same?

Ephesians 1:18: Who Will Receive the Riches of Heaven?

Confronting Emotional and Verbal Abuse in the Home

Is It Harmful to Date in High School?

The Great Marriage Killer

Reading Is Agonizing for Me — How Can I Study the Bible in Small Bits?

The Lord’s Supper — Somber or Cheerful?

What Does It Mean to ‘Abide in Christ’?

What’s the Origin of Desiring God’s Slogan?

Did Adam and Eve Sin Before the Bite?

Does God Control All Things All the Time?

Popular Author Stumbles — What Should We Do With His Books?

Are We Called to Thank God for Our Severest Suffering?

John Piper’s Prayer in the Path of Hurricanes

What Is the Kingdom of God?

Are Small Churches Less Fruitful?

How Did I Fail My Unbelieving Children?

Has Marriage Become My Idol?

Did God Choose Me Because He Loved Me or Love Me Because He Chose Me?

Six Questions to Ask Before You Binge on Netflix

Is Wartime Living the Same as Minimalism?

If Someone Doesn’t Like Me, Have I Ruined My Christian Witness?

Am I Single Because I’m Defective?

Local Atheist or Modern Pharisee — Who Is the Greater Threat?

How to Stay Christian in College

Our Wedding Date Is Set — Why Not Have Sex Now?

Is God’s Grace Really Free, or Does It Cost Me Everything?

Retirement Homes and Caring for Aging Parents

When Worship Lyrics Miss the Mark

Do All Religions Lead to God?

Should a Single Parent Get Married?

My Best Life Now?

Does John Piper Overplay Bible Literacy?

Should We Memorize Catechisms or Scripture?

Why the Coming Kingdom of Christ Is Really Bad News

Glorifying God in Unshakable Grief

“My Life Feels Pointless”

Does My Sex Life Affect My Prayer Life?

“I Had an Abortion”

Soul Care for Exhausted Young Mothers

Does God’s Pursuit of His Glory Ever Detract from His Love?

Should I “Dream Big” for God When I Have a Huge Ego?

How Much Sleep Is Too Much Sleep?

Can I Remarry If My Spouse Dies? Should I?

How Would You Lead an Overly Patriotic Church?

Should Patriotism Have a Place in Church?

How Is Jesus Both Joy and Master?

How Do I Study a Specific Topic in the Bible?

Jesus Said He’d Return Soon, So Where Is He?

How Can I Better Study a Bible Passage?

What Can We Say to Friends Facing Suffering?

How Do I “Give My Life to God”?

I Know God Loves Me, but Does He Like Me?

Did Israel’s King Consult with a Witch?

When Do I Unfollow My Pastor?

How Do I Escape Regret over Hurt I’ve Caused?

How Do I Follow Big Sections of Scripture?

The Only Solution to Spiritual Blindness

What’s the Point of Your New Trilogy of Books?

God’s Work in Your Depression

Will You Ever Write a Piper Bible Commentary?

My Sin Feels Good in the Moment — Why Stop?

Can We Be Legalistic About Not Being Legalists?

Is Body Image My Idol?

Will You Write More Biographies?

What’s the Difference Between ‘Foolish’ and ’Sinful’?

Can I Forgive Someone Who Doesn’t Confess Wronging Me?

Is Homosexuality Really the Worst Sin?

Why Does John Piper Complicate Saving Faith?

Explaining Hell to Our Children

How Will God Judge What I Do Today?

Is John Piper Happy?

Three Strategies for Overcoming the Superficial Life

God Made Me — So Doesn’t He Owe Me Salvation?

Does the Bible Prescribe Alcohol to the Depressed?

Is Male Headship a Lost Cause?

How Do I Love My Unbelieving Spouse?

The Glory of Good Friday

The Horror of Crucifixion

What’s the Last Thing You Would Tweet?

Campus Ministry and the Local Church — Do They Work Together?

How Do Finite Beings Worship an Infinite God?

Was Calvin a Christian Hedonist?

Should Christians Vacation to Religious Shrines?

My Parents Say Missions Is a Waste of American Blessings

What’s the Appeal of Heavenly Rewards Other Than Getting Christ?

Should We Baptize the Dead?

I’m Confused — Are We to Pray with Few Words or Without Ceasing?

How Can My Difficult Marriage Glorify Christ?

Do We Really Need Musical Worship?

When Should Christians Use Satire?

Why Does the New Testament Cite Extrabiblical Sources?

