John Piper Sermons

Cornelius would not have been saved if no one had taken him the gospel. And no one will be saved today without the gospel.

Jesus does not like pessimistic views of life or history. He has surprises in store that you have never dreamed.

The truth that Jesus is the Son of God needs to be one of the central pillars in our understanding of reality.

The test of the authenticity our worship on Sunday is whether we are a radically Christ-like people on Monday.

When we come to meet God (whether in corporate worship, or in judgment at the last day), we should prepare.

All God's plans for history from beginning to end have this one goal—WORSHIP GOD!

The purpose of every small group—whatever else it is—is to keep the love of its members warm.

How does God make your mouth a fountain of life?

Our calling, our vocation is to be misunderstood, criticized, ignored, and hurt for doing what is right, and not to return hurt for hurt.

The very nature of God is that he is eager to show his power on behalf of people who trust him.

Our culture wants power to escape weakness in leisure, but Christianity offers power to endure weakness in love.

The author of Hebrews knows nothing of coasting Christianity.

Something is wrong with a private God. But if our God is great, we go public with our worship.

The steadfast love of the Lord has been the same through all the changes of the last 120 years.

God’s design in converting Paul is to give you hope for yourself and for the people you want to see converted.

Congregational authority and strong leadership under that authority are not incompatible. They are biblical, and they are vital.

God has yet more wonders to show us in the work of evangelism and world missions than we can imagine.

Luke expects the receiving of the Holy Spirit to be a real, identifiable experience, not just a logical inference from a human act of will.

There is a "faith" or a "believing" that does not save, even though it rises in the presence of true preaching and true miracles.

God makes persecution and suffering serve the unstoppable mission of the church.