Quotes from John Piper
Doing things in secret that you are ashamed for others to know is practical atheism. God's knowing doesn't count?
- John Piper
Christianity is fundamentally convalescence.. .God is not only the doctor who prescribes, He is the nurse who lifts up our powerless head and puts the spoon in our mouth...And He is the medicine.
- John Piper
The gospel is not a way to get people to heaven; it is a way to get people to God.
- John Piper
Worship is a way of gladly reflecting back to God the radiance of his worth. This cannot be done by mere acts of duty. It can be done only when spontaneous affections arise in the heart.
- John Piper
We will wait. We will wait till all is made righteous (glorious) according to the word of God.
- John Piper
The apex of glorifying God is enjoying Him with the heart. But this is empty emotionalism where that joy is not awakened and sustained by true views of God for who He really is
- John Piper
Worship is a way of gladly reflecting back to God the radiance of His worth.
- John Piper
Put your ear to the ground of God's word and listen to the rumble of His faithfulness coming.
- John Piper
It is unbiblical and arrogant to try to worship God for any other reason than the pleasure to be had in Him.
- John Piper
Feeling loved by God means feeling glad not only that He crushed His Son so that I can be forgiven, but that He's crushing everything that takes away from my praising of the glory of His grace.
- John Piper
Being infinite, God is inexhaustibly interesting. It is therefore impossible that God be boring.
- John Piper
God is not an employer looking for employees. He is an Eagle looking for people who will take refuge under his wings.
- John Piper