What Is Revival and Where Do We Find It?

The Benedict Option and American Politics: 12-Minute Audio with Don Carson

Why I’m Baptist

My Prodigal Left Home — Should I Give Him Money?

Is God Ever Surprised?

What If Life Turns Out to Be Pointless?

Am I Really Ready for Heaven?

Does God Know the Exact Day I Will Die?

How Soon Is Christ’s Return?

Can We Ever See God or Not?

Will Every Jew Be Saved?

How Many Bible Versions Should I Read?

Is Pain Punishment for My Sin?

Do Pets Distract the Christian Life?

Never Send Nude Selfies: Seven Reasons

How Do I Pray the Bible?

Was Jesus a Christian Hedonist?

Can I Be Faithful to God and Popular at School?

Will Some People in Heaven Have More Joy Than Others?

Grape Nuts — Hot or Cold?

Can Loved Ones in Heaven Look Down on Me?

Was Any Biblical Writer Aware He Was Inspired?

What If I Ruin My Kids?

John Piper’s Prayer for President Trump

Christ Reigns over All: Biblical Survey of God’s Kingdom

Help! My Teen Is Abandoning Christ

What Does It Mean That God Will Glorify Me? And How?

Are Men Superior to Women?

I’m Exhausted — How Do I Recharge My Body Without Neglecting My Soul?

Don’t Waste Your Engagement: How to Prepare for Marriage

Did John the Baptist Advocate Divorce?

Am I Holy Enough to Take Communion?

Will I Be Single for the Rest of My Life?

Is It Sinful to Seek Fame Online?

Why Are Women More Eager Missionaries?

How Does a ‘Man’s Man’ Sing to a ‘Beautiful’ Jesus?

The Sacrifice of Christ in the Season of Christmas

John Piper’s Favorite Hymn

Santa Claus: Harmless Fun or Tragic Distraction?

Will We Fear God in Heaven?

Is It Sinful to Be Pregnant Before Marriage?

Can Christians Benefit from Books by Nonbelievers?

Can We Do Whatever We Want in Heaven?

I’m Paralyzed by Indecision — What Should I Do?

Am I Quenching the Holy Spirit?

Does God Promise to Feed and Clothe Christians?

Which Old-Testament Promises Apply to Me?

Talk to Your Wife About Lust

Are We Overdoing the Anti-Prosperity Gospel Theme?

Yes to Hating Sin, No to Hating Self

Should We Encourage Interracial Marriage?

How to Read a Bible Full of Promises

How Is Christ My Advocate If His Saving Work Is Finished?

Did My Lust Cause Our Miscarriage?

Should We Obey Old Testament Law?

What Is “Fullness of Joy” and Do I Have It?

Isn’t Unlimited Atonement More Glorious Than Limited Atonement?

A Little Introduction to Covenants

The Heart of Christian Hedonism — and the Bible and Creation and Everything

Why Do We Celebrate the Protestant Reformation?

Contrary to Roman Catholics, the Bible Is Our Sufficient Authority

Is It Sinful to Watch Porn with My Spouse?

Why Does God Regret and Repent in the Bible?

Is It Love If I Don’t Feel It?

How Is the Law Written on Every Heart?

Why Did Jesus Delay So Long Before Entering Human History?

Little Ears, “Big Church,” and Sensitive Sermons

As a Pastor, Did You Use Church Growth Strategies?

How Do We Prepare Our Children for Suffering?

Fight Sin, Find Rest

Does Porn Use Disqualify a Pastor?

You Cannot Glorify God If You Find Him Boring

How Do I Test My Interpretations of the Bible?

How Can I Minister to My Classmates This Year?

Is the Missionary Greater Than the Artist?

Should I Confront Sin in My Non-Christian Friends?

Is Christian Hedonism Only for Complementarians?

Five Strategies for Avoiding Intellectualism

Can I Be Sure I’m Saved If Persevering Is the Proof?

Why Did Jesus Not Seek His Own Glory?

Does God Love His Enemies?

How Can I Soften My Own Heart?

Jesus Is My Brother — But What Does That Mean?

How Do I Pray Without Ceasing?

Should We Meet in House Churches?

How Do You Pray in Public, Without Performing?

“I Go to Church to See Miracles” — Is That Reason Legit?

Can We Overdo Christian Hedonism?

God’s Glory Illustrated — for Kids

Red, Yellow, Black, and White — Could Every Race Come from Adam, Eve, and Noah?

