The Biblical Path to Severing Sin and Pursuing HolinessHow can we overcome sin and live in a way that honors God? Many believers attempt to walk upright out of gratitude for what Christ did in the past. But John Piper encourages men and women to look ahead to the grace God provides for us daily—putting faith into action by laying hold of God's promises for the challenges we face.Future Grace offers meditations grounded in solid biblical reflection to...

In this revised and expanded edition of Brothers, We Are Not Professionals that includes a new introduction and select all-new chapters, best-selling author John Piper pleads through a series of thoughtful essays with fellow pastors to abandon the professionalization of the pastorate and pursue the prophetic call of the Bible for radical ministry.“We pastors are being killed by the professionalizing of the pastoral ministry,” he writes. “The mentality of the professional i...

In a grimy industrial town in the North East of England, corruption reigns in high places The ambitious Mayor has brought prosperity to some, mainly himself, but most of the population are struggling to survive. Then, a celebration for the great and the good turns into an orgy.and many lusts and perversions are exposed within the corridors of power. Closure and redevelopment of the docks has left many out of work and the pressure of life has increased the levels of crime and prostitution o...

Claude is a victim. He was victimized and bullied throughout his early years, through school and even at work it was still going on. He had come to expect it, but he didn't see what was coming next until he was trapped.Late one night a gang of drunken women on their way home from a hen-night, force their way into his home and gang rape him, before leaving him in a park, tied and naked. He gets free the next morning and turns to his neighbor for help. She enslaves him and forces him ...

Everyone is looking for power. Political campaigns play to the power of fear and hope; advertising agencies rely on the power of appetite, both wielding power by the means of words.But churches have something different and better. Churches have the gospel. Though we live in the world, we must not wage war like the world, or fight with its weapons. On the contrary, we have divine power to demolish strongholds.The gospel consists merely of words, but those words have the unex...

There has been a sea-change in European politics. After the financial crisis in Greece, Germany has taken steps to protect her loan repayments from Ireland and has installed a minister in the Irish government in an 'advisory' capacity to guarantee repayments are made.Scotland has left the United Kingdom and England has exited the European Union. It is in this scenario that a schizophrenic megalomaniac makes his move to take over Ireland by force as a dictator.He starts by try...

We all want to experience liberating, love-producing, risk-taking satisfaction in God. But the reality is that we often struggle to find, and hold onto, true and lasting joy—even when we have embraced the good news of God’s grace. So we face a crucial question: What should I do when I don’t desire God?John Piper aims to help us find joy in Jesus that is so deep and so strong that it frees us from bondage to comfort and security, and impels us to live merci...

John Piper's Meditations for a Heart Satisfied in Christ"Taste and see that the Lord is good!" (Psalm 34:8). Spiritual hunger longs for rich, substantial nourishment. Skillfully prepared by pastor and author John Piper, these fresh meditations will whet your appetite for more of God himself and bring sweetness in your daily communion with Christ.In Taste and See, Piper asks hard questions and finds poignant but practical truths from the Bible on topi...

John Piper's Meditations for Leading a Godward LifeAmid the incessant demands of daily life, it's easy to misplace our affections. This devotional volume by John Piper features 120 meditations that focus on the radical difference it makes when we choose to live with God at the center of all that we do.Ideal for daily reflection, these brief, Scripture-soaked readings touch on issues relevant to our daily lives, including the character of God, the pursuit of h...

Severing the Root of Sin with the Promises of GodNo one sins out of duty. We sin because it offers some promise of happiness. Thatpromise enslaves us—until we believe that God is more desirable than life itself(Psalm 63:3). Only the power of God's superior promises in the gospel can emancipate our hearts from servitude to the shallow promises and fleeting pleasures of sin.Pastor John Piper shows how to sever the clinging roots of 8 common sins t...

Discovering Who God Is Through What Makes God GladChristians long to know God. They seek him by studying his words and tracing his works. But there is another pathway into God's wonders—a surprising one. It is not the pathway of God's deeds but his delights. What a person enjoys most deeply shows the deep things of a person's character. So it is with God. What makes God glad reveals more of his glory than most of us ever dreamed.In this beloved classic, pas...

Bestselling Author John Piper Examines End-Times Theology and Scripture's Command to Love the Second Coming of ChristMany people are curious about the second coming of Christ—what it will be like, when it will happen, and what signs will come first. In his latest book, Come, Lord Jesus, John Piper addresses all these issues, but stresses that those who love the second coming of Christ will receive a crown of righteousness (2 Timothy 4:6–8).