John Piper Sermons

God pursues us with goodness and mercy in both joy and trials — all for his name’s sake.

We unseat judges with indignation who acquit the guilty. Our moral sensibility is outraged when wrong and guilt are given legal sanction. Yet at the heart of our gospel stands the sentence: God justifies the ungodly who trust in him.

It seems that with this passage of Scripture, more than any other, to recite it is also to experience its reality. The psalm itself is green pasture, the psalm itself is still water, the psalm itself restores my soul.

Every responsible person, on the basis of their actions and attitudes, will meet the final judgment of God.

Don't let your sinfulness hinder your prayers. Run into the arms of God and fill his ear with arguments that aim for His honor.

Anything, absolutely any act or attitude which is owing to a lack of trust in God is sin, no matter how moral it may appear to men. God looks on the heart.

If God is in control of everything, why do we suffer? Here are six affirmations to hold you through seasons of suffering.

When we clamor for praise, we are prideful and petty. But when God commands us to praise him, he is loving us to the uttermost.

God gets glory not from our heroic exertion but from our reliance upon his strength—when we serve as one who serves with the strength which God supplies.

Don’t be stubborn like a mule, but run headlong to God in prayer while he may be found.

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God’s glory and our happiness are never at odds. His pursuit of his own fame is a full commitment to our deepest joy.

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The remedy for the darkness of man's mind is not mindlessness but light.

In his first sermon as pastor at Bethlehem, John Piper explains the source of his authority and the reason for his fear.

John Piper candidated at Bethlehem Baptist Church in January of 1980. Six months later, he was installed to the pastorate, where he spread a passion for the supremacy of God in all things for more than three decades.

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One of the first sermons John Piper ever preached, as a 25-year-old seminary student.