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Ask Pastor John — 1366 episodes
Why Your Mind Cannot Die
Delighting in a Holy God
Ten Seconds After You Die
Don’t Let Her Die Before You Say This
Fur Babies and Pet Stewardship
Wasted Talents
Where AI Fails
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?
Sports in Heaven?
What Will Be Familiar to Us in Heaven?
Counsel for Those Considering Transgender
Is Sexual Identity My Choice?
How to Explain Christian Hedonism over Lunch
Do My Sufferings Complete Christ’s?
Look at the Book — New Chapter in Piper’s Legacy
Sing to the Lord, Alone
Suicide and Salvation
Explaining Adoption to Your Adopted Child
Counsel for Couples Pondering Adoption
One Beautiful Adoption Story
Vision for Your Family Vacation
A Theology of Vacations
Can I Believe the Whole Bible and Not Be Elect?
Do I Love God or Just Love Loving Him?
How Should I Think About My Failures?
Is God Everywhere and Absent from Hell?
Bikinis and Modesty
What Is Calvinism?
Do Loved Ones in Heaven Look Down on Us?
Sick of Singleness and Satisfied in Christ
If God Never Leaves Me, Why Does He Withdraw?
Battling Homosexual Lust
When Past Sexual Sin Haunts Your Wedding
When Sin Fractures a Church
What Joy Did Jesus Not Already Have?
MLK’s Most Powerful Words
The Future of Race in the Church
Civil Rights 50 Years Later
Tony Evans, Race, and the Bible
Is Fornication Worse Than Porn?
Breaking My Addiction to Entertainment
Should We Read the Holy Books of Other Religions?
Cautions for New Calvinists
What Must I Believe to Be Saved?
Certain and Conditional: More on Eternal Security
Eternal Security: Vaccination or Therapy?
Sin and the Speed Limit
A Bite-Sized Theology of Food
Six Keys to Detecting the Prosperity Gospel
What’s New About ‘New Calvinism’?
Should Christians Be Cops and Soldiers?
More on Guns and Self-Defense
Social Evils and Reformed Theology
Churches Pursuing Ethnic Diversity
Pride and Humility in Criticizing Sermons
Marriage Challenges and Christian Ministry
The Doctrinal Flavor of Reformed Churches
How Piper Learned Reformed Theology
What Does It Mean for the Christian to Fear God?
What Is Christian Freedom?
If Our Will Is Not Free, Are We Accountable?
Do We Have Free Will to Choose Christ?
God, Guns, and Biblical Manhood
Believer Baptism and Mental Disabilities
Visualizing Christ to Battle Lust?
The Greatest Threat to Gospel Ministry
How Real Is the Book ‘Heaven Is for Real’?
Behind the Scenes at Ask Pastor John
Why Do We Love March Madness?
God Has No Vocal Chords
How To Bless Your Pastor
Do Podcast Preachers Make My Pastor Irrelevant?
What Is Inerrancy?
Are We Too Financially Unstable to Get Married?
God Is Not Male
Is God a Needy Vacuum Trying To Suck Praise Out of Us?
Ayn Rand’s Tragic Trajectory
Pornography and Resisting the Power of Temptation
Pastor of World’s Largest Church Convicted of Embezzlement
Biblical Hope for Christians Facing Poverty
Is the Believer’s Heart ‘Desperately Sick’?
Giving up on Church
Childless Missionaries by Design?
Is Song of Solomon an Allegory?
Where Should a New Believer Start in the Bible?
Anti-Depressants, Sleep, Diet, and Exercise
Is A.D.D. a Sin?
Anxiety: Sin, Disorder, or Both?
Does God Cause All Sickness?
Dads, Play with Your Kids
Can a Husband Lust After His Wife?
“Piper Is Too Intellectual”
Do Digital Bible Searches Relativize Memorization?
Digital or Paper Bible for Devotions?
Bible for Church: Digital or Paper?
Is Porn the Unforgivable Sin?
