Tested by fire
Great privilege. Great pain. This is God's way: to take the privilege of faith and strengthen it with real trials so that we worship and witness with a greater passion for God. There is a certain irony to the fruit of affliction; John Bunyan's con...
Battling Unbelief
When Faith Flickers, Stoke the Fire No one sins out of duty. We sin because it offers some promise of happiness. That promise enslaves us - until we believe that God is more desirable than life itself (Psalm 63:3). Only the power of God's superior...
Goda nyheter om en stor glädje : 25 andakter för advent
"Den som hört John Piper predika vet att för honom handlar allt om Jesus. Det genomsyrar även denna bok. Andakterna får dig att stanna till och tänka på vad som hände den där första julen. De leder dig till en glädjefylld tillbedjan av Kung J...
Reading the Bible Supernaturally
Does it take a miracle to read the Bible? God wrote a book, and its pages are full of his glory. But we cannot see his beauty on our own, with mere human eyes. In Reading the Bible Supernaturally, John Piper aims to show us how God works through h...
Sann glädje i Gud vår plikt och djupaste längtan
Vårt hjärta är oroligt tills det finner vila i dig. Sankt Augustinus Om jag inom mig känner en längtan som inget i denna värld kan tillfredsställa är den mest sannolika förklaringen att jag föddes för en annan värld. Om vi betra...
Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce
"John Piper's succinct and superbly perceptive study of William Wilberforce deserves to become an acclaimed bestseller. It not only tells the story of a great man's life-it also tells us how to understand the ultimate source of his greatness ...
Peculiar Glory
God has provided a way for all people, not just scholars, to know that the Bible is the word of God. John Piper has devoted his life to showing us that the glory of God is the object of the soul's happiness. Now, his burden in this book is to demo...
Preparing for Marriage
Getting to know that special someone naturally includes learning about family and friends, education and athletics, favor-ite pastimes, and your hopes and dreams. Ideally, you'll ask each other all kinds of questions, some vital and some trivial, and you'll talk about life's best moments and worst, the brightest places in your background and the darkest. But what about God? What is his role in your relationship? What do each of you believe about him, and how do you understand his dream for marriage--for your marriage? At Desiring God, one of our most accessed pages online is a set of questions John Piper put together for couples preparing for marriage (an updated version appears in Appendix I). You'll find many of the typical questions here--about friends and entertainment and lifestyle and children, and many people have found that John's way of putting these questions helps get right at some pretty deep stuff. But you'll find other questions here, too--about theology, worship and
Five Points
Grace is the heart of God to do you good when you deserve it least. But do we really know how deeply we don't deserve it? Only God can reveal that to us. He does it through the Bible. And when he does, the wonders of his grace explode with brightn...
Living in the Light
Living in the Light
Kasta inte bort ditt liv (rött omslag)
Nu kommer "Kasta inte bort ditt liv på svenska" - boken sålde i en halv miljon ex redan samma år den publicerades. Många har inspirerats av den, bl a artisten Steven Curtis Chapman: "Jag har alltid sagt och vetat att livet inte hand...
Supremacy of God in Preaching (Revised and Expanded Edition)
A Beautiful Hardcover Edition of John Piper's Enduring Work People are starving for the greatness of God. Where will their souls be fed? Can they say, "I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory"? As we look ...
Justification of God - An Exegetical and Theological Study of Romans 9:1-23
John Piper presents a careful, reasoned study of the doctrine of election. He dissects Paul's argument to highlight the picture of God and his righteousness painted in Romans 9. Undergirded by his belief that the sovereignty of God is too precious...
Kasta inte bort ditt liv (grönt omslag)
Nu kommer "Kasta inte bort ditt liv på svenska" - boken sålde i en halv miljon ex redan samma år den publicerades. Många har inspirerats av den, bl a artisten Steven Curtis Chapman: "Jag har alltid sagt och vetat att livet inte hand...
Risk Is Right
A choice lies before you: Either waste your life or live with risk. Either sit on the sidelines or get in the game. After all, life was no cakewalk for Jesus, and he didn't promise it would be any easier for his followers. We shouldn't be surprise...
Hunger for God
"We encourage you to read this book, asking great things from God." -David Platt and Francis Chan, best-selling authors Our appetites dictate the direction of our lives-whether it be the cravings of our stomachs, the passionate desire fo...