What Is the Role of Pentecostalism in the World?

Tragedy Overload in the Digital Age: How Do We Handle All the Bad News?

If I’m Dead to Sin, Why Must I Kill It Every Day?

Prepare for Suffering Now

What Makes My Life Significant?

Divorce, Remarriage, and Honoring God

Should Children Sit Through ‘Big Church’?

Transgenderism: Hopes, Tensions, and Biological Roadblocks

Is Technology Outpacing Our Ethics?

What Gives Us the Right to Label Transgender Impulses as Wrong?

What Causes Gender Dysphoria?

Why Did the Transgender Revolution Catch Us by Surprise?

John Piper’s Funeral Prayer for a Family of Five

Exodus: Understanding One of the Bible’s Major Themes

Paying Pastors, Church Buildings, and Weekly Sermons?

Three Steps to Stop Wasting Your Life

If the Bible Has Been Added To, Can We Trust It?

Should I Pursue Marriage If I Doubt My Salvation?

“I Want Kids. My Husband Doesn’t”

When Does Humor Become Sinful?

The World Is Full of Glory, But Only One Glory Can Save

Does John Piper Hate Fun?

How Do I Know Paul’s Epistles Are Relevant for My Life?

Why Is My Delight in God So Short Lived?

Can a Christian Blaspheme the Holy Spirit?

Miracles Surround Your Life

Can We Overthink the Christian Life?

What’s the Goal of Our Union with Christ?

Welcomed into the Family of God: Sonship in the Bible

Is Love Fake If Motivated by Reward?

Can Satan ‘Devour’ True Christians?

What Is “the Joy of the Lord” and Where Can I Find It?

How Do I Survey All the Deep Wonders of the Cross?

Should Christians Be Patriotic?

How Did Jesus ‘Learn Obedience’ and ‘Become Perfect’?

The End Is Near — Are You Ready?

Does Medicine Impede God’s Plan for My Suffering?

Must I Wait for My Parents to Approve of My Future Spouse?

A Short History of Bible Clutter

A Theology of Summer Vacations

Bikinis and Modesty

How Do I Delight Myself in the Trinity?

Our Triune God Among the False gods

Envisioning Fatherhood

Perfect Manhood on Display

What You Admire Is What You’re Becoming

Should I Finish School Before I Marry? Six Options to Consider

Spanking Is Illegal in My Country — Now What?

What Is the Difference Between ‘Called’ and ‘Chosen’?

My Six Favorite Books on Romans

The Outrage of History

Weddings: Don’t Break the Bank

No Cremation — But Should I Gift My Body to Science?

How Can I Share Conflicts with My Spouse Without Gossiping?

Are the First and Last Commandments the Same?

How Our Sex Life Manifests Our Soul Health

I Don’t Like My Job — Now What?

Why Grumpiness at Work Lies About God

The Bible Often Mentions God’s Wrath — Why Does It Matter?

I’m a Complementarian Married to an Egalitarian — Who Compromises Now?

Why Hell Exists

How Do My Unbaptized Children Relate to the New-Covenant Promises?

How Do I Feed My Soul in the Hard Books of the Old Testament?

My Friend Honored God and His Parents — Why Did He Die Young?

I See a Church Leader Living in Sexual Sin — Should I Expose Him?

Why Do I Need Forgiveness? Beware of the Wrong Answers

“May I Have Two Wives?” Six Vetoes

Will You Use Target’s Transgender Bathroom?

What the Whole Bible Says About Sin

Why Can’t God Eternally Love Those Who Don’t Believe in Him?

Leading with Words

Conviction, Humility, and Self-Confidence in the Workplace

The Power of Storytelling in Leadership

What Can We Learn from ‘Black Lives Matter’?

How Do Money, Sex, and Power Expose the Real Me?

How Our Loves Bind Our Will

Can Pleasure in God Really Compete with the Pleasures of Porn?

Correcting My Mistake with Money, Sex, and Power

What Is Worship?

I’ve Already Wasted My Life — Now What?

Why Jesus Needed a Body

Should Christians Partner with Non-Christians on Social Issues?

What Is the Line Between Courage and Foolishness?

Spoil the Grandkids? A Better Way Forward

‘Please Help! — I’m Wandering Away from God’

Is the Christian Life Peace or War?

Do We Have Joy or Fight for It?

