John Piper may refer to:
The offspring of the woman, Jesus Christ, came into the world to save women who have dethroned God, taken His place, defined personhood as tissue, and willed the death of their own child. It can't be reversed, but it can be forgiven. That is why Christ died.
Husbands are not Christ. But they are called to be like him. And the specific point of likeness is the husband's readiness to suffer for his wife's good without threatening or abusing her. This includes suffering to protect her from any outside forces that would harm her, as well as suffering disappointments of abuses even from her. This kind of love is possible because Christ died for both husband and wife. Their sins are forgiven. Neither needs to make the other suffer for sins. Christ has borne that suffering. Now as two sinful and forgiven people we can return good for evil.
Bad theology dishonors God and hurts people. Churches that sever the root of truth may flourish for a season, but they will wither eventually or turn into something besides a Christian church.
Boasting is the outward form of the inner condition of pride.
The wonder of marriage is woven into the wonder of the gospel of the cross of Christ, and the message of the cross is foolishness to the natural man, and so the meaning of marriage is foolishness to the natural man.
What is sin? It is the glory of God not honored. The holiness of God not reverenced. The greatness of God not admired. The power of God not praised. The truth of God not sought. The wisdom of God not esteemed. The beauty of God not treasured. The goodness of God not savored. The faithfulness of God not trusted. The commandments of God not obeyed. The justice of God not respected. The wrath of God not feared. The grace of God not cherished. The presence of God not prized. The person of God not loved. That is sin.
Whenever your heart starts to be anxious about the future, preach to your heart and say, 'Heart, who do you think you are to be afraid of the future and nullify the promise of God? No, heart, I will not exalt myself with anxiety. I will humble myself in peace and joy as I trust this precious and great promise of God - He cares for me. '
If we love God's fame and are committed to magnifying His name above all things, we cannot be indifferent to world missions.
The Christian life becomes impossible. That is, it becomes supernatural.
God's greatest interest is to glorify the wealth of His grace by making sinners happy in Him.
Ignatius, when he heard the clock strike, would say, "Now I have another hour to answer for. " (Eph. 5:16)
The mind serves to know the truth that fuels the fires of the heart.
Be glad in the Lord and receive willingly from His Hand all that he designs for my holiness - both painful and pleasant.
When you see Jesus as your Treasure, the Spirit has blown through your heart.
Maintaining joy in God takes 'work'; that is, it's a fight against every impulse for alien joys and every obstacle in the way to seeing and savoring Christ.
Sin is what you do when your heart is not satisfied with God. No one sins out of duty. We sin because it holds out some promise of happiness.
The key that unlocks the treasure chest of God's peace is faith in the promises of God.
God loves to show mercy. . . His anger must be released by a stiff safety lock, but His mercy has a hair trigger.
God is love precisely because He relentlessly pursues the praises of His name in the hearts of His people.
Spot the first risings of your besetting sin and kill it, till it is no more.