John Piper Responds to Why He Asked Rick Warren..

..to speak at this year's Desiring God conference. I am so encouraged by Dr. Piper's response and willingness to cross lines and upset/challenge fundamentalists. There is a lot we can learn from John Piper including theology, lifestyle and how to hold things with a closed hand and open hand.

We Are Far Too Easily Pleased

From Desiring God.

The script comes straight from C. S. Lewis:

If there lurks in most modern minds the notion that to desire our own good and earnestly to hope for the enjoyment of it is a bad thing, I submit that this notion has crept in from Kant and the Stoics and is no part of the Christian faith. Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased. (The Weight of Glory, 26)

John Piper: What Is God's Glory??

God's Glory, a phrase that we use endlessly, a phrase we put on bumper stickers, but do we know what we are saying???

John Piper offers a explanation of what he means by God's Glory:


Yes 2 John Piper Videos in 1 day, but they are both worth immediate viewing!

Preaching Irrelevant, Silly Myths

Matt Chandler lead pastor at The Village Church speaking at Desiring God's Pastor's Conference this past year.