Ten Principles for Personal Productivity

When Worldly “Freedoms” Become Sinister Shackles

Sneak Peek of John’s Next Book

Jesus Is Real, Living, Precious, and Present

Will God Hurt Me and Call It Good?

My Young Life Has Been Physically Ruined — Now What?

Gospel Hope for Self-Haters

Does My Soul Sleep After Death?

To Spiritually Float Is to Dangerously Drift

Look at the Book — Should Preachers Draw on Texts During Their Sermons?

My Pastor Uses Pre-Made Sermons — Should I Be Concerned?

How Do You Use Your iPhone and iPad in Christian Growth?

I Slept with My Girlfriend — Now What?

Social Justice on Purpose

How Our Faith and Law-Keeping Work Together in the Christian Life

Should Christians Swear on the Bible?

A Biblical Theology of Resurrection

Ten Ways Easter Changes Everything

Stop Living a Half-Life with God

Seven Simple Tips to Refresh Your Prayer Life

A Plea for a Radical Christian Wartime Lifestyle in the Retirement Years

Did Biblical Writers Mature over Time?

Gospel Hope for Cultural Pessimists

You Were Made to Celebrate

Gospel Wisdom for Approval Junkies

Is My Dating Relationship Idolatrous?

A Theology of Creation in 12 Points

May Christian Doctors Help Patients Die If the Law Permits?

Jesus Is Not Dead, Absent, Boring, or Predictable

Is Oprah Right on Psalm 37:4?

Jerry Bridges (1929–2016): Five Lessons from a Remarkable Life of Faith

Does Sin Have a Necessary Place in God’s Plan for the Universe?

Why Casinos Always Win in the End

Should We Flip a Coin to Find God’s Will?

Why Going to Church Does Not Make You a Christian

‘My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?’ Didn’t Jesus Already Know?

Has My Sexual Sin Made Me Unsavable?

How Do I Wisely Tell a Professing Believer I Don’t Think He Is Saved?

Four Reasons to Share Your Personal Struggles with Non-Christians

Jesus Did Not Stop at Making Salvation Possible

Help Me Trust in God’s Sovereign Goodness over My Wearisome Life

How Do I Live the Authentic Christian Life?

Could a Complementarian / Egalitarian Marriage Work?

How Are God’s Attributes “Clearly Perceived” by Everyone?

The Christian’s Great Vocation

Doesn’t the Bible Tell Christians to Put Homosexuals to Death?

Should Christians Tolerate False Religious Beliefs?

An Overview of the Whole Bible

May I Split My Giving Between My Church and Another Ministry?

We Will Sing Bloody Songs Forever

Why Do Christians Worship Together on Sundays?

Why Do Christians Fast?

Romantic Love Is a Wonderful Gift — and a Terrible God

My Child’s Greatest Need

The Single Aim of All Ministry

The Spiritual Battle with Weight Loss

God’s Glory Must Enchant Us

How Do You Humbly Receive Harsh Feedback?

If We Have the Holy Spirit, Do We Need Other Teachers?

What Is ‘Glorified Joy’ and Can I Get It?

How Do You Synthesize Your Simple Lifestyle and Speaking at Expensive Conferences?

What Is Discipleship and How Is It Done?

What Truths Do We Need from Outside the Bible?

How Do We Know We Cannot Sin in Heaven?

How Christ Sensitizes Us to Reality

Can I Be Blotted from the Book of Life?

Is God Sovereign over My Free Will?

Why Was Jesus Baptized?

Humbly Handling the Offense of the Gospel with Non-Christians

Who Is Jesus to You?

Four Ways to Kill the Sin of Habitual Suspicion

What Does It Mean for a Man to Lead His Family Spiritually?

Will God Call Me to a Career I Don’t Enjoy?

Strategies for When Life Seems Aimless

What’s the Most Neglected Spiritual Discipline?

What Spiritual Disciplines Are Most Important?

How Do I Know If I’m Doing the Spiritual Disciplines Right?

Why We Need Personal and Congregational Disciplines

What Are Spiritual Disciplines?

What Are the Biggest Challenges Facing the Evangelical Church in 2016?

Why Sexual Metaphors of Jesus and His Bride Embarrass Us

Are We Saved by Belief in God or by Delight in God?

The Key to Experiencing Christmas Peace in Your Life Today

Glory to God and Peace on Earth

Santa Claus: Harmless Fun or Christmastime Diversion?

