Quotes from John Piper

Jesus Christ... came into the world to vindicate the infinite worth of God's holiness which had been desecrated by our sin and which seemed... to be taken lightly because it was being passed over for nothing more than the blood of bulls.

Be glad in the Lord and receive willingly from His Hand all that he designs for my holiness - both painful and pleasant.

Does Christ get a good reputation because of the way we live? Is the excellence of Christ displayed in our lives? That should matter to us, not whether we ourselves are praised.

It is not saving faith to confess Christ as true. Saving faith receives Christ as a Treasure.

The Great Commission will not get done if we're not ready to risk our lives and the lives of our family.

It is better to lose your life than to waste it.

Sin is what you do when your heart is not satisfied with God. No one sins out of duty. We sin because it holds some promise of happiness. That promise enslaves us until we believe that God is more desired than life itself.

There is hope in forgiveness

Forgiveness costs us nothing. All our costly obedience is the fruit, not the root, of being forgiven. That's why we call it grace.

You can't make yourself saved. This is very threatening to people, even Christians, because of what it seems to say about freedom.

What women rightly long for is spiritual and moral initiative from a man, not spiritual and moral domination.

Love is doing what will enthrall the beloved with the greatest and longest joy. What will enthrall the beloved this way is the glory of God. Love means doing all we can, at whatever cost to ourselves, to help people be enthralled with the glory of God. When they are, they are satisfied and God is glorified. Therefore loving people and glorifying God are one.