0 ratings | 0 reviews | avg rating:0.0

John Piper’s Followers (4,213)

John’s Bookshelves

read (0)
currently-reading (0)
to-read (0)

John’s Friends

John hasn't connected with his friends on Goodreads, yet.

John Piper

Goodreads Author

Born

in Chattanooga, Tennessee, The United States

Website

http://www.desiringgod.org/authors/john-piper

Twitter

johnpiper

Genre

Christian, Religion, Spirituality

Influences

Jonathan Edwards, John Calvin, Blaise Pascal, C. S. Lewis, Bill Piper ...more

Member Since

November 2013

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/johnpiper

edit data

John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. For 33 years, he served as senior pastor at Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

He grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, and studied at Wheaton College, Fuller Theological Seminary (B.D.), and the University of Munich (D.theol.). For six years, he taught Biblical Studies at Bethel College in St. Paul, Minnesota, and in 1980 accepted the call to serve as pastor at Bethlehem.

John is the author of more than 50 books and more than 30 years of his preaching and teaching is available free at desiringGod.org. John and his wife, Noel, have four sons, one daughter, and twelve grandchildren.

Librarian Note: There is more than one author ...more

3564 posts
John Piper's Blog

The Life-Giving Light

What makes Christ a life-giving light? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to John 1:1–13 and shows us the light breaking into darkness.

Watch Now

Combine Editions
John Piper’s books

Average rating: 4.2 · 217,418 ratings · 15,321 reviews · 535 distinct works • Similar authors

	Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist 4.17 avg rating — 45,010 ratings — published 1986 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don't Waste Your Life 4.13 avg rating — 33,298 ratings — published 2003 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Passion of Jesus Christ 4.19 avg rating — 8,544 ratings — published 2004 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Let the Nations Be Glad!: The Supremacy of God in Missions 4.22 avg rating — 6,748 ratings — published 1993 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God's Delight in Being God 4.25 avg rating — 6,511 ratings — published 1991 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When I Don't Desire God: How to Fight For Joy 4.12 avg rating — 6,651 ratings — published 2004 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Future Grace 4.19 avg rating — 5,983 ratings — published 1995 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Momentary Marriage: A Parable of Permanence 4.22 avg rating — 5,009 ratings — published 2009 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Coronavirus and Christ 4.30 avg rating — 4,207 ratings — published 2020 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Hunger for God 4.12 avg rating — 4,327 ratings — published 1997 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by John Piper…

Series by John Piper

The Swans Are Not Silent (7 books)
by

John Piper (Goodreads Author)

4.32 avg rating — 5,364 ratings

Missions Biography (4 books)
by

John Piper (Goodreads Author)

4.24 avg rating — 512 ratings

rss
John’s Recent Updates

John Piper wrote a new blog post How Does God’s Joy Become My Joy? The New Testament seems to connect the person of the Holy Spirit with the joy we experience as believers. But how do the two relate to each other? Lis Read more of this blog post »
Jul 28, 2023 12:25AM · like

More of John's books…

Quotes by John Piper (?)

“God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him”
― John Piper

tags: christian-living, theology

760 likes

“One of the great uses of Twitter and Facebook will be to prove at the Last Day that prayerlessness was not from lack of time.”
― John Piper

449 likes

“If you don't feel strong desires for the manifestation of the glory of God, it is not because you have drunk deeply and are satisfied. It is because you have nibbled so long at the table of the world. Your soul is stuffed with small things, and there is no room for the great.”
― John Piper, A Hunger for God: Desiring God Through Fasting And Prayer

tags: desire, hunger

350 likes

See all John Piper's quotes »

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
One Million Pages...: Devin's Page Count	2	47	Jun 10, 2010 01:13PM
Reformed Readers: Summer Challenge - Anyone Interested?	5	77	Dec 13, 2010 07:37PM
The Next Best Boo...: The Title Game	20235	14519	May 30, 2013 12:53PM
Christian Readers: Who do you trust?	24	432	Aug 29, 2013 03:33PM
VT Christian Read...: Halfway Updates?	13	45	Jul 27, 2016 07:28PM
Nothing But Readi...: Book-a-Movie Reading Challenge	35	639	Aug 25, 2016 11:29AM
VT Christian Read...: 100 Pages or Less	26	223	Nov 18, 2016 05:21AM
The Seasonal Read...: Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD	2571	467	Nov 30, 2016 09:00PM
Around the Year i...: Sylvia's "Seat-of-the-Pants" Plan	15	107	Jul 30, 2020 08:12AM

More…

John Piper’s Followers (4,213)

Add New
Videos

John’s Bookshelves

John’s Friends

John Piper

Goodreads Author

3564 posts
John Piper's Blog

The Life-Giving Light

Combine Editions
John Piper’s books

Series by John Piper

rss
John’s Recent Updates

How Does God’s Joy Become My Joy?

Topics Mentioning This Author

John’s Friend Comments

John Piper’s Followers (4,213)

John Piper

Goodreads Author

rssJohn’s Recent Updates

Topics Mentioning This Author

rss
John’s Recent Updates