Desiring God
John Piper Explores the Ultimate Source and Object of Pleasure, Satisfaction, and Lasting Joy "God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him." This simple but powerful statement has been a cornerstone of John Piper's mini...
Good News of Great Joy
25 Advent Readings by Pastor and Author John Piper Come, let us adore him. This beloved Advent refrain captures the heart of the season. Advent is for adoring Jesus. It is a season of preparation to ready our hearts for the glory of Christmas Day ...
Way to Trade
Most people lose in the markets for one simple reason - they trade emotionally. Good trading is not a question of doing, it is a question of being. How do you trade? Trading is a life experience. It is not like any other business. The beauty of tr...
Guds stora passion : 50 skäl att Jesus gav sitt liv
De viktigaste frågorna någon kan ställa sig är: Varför korsfästes och vållades Jesus så mycket lidande? Vad har det med mig att göra? Och, inte minst, vem var det som ytterst sett ville att Jesus skulle korsfästas? Detta är vad denna bok han...
Come, Lord Jesus
Bestselling Author John Piper Examines End-Times Theology and Scripture's Command to Love the Second Coming of Christ Many people are curious about the second coming of Christ-what it will be like, when it will happen, and what signs will come fir...
Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die
The most important questions anyone can ask are: Why was Jesus Christ crucified? Why did he suffer so much? What has this to do with me? Finally, who sent him to his death? The answer to the last question is that God did. Jesus was God's Son. The ...
When I Don't Desire God
We all want to experience liberating, love-producing, risk-taking satisfaction in God. But the reality is that we often struggle to find, and hold onto, true and lasting joy-even when we have embraced the good news of God's grace. So we face a cru...
Love Your Enemies
"Love Your Enemies?" This is one of the few statements Jesus made that is readily accepted by believers and skeptics alike. Its authenticity is not seriously questioned and yet it is a revolutionary command. Giving attention to various c...
Providence
New from Bestselling Author John Piper From Genesis to Revelation, the providence of God directs the entire course of redemptive history. Providence is "God's purposeful sovereignty." Its extent reaches down to the flight of electrons, u...
Expository Exultation
"God has appointed preaching in worship as one great means of accomplishing his ultimate goal in the world." -John Piper John Piper makes a compelling claim in these pages about the purpose of preaching: it is intended not merely as an e...
Don't Waste Your Life
In This Bestselling Book, John Piper Challenges Christians to a God-Exalting Life Many spend their lives on trivial diversions, seeking earthly comfort and pleasure above all else. But Jesus said, "Whoever loses his life for my sake will save...
Why I Love the Apostle Paul
"Besides Jesus, no one has kept me from despair, or taken me deeper into the mysteries of the gospel, than the apostle Paul." -John Piper No one has had a greater impact on the world for eternal good than the apostle Paul-except Jesus hi...
When the Darkness Will Not Lift
"It is utterly crucial that in our darkness we affirm the wise, strong hand of God to hold us, even when we have no strength to hold him." John Piper Even the most faithful, focused Christians can encounter periods of depression and spir...
Finally Alive
When Jesus said to Nicodemus, 'You must be born again', the devout and learned religious leader was unsure what Jesus meant. It would seem nothing has changed. Today 'born again Christians' fill churches that are seen as ineffectual at best, and e...
What Is Saving Faith?
Bestselling Author and Pastor John Piper Reflects on the Relationship between Treasuring Christ and Saving Faith¿ What happens in the heart when it experiences real saving faith? John Piper argues that faith in Christ is not saving unless it inclu...
Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ
Who is Jesus Christ? You've never met him in person, and you don't know anyone who has. But there is a way to know who he is. How? Jesus Christ-the divine Person revealed in the Bible-has a unique excellence and a spiritual beauty that speaks dire...
This Momentary Marriage
Reflecting on forty years of marriage, John Piper rivets our attention on its Christ-exalting, covenant-keeping essence-the rich soil for genuine growth. "An instant classic. It is at once biblical and devotional, the fruit of seasoned theolo...
Binary Trading
Over the last few years, the world of betting has changed dramatically thanks to the convergence of betting on sporting events and the trading of financial markets. A new type of betting has emerged which has become the fastest growing area of bet...
Binary Betting
The world of betting is changing dramatically - say hello to Binary Betting. In recent years betting on sporting events and the trading of financial markets have been moving closer to each other, and binary bets are the result of this convergence....