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John Piper

John Stephen Piper (born January 11, 1946) is a Reformed Baptist theologian and retired pastor. Specializing in New Testament studies, he is chancellor of Bethlehem College and Seminary in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[5] Piper taught biblical studies at Bethel University for six years (1974–1980), before serving as pastor for preaching and vision of Bethlehem Baptist Church (Converge) in Minneapolis for 33 years (1980–2013).

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Surely He Has Borne Our Griefs
Mar 14, 1993 • 35 min
Instead of crushing us for our iniquities, God's Servant is crushed for them as our substitute.
Renewing the Covenant for the Sake of God's Name
Mar 7, 1993 • 32 min
The covenant we make together as a local church is only possible because the God we have is abundatly gracious and steadfast in love.
Preserving the Covenant Community In Spite of Sickness and Sin
Feb 28, 1993 • 38 min
How do you preserve the covenant community in spite of sickness and sin?
A Model of Covenant Exhortation
Feb 21, 1993 • 32 min
Don't get into people's lives only when things are falling apart; get in when things are going well and help each other keep that course.
The New Covenant and the New Covenant People
Feb 7, 1993 • 36 min
The covenant that makes us belong to God makes us belong to each other.
Why a Church Covenant?
Jan 31, 1993 • 37 min
We must seek a better understanding of the covenantal meaning of the local church.
J. Gresham Machen’s Response to Modernism
Jan 26, 1993 • 1h 35m
Listen Now
Being Pro-Life Christians Under a Pro-Choice President
Jan 17, 1993 • 35 min
How shall we obey God's command to honor the king—or the president, or the governor—when they promote dishonorable deeds?
If My Words Abide In You
Jan 3, 1993 • 33 min
The great need of the hour is to know God more deeply and personally and biblically. Only then will we find great delight.
A Year-End Look at Jesus Christ
Dec 27, 1992 • 35 min
We need to be like lights shining in a dark place. Which means we need to behold Jesus. We need to gaze at Christ.
Why the Son of God Came into the World
Dec 20, 1992 • 36 min
The Bible's picture of our Savior too radical that it should be the mere creation of sinful men.
Sound Judgment, One Body, Several Parts
Nov 15, 1992 • 32 min
Why doesn't God give everyone the same faith and gifts?
One Lord, One Spirit, One Body for All Time and All Peoples
Nov 8, 1992 • 35 min
The truth that there is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, is a truth for inside the church and outside the church.
Why the Saints
Oct 18, 1992 • 37 min
The aim of your ministry as a Christian is to build up the body as a whole.
Beautifying the Body of Christ
Oct 11, 1992 • 32 min
Christ did not simply die for an unworthy woman or for a reluctant woman, but for a woman who found him repulsive.
The Nature of Faith as Joy
Oct 10, 1992 • 58 min
God’s grace works so powerfully in every believer that none remains unchanged. The grace that accepts us unquestionably also alters us irrevocably.
The Joy of God in Bruising His Son
Oct 10, 1992 • 44 min
God was pleased to bruise his Son, not because he delights in violence, but because Jesus lived every second to glorify his Father in heaven.
The Joy of God in His Fame
Oct 9, 1992 • 43 min
When we sin, we hurt ourselves and those around us. But most fundamentally our sin offends an infinitely holy God who will not stand to have injustice go unpunished for long.
Idolatry, the Lord's Supper, and the Body of Christ
Oct 4, 1992 • 32 min
The Lord's Supper exists to deepen and strengthen our participation in the benefits of the cross and to nourish our fellowship with Christ.
Israel and Us Reconciled in One Body
Sep 27, 1992 • 40 min
Jesus is the point in redemptive history where the true Israel becomes the church of Christ and the church emerges as the true Israel.