The Bible’s Most Important Verse
Was God Unfair at the Cross?
How Hobbies Glorify God
Distinguishing Weaknesses from Sins
Feminine Beauty in God's Eyes
Who Should Discipline the Kids — Mom or Dad?
Discerning Loving Criticism and Unloving Criticism
Why Is Jesus My Advocate If I’m Already Justified?
So If I Feel No Emotion, Can I Worship?
Do I Worship God?
If My Church Lacks Available Singles, Should I Leave?
Roe v. Wade Assaults the Incarnation of Christ
Can Christians Cuss to Prove a Point?
What Translation for Bible Memory?
Practical Tips for Bible Memory
Bible Memory: Essential or Optional?
What Steals Your Joy?
Dad’s Role in Homemaking
God Heals All Our Diseases — Really?
When Leaders Don’t Affirm Your Ministry
Did Christ Die for the Whole World?
When Our Heroes Age
Billy Graham’s Controversial Ministry
When I Met Billy Graham
Slavery, Oppression, and America’s Prosperity
What Podcasts Do You Listen To?
A Little Theology of Resolutions
Ghostwriting and Research Assistants
Exciting Days Ahead for Desiring God
What Christmas Is All About
The Virgin Birth and Human Sexuality
Six Reasons to Skip Tattoos
Tattoos in Biblical Perspective
Why Stoicism Is Toxic
Where’s the Arminian John Piper?
Where Did All These Calvinists Come From?
I May Be Called to Missions — Where Do I Start?
Muslims vs. Christians on the Sovereignty of God
Lessons from the Middle East
What Makes Homosexuality Wrong?
Why I Abominate the Prosperity Gospel
Should Christians Use the Pill?
How Do You Prepare Sermons?
How Did You Learn to Preach?
Should Moms Work Outside the Home?
How Do You Know Christianity Is True?
Proud People Don’t Give Thanks
Is It Sin to Dislike Divine Election?
Does John 15 Defy Calvinism?
Must a Wife Take Her Husband’s Last Name?
Has My Heart Sinned Even If I Stop Words from Exiting My Mouth?
Make War Against Pouting
Busy Pastors and Biblical Encounters, Part Two
Busy Pastors and Biblical Encounters, Part One
Charismatic Abuses? Discernment and Finances
Charismatic Abuses? Doctrinal and Emotional
What Is Prophecy Today?
John MacArthur and Strange Fire
Travel Updates and Prayer Requests
Advice for Christian Loners
What Events in this World Echo in Eternity?
Do Christian Hedonists Idolize Joy?
Dead To the World — What’s That?
Finding Joy When Life Hurts Most
God’s Supreme Happiness
The Danger of Deserting Community
God’s Sovereignty over Evil in My Life
Does It Make God Evil to Ordain Evil?
Wisdom in Friendships with Non-Christians
With So Many Orphans, Why Have Children?
How Do I Obey and Submit to My Leaders?
Is Drinking Alcohol a Sin?
What Pains Here Bring Greater Reward in Heaven?
What Does Definite Atonement Offer My Life?
Why Did God Forbid One Tree in Eden?
Why Honor C.S. Lewis When He Had So Many Flaws?
How Your Imagination Helps You See
Is God an Egomaniac?
How Do We Walk by the Spirit?
How Did Your Vision for Missions Develop?
Would You Attend a Gay Wedding?
Counsel for Busy Moms
Are Christians Called to Obey the Law?
Must Christian Rap Have the Gospel in Every Song?
When Should I Leave My Church?
Should We Confess Our Sins to a Priest?
Botox, Dieting, and Plastic Surgery
What’s Your Process for Owning Truth?
How Do I Own Biblical Truths for Myself?
Is Tithing Commanded for Christians?
How Do We Know God’s Will?
Jesus’s Sheep Hear His Voice — What’s That Mean?
This Week’s Conference on C.S. Lewis
Can a Sinner Be Saved After Death?
Can a Sinner Be Saved at Death?
