Has the Word of God Failed?
Other Sessions from Look at the Book: Romans 9Session 2: God’s Good Purpose in Election (Romans 9:6–13)Session 3: God Has Mercy on Whomever He Wills (Romans 9:14–18)Session 4: My Heart’s Prayer to God...
View ArticleWhy PhDs in Theology Commit Adultery
How many Christians do you see bent with all their powers to know God more and more — more truly, more clearly, more sweetly? Or, rather, do you see thousands fighting graduate school sins with a...
View ArticleSuffering, Faith, and the Sign of Fearlessness
God graciously gives his people suffering and faith so that they might enjoy magnifying Christ to their adversaries through fearlessness of faith and humble love.
View ArticleThe Shoot from Jesse, the Nations, and Israel
Listen also to John Piper’s seminar at The Gospel Coalition 2015, “What Jesus Demands from the World.”The book of Isaiah begins, “The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and...
View ArticleEducation in Serious Joy
The following are John Piper’s notes for the message.I love our motto: Education in serious joy. More and more.So I want you to love it. So I’d like to talk about it for a few minutes:Education Joy.…
View ArticleFriendship with Jesus and the Aim of Education in Serious Joy
John Piper’s commencement message on the relationship between friendship with Jesus and the aims of higher education — specifically the educational aims of Bethlehem College & Seminary.
View ArticleUnless God Gives You God
I am not completely sure why the glory of God began to be so central for me.The roots probably go back farther than I think. My mother and my father quoted 1 Corinthians 10:31 to me as often as…
View ArticleAre You Worthy of Jesus?
I want to talk about the educational implications of the Biblical call to walk worthily of the Lord. Earlier this week there was an article I wrote at Desiring God called “Are You Worthy of Jesus?”...
View ArticleScripture: The Kindling of Christian Hedonism
My aim in this message is to awaken, and deepen, and intensify your love for the Bible as a divine gift that is absolutely essential and indispensible in accomplishing God’s ultimate aim in the...
View ArticleGreatest Book, Greatest Chapter, Greatest Joy
Greatest Book, Greatest Chapter, Greatest Joy. The greatest book is the Bible — and we saw why on Friday night. The main reason, we argued, is that the Bible is only book without which God’s ultimate...
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