Truth or Fiction: Did Herod Really Slaughter Baby Boys in Bethlehem?

Should Missionaries Fundraise?

Does the Cross Show How Valuable I Am?

Four Signs Food Has Become an Idol

I Will Not Leave Jesus — But I’m Done with the Church

Should I Hate Satan?

Where Did Satan’s First Desire for Evil Come From?

I Read the Bible and Feel Nothing — What Should I Do?

Do I Own My Art? On Intellectual Property Rights

You Have a Lawyer in Heaven’s Court

What Does It Mean to Live in God’s Presence?

How Do I Know God’s Calling for My Life?

Counsel for Online Shopping Addicts?

The Holy Kiss — Relevant Today or Not?

Your Suffering Is Working for You

Is God Directing My Life Through My Anxieties?

When Am I Ready to Become a Christian?

What Will My Happiness Look Like in Heaven?

Christian Joy and Feasting

The Two Sworn Enemies of Our Joy

If God Is Happy, Why Does He Seem Bad-Tempered?

Is Happiness Different from Joy?

What’s the Point of Thinking Deeply About God?

When Should Non-Quitters Quit?

Even in Setbacks, God Is Lacing Your Life into an Infinite Storyline

Four Key Ways We Enjoy God in Our Work

Articulating the Glorious Cross to an Atonement-Rejecting Culture

Am I Righteous Enough to Enjoy the Promises in the Psalms?

Do I Delight in God or in Others Being Impressed by My Discovery About God?

What Does It Mean to Receive Jesus into My Life?

Nine Forceful Warnings to Confront Your Friend’s Adultery

Six Ways Parents of Rebellious Children Fight for Faith

Gun to Your Head, Will You Deny Christ?

Is Tardiness and Punctuality a Christian Witness Issue?

Hope in Eternal Purity, Aim at Daily Purity

Can My Life Be Plagued by Generational Sins, Hexes, or Curses?

How Do I Praise Others but Avoid Flattery?

No Creed But the Bible?

The Major Obstacle in Forgiving Others

Would You Settle for One Million Dollars?

Why Do Non-Christian Novelists Know the Human Condition So Well?

Knowledge Exists Because God Exists

Does God Delight in Destroying Sinners?

Everything About God Is About Everything

When Depression Descends, Do the Next Thing

How Should Christians Think About Socialism?

Is the Refugee Crisis an End-Times Event?

Should I Care at All What People Think of Me?

God Wrote a Book — That Changes All Other Books

Loving Money Is Suicide

What’s the Difference Between Self-Love and Self-Esteem?

Eight Promises to Students Facing Ridicule at School

Do Arminians Preach a Sufficient Gospel?

Is God Only Glorified by People Who Love Him?

Consistent Spiritual Discipline Is Not Legalism

Does the Bible Say True Christians Never Sin?

Doesn’t the Cross Display God’s Wrath Better Than Hell?

Don’t Neglect the Work of Speck Removing

Can God Be Sovereign over All Sin and Still Be Good?

Does Netflix Make Christ More Precious to You?

Should Christians Start Revolutions or Just Live Quietly?

Will God Ever Give Us More Than We Can Handle?

What’s the Difference Between Peace and Joy?

When Should We Pray for God to Take Us Home?

Truths You Will Need When Cancer Hits

Seven Tips for College Students

The Joy Project

How to Help Friends Escape the Prosperity Gospel

How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse

If My Work Can Be Used for Evil, What Should I Do?

The Only Escape from Our Boasting

If My Government Funds Abortions, Why Pay Taxes?

If Babies Go to Heaven, Why Oppose Abortion?

Is Kim Davis Right to Refuse Marriage Licenses?

How to Engage Culture and Swim Against It

Are Comfortable Christians Compromisers?

The Love You’ll Never Get from Hollywood

Hope for Hard Marriages

Should Energy Drinks Fuel the Christian Life?

The Passions That Prevent Adultery

How Does God’s Forgiveness Free Us from Idols?

Why Are Relationships Thin in the Digital Age?

Has My Phone Become My Idol? Three Diagnostic Questions

Why Are Control Freaks Prone to Idols?

Why We Never Find Our Identity Inside of Ourselves

How Often Should We Voice Our Views on Homosexuality Online?

When Should We Vent over Social Sins?

How Is God Directing My Life?

When Should I Get Rid of My Smartphone?

If I Fail to Forgive Others, Will God Not Forgive Me?

