John Piper Quotes

Sin is what you do when your heart is not satisfied with God. No one sins out of duty. We sin because it holds out some promise of happiness.

The goal of missions is the gladness of the peoples in the greatness of God.

Every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God.

The way of the cross is the way of suffering. Christians are called to die, not kill, in order to show the world how they are loved by Christ.

Every sin flows from the failure to treasure the glory of God above all things.

Sanctification is a community project.

Worship is an inward feeling and outward action that reflects the worth of God.

The Great Commission will not get done if we’re not ready to risk our lives and the lives of our family.

The Lord is kind. He is good to all who take refuge under his wings.

Christ is glorified in you when he is more precious to you than all that life can give or death can take.

Where feelings for God are dead, worship is dead.

Our main work is, by the spirit of God, with the Word of God, to portray the glories of God as more beautiful and more satisfying than anything.

We embrace the hand we've been dealt, because we know the Dealer, and he never deals badly.

Marriage is not absolutely for making children. But it is absolutely for making children followers of Jesus.

If my life was to have a single, all-satisfying, unifying passion, it would have to be God's passion.

The immensity of His worth is reflected in the intensity of your worship.

There are two basic restrictions on marriage in the Bible: Number one, she should marry a man. Number two, he should be a Christian.

Sin is what you do when you are not satisfied in God.

Adjust your doctrine - or just minimize doctrine - to attract the world, and in the very process of attracting them, lose the radical truth that alone can set them free.

This is God's universal purpose for all Christian suffering: more contentment in God and less satisfaction in the world.

The great danger of riches is that our affections will be carried away from God to His gifts.

Bad theology dishonors God and hurts people. Churches that sever the root of truth may flourish for a season, but they will wither eventually or turn into something besides a Christian church.

Be glad in the Lord and receive willingly from His Hand all that he designs for my holiness - both painful and pleasant.

Humble us, O God, under your mighty hand, and let us rise, not as professionals, but as witnesses and partakers of the sufferings of Christ.

If you remove enjoyment of God from faith in God, it ceases to be faith.

We will not let you choose between being a lover of God and his sovereignty and being a lover of lost people.

God created us with sexual passion so that there would be language to describe what it means to cleave to him in love and what it means to turn away from him to others.

Intensity is all that matters in painting.

The right creative act makes its own laws, and always will do.

A God-centered theology has to be a missionary theology

God is not worn out running the galaxy. He’s not taxed at all guiding every dust particle all the time.

The further you go in the revealed thoughts of God, the clearer you see that God's aim in creating the world was to display the value of his own glory.

We are far too easily pleased.

We need a Savior. Christmas is an indictment before it becomes a delight.

Worship is ultimate, not missions. Because God is ultimate, not man.

God wills to be displayed and known and loved and cherished and worshiped.

Mission exists because worship doesn't.

God loves to show mercy . . . His anger must be released by a stiff safety lock, but His mercy has a hair trigger.

My joy grows with every soul that seeks the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Remember, you have one life. That’s all. You were made for God. Don’t waste it.

When it comes to killing my sin, I don't wait for the miracle, I act the miracle.

Every experience in life is designed to magnify the cross of Christ.

My Paradise: With Christ. Not sinning. No pain. New earth. Precious in that order.

Zeal for the glory of God motivates world missions

Neither Muslims nor anyone else truly worships the true God if they reject Jesus as he really is in the Gospels.

One day America and all its presidents will be a footnote in history, but the kingdom of Jesus will never end.

The rich fruit of spontaneity grows in the garden that is well tended by the discipline of schedule.

I do not aim to be immediately practical but eternally helpful.

When all your favorite preachers are gone, and all their books forgotten, you will have your Bible. Master it. MASTER IT!

Little hearts, little souls give little lusts big power. Big hearts give little lusts little power.

One way to appreciate C.S. Lewis is to see how his Christian humility shaped his life and work.