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According to Warren Wiersbe, The Supremacy of God in Preaching "calls us back to a biblical standard for preaching, a standard exemplified by many of the pulpit giants of the past, especially Jonathan Edwards and Charles Spurgeon." This newly revised and expanded edition is an essential guide for preachers who want to stir the embers of revival. Piper has added valuable new material reflecting on his thirty-three years of preaching at Bethlehem Baptist Church, offering a glimpse of what a lifetime of putting God first has done for the faith of the hundreds of thousands who have heard him preach over the years.

God wants your heart. The whole Bible teaches truth and awakens emotions, but the Psalms are in a category of their own. They do not just awaken heart; they put it in the foreground. They do not just invite our emotions to respond to God's truth; they put our emotions on display.The Psalms are not just commanding; they are contagious. We are not just listening to profound ideas and feelings. We are living among them in their overflow. We touch pillows wet with tears. We hear and feel the unabashed cries of affliction, shame, regret, grief, anger, discouragement, and turmoil. But what makes all this stunningly different from the sorrows of the world is that all of it-absolutely all of it-is experienced in relation to the totally sovereign God.This book is an invitation. God wants our hearts. He will take them as he finds them. And then, with the healing contagion of the Psalms, he will shape them. Accept his invitation to come.

Getting to know that special someone naturally includes learning about family and friends, education and athletics, favor­ite pastimes, and your hopes and dreams. Ideally, you’ll ask each other all kinds of questions, some vital and some trivial, and you’ll talk about life’s best moments and worst, the brightest places in your background and the darkest.But what about God? What is his role in your relationship? What do each of you believe about him, and how do you understand his dream for marriage—for your marriage?At Desiring God, one of our most accessed pages online is a set of questions John Piper put together for couples preparing for marriage (an updated version appears in Appendix I). You’ll find many of the typical questions here—about friends and entertainment and lifestyle and children, and many people have found that John’s way of putting these questions helps get right at some pretty deep stuff.But you’ll find other questions here, too—about theology, worship and devotion, and the roles of husband and wife—ques­tions that far too many couples don’t think to ask. When preparing for marriage, or even in just beginning to con­sider it, it can be immensely helpful to have the perspective of someone like John Piper, not only a seasoned husband of nearly 50 years, but also a sea­soned pastor, careful thinker, and faithful theologian.Our hope is that a few couples—whether dating and considering marriage, or engaged and preparing for marriage—would find some benefit here, getting to know each other better in some of life’s most significant matters, and becoming more fit to discern God’s leading for their lives.But John has more to offer than just the pre-marriage questions. Chapter 1 includes John’s counsel about engagement, chapter 2 about wedding planning (and finances). Chapter 3 provides invaluable instruction about the beautiful, complementary dynamic the Bible teaches between husband and wife.Sexual relations in marriage is the topic of chapter 4. (We know some of you may be flipping straight to that one, now that you know it’s there. That’s okay. Do read the rest of the book when you can!) Here there is so much potential for pleasure, and so much potential for pain. Don’t shy away from giving the topic of sex good consideration and honest discussion during your engagement.Then, in chapter 5, John helps us ponder how we can guard our marriages in a day in which they are under assault from every side. Finally, chapter 6 is based on perhaps John Piper’s single most important message on marriage. There he goes more macro than many of us have ever dared to go in thinking about what marriage is, and what God designed it for. This is a glorious, true, life-changing vision.After John’s long list of pre-marriage questions to discuss, the second appendix is about mission together. Marriage is for mission, too. In particular, the focus here is on hospital­ity. It’s a lightly edited sermon from the series that became the book This Momentary Marriage: A Parable of Permanence, which is where we’d send you to learn more about marriage fol­lowing this book. (We’d also want to point you to a 30-day devotional for young married couples called Happily Ever After: Finding Grace in the Messes of Marriage, by John Piper and other contributors to desiringGod.org.) For Christians, talking about ministry together, including hospitality (literally, in the New Tes­tament, “love for strangers”) is essential preparation.Reevaluate your commitments, check your priorities, rethink your normal. It will be well worth your time to ask difficult questions and think hard about the answers. For your joy, the good of others, and the glory of the church’s Groom.