Should We Brag About Our Favorite Teachers?
Do We Need Christian Role Models?
Is It Sinful to Date a Non-Christian?
Does James Say Not to Pursue Joy?
How Do I Motivate My Church for Ministry?
Fighting Bitterness
How Singleness Is Good
Why Adam’s Singleness Was Not Good
Have I Exhausted God’s Patience with My Sin?
Should We Listen for the Audible Voice of God?
When I’m Bored of the Bible — What Can I Do?
Is My Husband’s Porn a Marriage Deal-Breaker?
Salt, Light, and Complaining
What My Complaining Says About God
Do Promises in the Psalms Apply to Me?
Why Evangelicals Go Catholic
Is Abortion Like the Holocaust?
What Is Gossip?
John Piper’s Testimony
What Is Legalism?
Women as Ministers?
Does God Remember Our Sins or Forget Them?
Why Is My Evangelism at Work So Lame?
What Does It Mean to Be Made in God’s Image?
Battling Jealousy
Battling Envy
How Does the Spirit Testify I’m Saved?
My Husband Is Okay with Racy Scenes — I Hate It
When a Christian Won’t Repent from Sexual Sin
Is It Selfish to Pray for Joy?
God’s Fame and Global Missions
Am I Lukewarm?
What Advice Would You Give Newly Married John Piper?
Work Like an Arminian, Sleep Like a Calvinist?
Avoiding Ministry Burnout
Help! I’m Addicted to Lying
God Loves the Sinner, But Hates the Sin?
How Do I Know I’m Saved?
Slavery and Jonathan Edwards
Is Discouragement a Sin?
God Does Make Much of Us
Childlike, Not Childish
Trayvon, Race, and Gospel Ministry
Can I Say ‘God Loves You’ to Unbelievers?
If God Is Happy, Why Does He Seem Angry?
What Is Evil?
Bible Memory as Ministry to Others
I’ve Sinned Horribly, Is There Any Hope?
On Ghostwriters
How Do I Delight Myself in the Lord?
Advice for Better Bible Reading
Mealtime Prayers: Impromptu or Memorized?
Patriotism and the Christian
Mealtime Prayers: Necessary or Optional?
How Food and Sex Are Made Holy
Is My Boyfriend’s Porn a Marriage Deal-Breaker?
Suffering, Sacrifice, and Christian Hedonism
Does Christian Hedonism Make Joy an Idol?
What Does It Mean to Be Dead to the World?
Is the 40-Minute Sermon Passé?
The Joy of Calvinism and the Fight for Joy
God’s Joy and the Joy of the Calvinist
Why Is Interracial Marriage Such a Hot Topic?
Tornados and Twitter Timing
Natural Disasters and Pastoral Ministry
Adjusting to Life in the Country
Our Move to Tennessee and New Projects
Why Eternal Security Needs Community
For Christian Loners
Affections and Emotions
Who Has Been Most Influential in Your Life?
How Evangelistic Should Sundays Be?
Personal Comfort in God’s Sovereignty Over Evil
Can God Ordain Evil Without Being Evil?
On Pastors Who Use Churches as Studios
Can a Born-Again Christian Lose Salvation?
Is Jeremiah 29:11 a Promise to Christians?
Boundaries for Non-Christian Friendships
Stranded on a Desert Island, What Books Do You Bring?
Can a White Woman Marry a Black Man?
On Cussing
Will World History Become the Ballad of Eternity?
Encouragement for Ordinary Pastors
Do Online Sermons Undermine Local Churches?
Explain Your New Poem “Grace Forfeited”
What Does Opposition to Chris Broussard Tell Us?
Was Chris Broussard Right?
Facing Death Faithfully
A Mother’s Role in Raising Boys
Choosing a Seminary
Was C.S. Lewis a Christian Hedonist?
Appreciating Creation While Anticipating New Creation
How Did Lewis Prepare You for Edwards?
How Do You Process Public Tragedy?
