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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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Job: The Revelation of God in Suffering
Jul 28, 1985 • 34 min
It is presumptuous to assume you can counsel God about how to run a more just world.
Job: Rebuked in Suffering
Jul 21, 1985 • 30 min
The suffering of the righteous is not a token of God's enmity but of his love. It is not a punishment of their sins but a refinement of their righteousness.
Job: Wrestling with Suffering
Jul 14, 1985 • 35 min
Why did God prolong Job's suffering? Didn't his initial reaction prove his faith?
Job: Reverent in Suffering
Jul 7, 1985 • 37 min
Satan’s hand caused the suffering of Job. But in all of his calamities, Job still had reason for reverent worship because God was ultimately at work.
Perfect Love Casts Out Fear
May 26, 1985 • 36 min
A life poured out in love for others on the basis of joyful confidence before God yields peace of mind and the hope of a glorious destiny.
God Abides in the One Who Loves and the One Who Confesses
May 19, 1985 • 35 min
Six questions to see if you have genuine faith in Christ and love for others.
Love One Another for Love Is of God
May 12, 1985 • 35 min
The evidence of being indwelt by the Spirit of God is the experience of loving Jesus the way the Father loves him.
Let What You Heard from the Beginning Abide in You
Mar 17, 1985 • 32 min
The Spirit agrees with the apostolic doctrine or it is not the Spirit of God.
Do Not Love the World
Mar 10, 1985 • 34 min
God offers an ever-flowing river of delight to anyone who will drink deeply of his goodness.
The One Who Loves Lives in Light
Feb 24, 1985 • 31 min
Hate is the evidence of blindness to the light of God. Love is the evidence that sight has been given to the blind.
Obedience Confirms Our Standing in God
Feb 17, 1985 • 35 min
You can know that you know Christ if you obey his commands.
Jesus Christ Is an Advocate for Sinners
Feb 10, 1985 • 30 min
We must walk in the light if we are to go on experiencing the cleansing of Jesus. And if we sin, we do indeed have an advocate with the Father.
Eternal Life Has Appeared in Christ
Jan 27, 1985 • 33 min
When God becomes a man, he strips away every pretense of man to be God.
The Power that Wields the Weapon
Jan 13, 1985 • 33 min
Listen Now
The Good End of Godly Regret
Dec 30, 1984 • 30 min
Regret can be good if it produces repentance and leads to salvation.
The Relationship Between Diversified Domestic Ministries and Frontier Missions
Nov 18, 1984 • 35 min
The ultimate goal of the church is to reflect and display the glory and worth of God. Missions is a means, not an end.
Hallowed Be Thy Name: In All the Earth
Nov 4, 1984 • 35 min
In the Lord's prayer, Jesus teaches that the first priority in praying is to ask that our heavenly Father's name be hallowed.
The Lord Whose Name Is Jealous
Oct 28, 1984 • 34 min
God responds with terrible wrath against those whose hearts should belong to him but go after other things.
I Am Alpha and Omega
Oct 14, 1984 • 34 min
At the end of every road is God. You will meet him as light and life or as fire and torment.
I Will Be Gracious to Whom I Will Be Gracious
Sep 23, 1984 • 32 min
God’s choice to show mercy to some and not others originates in the mystery of his own sovereign will, not in the will of his creatures.