Quotes from John Piper

There is an infinite difference between the pastor whose heart is set on being a professional and the pastor whose heart is set on being the aroma of Christ, the fragrance of death to some and eternal life to others (2 Cor. 2:15—16).

Now comes the really amazing part. What is offered to the world, to everyone who hears the gospel, is not a love or saving achievement designed for all and therefore especially for no one; but rather, what is offered is the absolute fullness of all that Christ achieved for his elect.

Prayer is the form of faith that connects us today with the grace that will make us adequate for tomorrow's ministry.

God created me—and you—to live with a single, all-embracing, all-transforming passion, namely, a passion to glorify God by enjoying and displaying his supreme excellence in all the spheres of life.

This is why it is often called sovereign grace: it raises the dead. The dead do not raise themselves. God does by his grace. And it is this "glorious grace" that will be praised for all eternity.

When faith is in fullest operation, it pictures a future with a God who is so powerful and so loving and so wise and so satisfying that this future-picturing faith experiences assurance. Now.

We would do our theology better if more was at stake in what we said.

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. (1 Corinthians 10:31)

Delighting in God was not a mere preference or option in life; it was our joyful duty and should be the single passion of our lives.

We may think we are centering our lives on God when we are really making Him a means to self-esteem.

The world and even thousands of Christians give no praise and thanks to God for millions of daily, life-sustaining providences because they do not see the world as the theater of God's wonders. They see it as a vast machine running on mindless natural laws

We desire the wrong things, and we desire right things in the wrong way. And both are deadly—like eating pleasant poison.