How Far Is Too Far Before Marriage, Spiritually and Emotionally?
How Has C. S. Lewis Influenced You?
When Did You First Meet C.S. Lewis?
Why Host a Conference on C. S. Lewis?
How to Handle Panhandlers
How to Fight Laziness
When Jehovah’s Witnesses Knock at Your Door
Christians and Marijuana
The Power to Conquer Selfishness
Reflections on His Last Sermon As Pastor
How Are Teachers Judged More Strictly?
How Far Is Too Far Before Marriage?
What Is the Purpose of Fasting?
Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same Deity?
Was Jesus for Real?
Is Jesus the Only Way to Be Saved?
What Do You Think of Your Influence on Christian Hip Hop?
The Parent’s Role in a Child’s Gender Development
Wimpy Theology Makes Wimpy Women
What Is “Strong Feminine Womanhood?”
Advice for Discouraged, Unemployed College Grads
How Do Believers Exceed the Works of Jesus?
Fasting from Twitter and Facebook
Twitter Goals and “Humble Brags”
How Can We Serve One Another in Battling Lust?
Living Easter Sunday’s Victory on Monday Morning
What Makes Easter So Special?
Do You Use Bible Commentaries Written by Women?
How Do I Know If I Love the Gifts More Than the Giver?
How Jesus’s Glory Drives Creative Communication
Can We Reconcile Creation and Evolution?
How Does It Glorify God to Predestine People to Hell?
My Faith Is Driving My Family Away — What Do I Do?
Does It Bother You People Are Entertained by Your Gestures?
What’s with All the Preaching Gestures?
Do You Ever Doubt God’s Existence?
A Response to the First Republican Senator to Support So-Called Same-Sex Marriage
Why No Pastor Lives Up to What He Preaches
Care for Couples Struggling with Infertility
How Do I Know If I’m Being Disciplined by God?
What Oppressive Governments Cannot Do
Does Romans 13 Prohibit All Civil Disobedience?
Biblical Womanhood in Five Minutes
What’s the Connection Between IQ and Holiness?
Do You Conduct Funerals for Non-Christians?
How Can I Help My Friends Stay Satisfied in God?
God Hears My Prayers, So Why Should I Pray for Things Twice?
A Theology of Prayer in Three Minutes
How Can I Live More Like an Evangelist?
Why Pastoral Professionalism Isn’t Enough
Why Your Pastor Needs Your Prayers
The Spirit Lives in Me, So Why Do My Affections Waver?
Should Missionaries Intentionally Lie?
How Do Rape, Incest, and Threat to the Mother’s Life Affect Your Pro-Life Stance?
Three Levels of God-Glorifying Emotion
A Theology of Art in Five Minutes
Should a Joyless Pastor Preach Joy in God?
Fighting for Joy in Pastoral Ministry
Must Bible Reading Always End with Application?
What Is Leadership?
Writing Poetry: Where Do I Start?
What Is Definite Atonement, and Why Does It Matter?
Priorities for Youth Pastors
What Does Christian Hedonism Offer the Depressed?
How Active Should We Be in the Pursuit of Joy?
Does God Ever Withdraw His Presence from His Children?
Fighting Porn Addiction with Grudem’s Systematic Theology
We Are Makers — Lessons on Vocation from Dorothy Sayers
Interpreting the Miracles of Jesus
Why False Doctrine Can Make You Happy
Why John Piper Recycles
The Essential Warfare for Holiness
Exercising the Body (For the Sake of the Soul)
What Is the Difference Between Right Risk and Wrong Risk?
Safety Is a Myth
Arrests and Imprisonments in Opposing Abortion
Leadership Lessons from Martin Luther King
What Are Your Takeaways from Passion 2013?
What Is It Like Preaching to 60,000 People?
Why Adam Matters for Global Missions
Was Adam for Real, and Does It Matter?
How Important Is a Christian Writer’s Influence?
Who Was George Herbert?
Reflections from John Piper on His Birthday