John Piper

The author, John Piper, is a retired pastor, author, and theologian. Piper wants his readers to know that the goal of preaching is the glory of God (21). Piper also states that the ground of preaching is the cross of Christ, and the gift of preaching comes from the power of the Holy Spirit (23). Piper accomplishes his goal within both parts of the book. Part one is dedicated to why God should be supreme in preaching, and part two is how to make God supreme in preaching. This a great book for students

In this book, John Piper juxtaposes having the mentality of a shepherd over the mentality of a professional. He covers a variety of topics that he seeks to articulate the most God-exalting view. He states, “We pastors are being killed by the professionalizing of the pastoral ministry. The mentality of the professional is not the mentality of the prophet. It is not the mentality of the slave of Christ. Professionalism has nothing to do with the essence and heart of the Christian ministry. The more

John Piper gives several reasons for why we as Christians believe that the Son became human without ceasing to be God. The first is brought up in verse 14. It states that the Word “dwelt among us.” So if the Word is God, and the Word dwelt among us, the that means Christ was still one hundred percent God and also man. This is the reason shown in Matthew 1:23 when the angel states that the child born of a virgin’s name will be called “Immanuel,” which means God with us. When the Word became flesh

Pastor John Piper thinks television personality Oprah Winfrey misinterprets the Bible by likening God granting blessings to the Third Law of Motion. In an entry on his Desiring God blog, Pastor John Piper voices out his disapproval of Oprah Winfrey’s interpretation of the Bible verse Psalm 37:4. For the TV host, getting one’s desires is a result of karma, or simply doing good deeds, Christian Today reports. In the latest episode of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” the host, who is a Christian

John Piper has dedicated many years of his life to writing books, preaching sermons, and running various ministries. His education includes a degree in Literature and Philosophy, a Master of Divinity, and a doctorate in New Testament Studies. He has written over 50 books and a vast amount of articles and other forms of literature pertaining to Christianity and the human response to religion. In one of his books, Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God, Piper explains how the use of conscious

Living in 1903–1992, John Piper was an English painter, printmaker, designer, writer, designer, potter and much more. He was famous for his romantic landscapes and views of ruins. John Piper was born in Epsom (a town in England) in 1903 and lived 89 years before dying in 1992. When John Piper was young, his father wanted him to join the law firm but after John Piper’s father died in 1927, John Piper decided to become an artist and studied at the Richmond College of Art for a year then switched to

Education of a Prophet: Jonah John Piper discusses the idea of Christians that have strong racist views. He starts his sermon by talking about his hometown church and its racist members, then he compares these people to members of the Ku Klux Klan, and last of all he discussed the nationalistic views Jonah had. Piper had found the idea of Christians harboring racist views troubling and made several arguments on why Christians cannot be racist. According to John Piper, church members of his mother’s

In his work Let the Nations Be Glad, John Piper seeks to argue that “the ultimate goal of God in all of history is to uphold and display his glory for the enjoyment of the redeemed from every tribe and tongue and people and nation” (255). Piper begins his work by offering a thorough critique of the prosperity gospel and the dangerous effect that gospel has on missions. By claiming that the prosperity gospel undermines believer’s covenantal witness, minimizes godliness, makes little of the spiritual

Distinguished pastor and scholar John Piper wrote that there are two types of missionaries in the world today —Timothy-like and Paul-like missionaries. Timothy left his home in Lystra and joined the apostle Paul during his second missionary journey. He crossed different Mediterranean cultures and eventually became the overseer of the church in Ephesus. He served as a resident missionary in that renowned city away from home. On the other hand, the apostle Paul was an itinerant evangelist or a “frontier

and desperation for a job I have ended up as the Piper: the red and grey sports mascot of Hamline. Through this job I have come to see how sports can help bring together diverse groups of people, and inspire the spectators to be their best selves. When I went to bed the night before my very first football game, I was nervous and excited. I was about to become a part of something which I had no knowledge of. When I originally applied to be the piper had no idea what the job would detail, I just needed