John Piper’s Prayer at Planned Parenthood

The Case for Satan

Does Proverbs Promise My Child Will Not Stray?

Our Theology Is Meant to Flatten Us

What’s the Difference Between Types and Analogies?

You Are More Sinful Than You Know, More Loved Than You Imagine

How Culturally Up-to-Date Must My Pastor Be?

Should Women Be Police Officers?

The God Who Commands Our Emotions

Watershed Differences Between Calvinists and Arminians

Am I Overworking?

How Do I Choose Between Two Good Things?

Biblical Hope for Breakups

The Single Key to Personal Change

Why I Chose ‘God Is Most Glorified’ Not ‘Christ Is Most Glorified’

A Mysterious Naked Guy in Gethsemane, and a Lesson in Bible Interpretation

How Christian Is ‘Pay It Forward’?

Battling Doubt and Cynicism in Our Bible Reading

Holiness Is a Race, Not a Prohibition

What Is Love?

Is Yoga Sinful?

Living Out God’s Design for Marriage in Today’s World

How Do I Explain Sin to Someone for the First Time?

Why We Must Understand the Temple in God’s Plan Today

What Is Biblical Theology? And Do We Need It?

Should We Learn to “Forgive Ourselves”?

Should My Spouse Talk to Others About Our Marriage Struggles?

He or She? How Should I Refer to Transgender Friends?

What About Soft Cussing?

A Song for Sufferers

Should We Prep Our Testimony or Let It Flow?

Don’t Waste Your Mornings

Why Not to Check Your Phone in the Morning

What Are We Saved for?

Is My Bible Reading Too Academic?

Put Your Phones Away at the Dinner Table

Why Are Old Testament Commands No Longer Binding?

Can Souls Be Scared into Heaven?

Where Do All Our Prayers Go?

Does Hebrews 6 Say the Gospel Is Only for Beginner Christians?

How Should We Respond to Calamity in the News?

Don Carson Responds to the SCOTUS Ruling on (So-Called) Same Sex Marriage

What Is the Daily Aim of Parenting?

Do I Love Money? One Simple Test

God Takes Away to Display Christ’s Beauty

Flee from Delusions of Strength

The Church’s Role in Sexual Mythology

What Porn-ified Culture Does to Marriage

What Sex Outside Marriage Says About You

Postmodern Nonsense Meets Palpable Evil

Life Is One Big Glory War

Pleasure Is Only Protected by Pleasure

Should We Pray for ISIS to Be Saved or Destroyed?

Blind to the Glory of Sex

The Emotional Complexity of the Christian Life

Has God Called Me to Write?

Don’t Conversations Illuminate Truth Too?

Do Bad Ethics Qualify as Heresy?

Hope in Heaven Changes Today

The Key to Ministry Longevity

When Scripture Demolishes Your Theology

Can We Trust the Bible?

How Much of My Decision-Making Is Emotional?

How Do I Study Bible Verses and the Bible Storyline Together?

Getting the Tough/Tender Balance Right

How Much of My Sinful Past Should I Tell My Children?

What Qualifies as Worldly Music?

The Books That Most Shaped @TripLee

Procrastination Is Pride

How to Be Insecure for the Rest of Your Life

Don’t Be a Jerk When the World Doesn’t Like You

Avoiding Smartphone iDolatry

Watching On-Screen Nudity Is Not Worth It

Joy, Faith, and Self-Denial

Why Fame Cannot Make You Happy

The Daily Fight for Joy in Christ

When Trials Kill Your Dreams

Can Jesus Really Understand My Temptations?

How Does God ‘Deliver Us from Evil’?

Spend Your Life to Build a Risk-Taking Church

Have I Cast My Anxieties or Hoarded Them?

Why Is Radical Islam Alluring to Westerners?

Does God Favor Boys over Girls?

What to Say to a Pastor Who Wants to Officiate a Gay Wedding

The Fear That Haunts Humanity

Is Marriage Eternally Futile?

The New Book John Piper Wrote

How John Piper Writes Books

How John Piper Prepares to Write Books

Life Is Hard. God Is Good.

Your Job Is Not Your Savior

iPhone Fasting

How Facebook and Twitter Change Us

A Battle Plan Against Pornography

Can My Good Works Outweigh My Bad?

Fear, Anxiety, and Growth in Godliness

Can I Grow in Holiness Without the Church?

