John Piper Sermons

Every Christian has received a gift from God which he is responsible to use for the good of the church and for the glory of God.

God aims to be an utterly unique, wonderful, and exalted God, by condescending to forgive sinners and work for those who wait for him.

There is no necessary connection between age and wisdom, or youth and folly. Wisdom comes from the Lord and is offered to all ages.

The good news of the Bible is not that we are not worms, but that God helps worms who trust him.

We can know God's will and maintain trust in his help, if we are familiar with the trajectories of his Word.

How different, how wonderful the use of our mouths would be if we lived by faith in the God who made the mouth and not by sight—by looking at our own clumsy tongue.

Silence about Christ is dogma. Not to teach the infinite value of Christ is to teach that he is negligible.

The best fertilizer for our hope and godliness is the knowledge of our future in God's grace.

A life lived for the world will go naked into judgment; a life lived for Christ will be laden with eternal riches.

Confident expectation of a new world of righteousness empowers us to live for peace and purity in the present.

The more you know of Christ and his way, the more severe your judgment will be for not trusting and obeying him.

Even though the rebellious and the licentious today may think they are safe, they should learn that "from of old their condemnation has not been idle, and their destruction is not sleeping."

The meaning of Scripture does not change with every new reader or every new reading. It cannot be twisted to mean whatever we like. It is what it is, unchanging and unending.

The difference between mythical speculations and Christian faith is history. Our doctrines are not the result of clever head-work. They are the result of historical observation.

If the knowledge of God's glorious promises does not spur us on to strive against the tide, then we will be barren and fruitless and drift to our destruction.

If you want to enjoy God's peace and be the aroma of his grace in the world, your knowledge of him has to grow.

John Piper describes the development of baptism in the New Testament and its significance as the new covenant sign for the church.

Faith never says, "The righteousness that leads to life is inaccessible." But faith recognizes its own helplessness and gladly accepts this righteousness as a gift from God.

Jesus was not accidentally entangled in a web of injustice. The saving benefits of his death for sinners were not an afterthought. Jesus saw that the time had come and set his face to fulfill his mission: to die in Jerusalem for our sake.

We crave to be moved by some rare glimpse of greatness. We yearn for a vision of glory.