The Root of Sinful Anger

Battling Anxiety Is a Blessed Struggle

Sin Prefers Anything to God

Vision for the Local Church in Exile

Strategy for Social Media

Easter Breaks Our Mediocrity

Easter Breaks Our Sin

Easter Breaks Our Heartbreak

Why Gossip Destroys

Helping Our Children Feel Loved by God

How to Regain Your Joy in Christ

You Will Submit to Something, Why Not Scripture?

The Heart of Screen Addiction

The Secret to Marriage (Word to Husbands)

Word of the Day from Jonathan Edwards

Does God Want Me to Be Happy or Holy?

What Would You Ask Jonathan Edwards?

Look at Christ, What Do You See?

Read Old, Dead Theologians 15 Minutes a Day

Are Christian Hedonists Happier Than Unbelievers?

Is Permanent Birth Control a Sin?

Is Joy in God the Same as Love for God?

Why Do We Preach and Sing?

Will Some Saints Be Happier in Heaven?

How Do I Honor God in Chronic Pain?

If God Is So Happy, Why Did He Create the Non-Elect?

How Do I Explain Election over Brunch?

Finding the Courage to Be Christian

How Do I Take My Thoughts Captive?

Do I Tithe to My Church or to God?

What to Do When God Feels Distant

Does the First Sin Undermine Christian Hedonism?

Don’t Become an Entertainment-Addicted, Approval Junkie

Is My Lack of Joy Sinful?

Advice to Teens About Their Parents

Do Pets Go to Heaven?

The Dangers of Nostalgia

How to Make a Difference in the World

Does Your Theology Drive Your Exegesis?

Can a Woman Preach If Elders Affirm It?

Counsel for White Cops

What the Church Offers for Race Relations

The Real Cost of Pornography

What Hope Does God Give Lonely Singles?

Dating and Marriage for the Victims of Past Abuse

Signs a Single Should Stop Dating

Should a Boyfriend “Lead” His Girlfriend?

Should I Date a Godly Girl I Do Not Find Attractive?

Should My Church Help Me Get Married?

Has Facebook Ruined Dating?

Is Your Boyfriend Mature Enough for You?

Prepared Prayers, Impromptu Prayers, Sloppy Prayers

You Have Been Greatly Loved

Does Philippians 1:23 Prove Christian Hedonism Wrong?

What Parts of My Suffering Are “Trials”?

My Spouse Doesn’t Enjoy Sex

Is Sexual Pleasure Essential for Marriage?

Love Jesus over Human Approval

Are My Septuplets in Heaven?

Is the Threat of Eternal Punishment Manipulation?

Why So Few African-American Calvinists?

How Local Church Trumps Twitter and Facebook

Your Life’s Greatest Problem

Dads and Family Leadership

Why Christian Singles Are Marrying Later

How to Argue with Your Spouse

Why Joy Is Essential to Leadership

Discerning Maturity in a Boyfriend Before Marriage

The Christ-Centered Family

Francis Chan’s Daily Fight for Joy

Jesus’s Aggressive, Relentless, Surgical Love

Best Piper Books for Beginners

Incredible Growth in 2014, Goals for 2015

Christmas at the Piper Home

How Do Men and Women Show Physical Affection in the Church?

Is God Less Glorified in the Judgment of Sinners?

How Does Scripture Serve Our Prayers?

What Will Submission to My Husband Look Like?

The Message of the Magi’s Star

Is My Relationship with God Healthy?

Are New Testament Ethics Final or Trajectory-Setting?

Can a Spiritually Dead Soul Thirst for God?

How Open Should I Be with My Parents?

Declare War on Sin

What Arminians Have Helped You Most?

The Camaraderie of Christian Hedonism

Is My Boyfriend’s Video-Game Addiction a Marriage Deal-Breaker?

Advice for Fathers of Sons

Pray This Daily for Your Family

Why Was Adam Lonely If God Is Enough?

Are We Satisfied ‘in God’ or ‘by God’?

Doesn’t Prosperity Preaching Glorify Jesus?

Are Smart People Less Happy?

Does Happiness Require Apathy to Others’ Sorrows?

Avoid the Unrepentant — But What If They’re Family?

A Prayer for Those Stuck in Sin

Good Motives for Bible Memory

Is Sexual Attraction Essential for Marriage?

Must My Wedding Be in a Church?

Should I Look at Beheading Images?

Do You Regret Partnering with Mark Driscoll?

Christ Reigns over Every Inch

The Role of Family Worship

Can I Confess the Name of Jesus and Be Unsaved?

Did God Commission Terrorism in the Bible?

Is My Pastor a Bully?

Killing Our Addiction to Human Praise

How Do I Go Deeper with Christ?

I’ve Never Read the Bible, Where Should I Start?

Prayers That Don’t Work

We Pray to a Father

Joy, Sorrow, and the Healthy Prayer Life

Fighting for Solitude

How to Pray the Psalms

Encouragement for Slow Readers

The Future of World Missions

Winning the War Against Lust

Why Our Happiness Makes God Happy

How Do I Fight Same-Sex Desires?

When Enjoying Money and Possessions Is a Work of Grace

How Does Delight in God Fuel Delight in Creation?

A Prayer to Hold Your Life Together

Does God Predestine People to Hell?

Why Are Believers Threatened with Perishing?

My Church Makes Ministry a Pain

How Do I Prepare for the Rapture?

Three Motivations to Pray

Why Save Sex for Marriage?

Should I Eat Halal Meat?

Why Parents Don’t Spank

Why Parents Spank

Helping Children Discover Heart Idols

The Greatest Threat To the Christian Family

Is Parenting Complicated or Simple?

6 Tips If You Find the Bible Hard to Read

Bible Time for Busy Moms

The High Cost of Sexual Sin

If I Listen to Sermons, Why Do I Need to Read My Bible?

Should I Read My Bible Daily?

Should I Commit to One Church?

Do I Need to Repent If Christ Died for All My Sins?

Lust: More Dangerous Than Nuclear Holocaust

Apple, Subaru, Target — Should We Buy from Promoters of Sin?

Handling Post-Sermon Blues

Is $75 Too Much for a Bible?

John Piper’s Message to Ray Rice

Explain Your Title ‘Pastor Emeritus’

Lust Defined

Should We Side with Israel or Palestine?

What Whites Can Learn from Ferguson

How Does Scripture Produce Faith?

What Does It Mean to ‘Kill Sin by the Spirit’?

Worship in the Workplace

Wartime Wisdom for the Wealthy

What Luxuries in My Life Are Sinful?

Should I Pray to the Father, the Son, or the Spirit?

Is God More Happy with Other Christians Than Me?

God’s Will and the Evil of the Cross

Should I Let Unmarried Couples Stay in My House?

Incentives to Kill My Love of Human Praise

When Should I Stop Praying for Something?

I Caught My Husband Checking Out Another Woman

The Key to Christian Obedience

What Is Idolatry?

Why Do You Journal?

Why Does God Allow Satan to Live?

How Can I Know the Gospel Is True?

Cremation or Burial?

Is Online Dating Good for Christians?

Use Commas to Love Your Reader

Can I Approach God with a Joyless Heart?

Which Comes First, Obedience or Joy?

Discernment Gone Wrong

Is Oral Sex Okay?

Is Election Divine Favoritism?

Does Christian Hedonism Confuse Joy and Faith?

To a Spouse Considering Divorce

Why Sex Is Not the Root of Sexual Sins

What Tools Do I Need to Study the Bible?

Goodbye, Burger King?

Does God Delight in Me?

Don’t Waste Your Life

Is God Fed Up with Me?

What Is God’s Glory?

If God Is Joyful, Why Does He Seem So Mad?

The World Needs Women Ministers

The Mystery of Sorrowful Rejoicing

Does God Verbally Speak to Me?

How Do I Change?

I’m Bored with the Bible

Christian Life as Union with Christ

How Do I Pursue Joy in Christ?

Why Do Catholics Pray to Mary?

Robust Theology Fuels Ambitious Evangelism

The Transforming Power of Christ’s Glory

Pilgrims and Patriots

Am I Saved?

How Can a Sovereign God Be Surprised?

How Do I Reclaim My Heart?

Delighting in What Is Not God

Christian Pitfalls in a Secular World

Where America’s Sex Ethic Is Headed

The Dime-Store Prosperity Gospel

When Evangelical Leaders Toy with Truth

Should We Fight for Religious Liberty?

Should Christians Watch ‘Game of Thrones’?

The 8 Steps of Christian Obedience

Does Justification-Centered Sanctification Lead to Antinomianism?

Will You Marry a Couple Already Living Together?

Are Wedding Rings a Waste of Money?

What Age Will I Appear in Heaven?

Sex in Heaven?

Travel in Heaven?