Turn your world on its head.For more than thirty years, John Piper pastored in the rough and tumble realities of downtown Minneapolis, preaching his people through the ups and down of life one Sunday at a time. When it came to capturing a generation of joy in one final sermon series, he turned to ten trademark truths to leave ringing in his peoples’ ears.1. God Is2. The Glory of God3. Christian Hedonism4. The Sovereignty of God5. The Gospel of God in Christ6. The Call to Global Missions7. Living the Christian Life8. The Perseverance of the Saints9. Biblical Manhood and Womanhood10. Sorrowful Yet Always RejoicingThese ten are world-shaking truths—each astonishing in its own way. First they turned Piper’s own world upside down. Then his church’s. And they will continue to turn the whole world upside down as the gospel of Christ advances in distance and depth. These surprising doctrines, as Piper writes, are “wildly untamable, explosively uncontainable, and electrically future-creating.”Join a veteran author, pastor, and Christian statesman as he captures the ten astonishing, compassionate, life-giving, joy-awakening, hope-sustaining truths that have held everything together for him.(This book is a revised edition of the earlier title, Doctrine Matters.)

A bestselling author and popular pastor reflects on the ministry of Paul, famous persecutor-turned-missionary, drawing on the six decades he has spent "getting to know" Paul through the New Testament, which records his conversion, missionary journeys, and 13 letters he penned to churches throughout the ancient world.

May the Holy Spirit use this book to help ignite the next generation with a passion to deny themselves and take up their crosses to serve Christ and his sheep from every tribe, tongue, and nation." Burk ParsonsCo-pastor of Saint Andrew's ChapelEditor of Tabletalk magazine Piper has provided a generation of pastors with a clear and profound statement on our calling, " Matt Carter>I hope every pastor reads this book and listens to its sane, practical, biblical advice." Kevin DeYoungSenior Pastor at University Reformed Church in East Lansing, MichiganAuthor of The Hole in Our Holiness It will challenge you. It will instruct you. And most of all, it will encourage you as you shepherd God's flock which He has entrusted to your care." Daniel L. Akin I am honored to be able to recommend this 2nd edition of Brothers We are Not Professionals. I cannot commend it highly enough. Read it. Re-read it. And then teach it to others. J.D. Greear Lead Pastor, the Summit Church

In recent years betting on sporting events and the trading of financial markets have been moving closer to each other, and binary bets are the result of this convergence. This book explains what binary bets are, how to trade them profitably and how to reduce risk. It also includes many real-life examples of binary betting trades.

"May these meditations become in your life the living embodiment of God's Word and penetrate to the deep places of your soul. God has a good work to do there." -John Piper ONLY GOD CAN SATISFY YOUR SOUL. Every day, the world takes another step away from God's truth and into greater moral and spiritual relativism. If your view of life is fed by a steady diet of television news and popular opinion, you'll find yourself starved, parched, and confused. But there is a way for your soul to be satisfied and at peace during these turbulent times. The answer is to turn those hungers, questions, and desires towards God. These meditations offer a daily serving of God's Word along with practical insights from beloved pastor and author John Piper. Each reading reorients you to the eternal rather than the popular. In a world where ephemeral feelings are valued more than firm facts and eternal joys, each selection will awaken you to the truth of who God is-and who you are. These 120 devotional readings celebrate God's sovereignty in every aspect of our world, from how to feed our soul, the danger of hero worship, and loving our enemies, to suffering, having a passion for purity, and ways we can be a refuge for our children. This collection offers a daily feast of truth and wisdom that places God right where He belongs-at the center of our lives. These meditations originally appeared in John Piper's Pierced by the Word, Life as a Vapor, and A Godward Heart.YOU ARE INVITED TO ENJOY THE RAREST OF TREASURES… The world tries to distract our minds. Deaden our hearts. Water down our beliefs. If there are no absolutes, then we can pursue whatever tickles our fancy. We are the captain of our destiny. But, sadly, the result is that we remain hopelessly adrift in a constantly changing sea of confusion. There is a better answer: Rather than numb our soul, we can fully satisfy it. Instead of letting the world squeeze us into its mold, we can be molded into sons and daughters of God. The solution is to feast on God's Word and drink deep from His river of life. These daily meditations invite us into this central promise about God: You are good and do good; Teach me your statutes. -Psalm 119:68 Discover the supremacy of God in every area of your life...and as the only source of a truly satisfied soul.

This excerpt from John Piper's book Don't Waste Your Life urges readers to make their lives count for eternity by trusting in Christ. Explains that Jesus is God and that "life is wasted if we do not grasp the glory of the cross."

Best-selling author John Piper teaches us how to read the Bible in light of its unique ability to reveal God's glory in a way that informs our minds, transforms our hearts, and ignites our love.

Best-selling author John Piper puts the life of Andrew Fuller on display as inspiration for Christians to devote themselves to knowing, guarding, and spreading the true gospel to the ends of the earth.

This definitive 14-volume set brings together for the first time all of Piper's published writings from 1970 to 2015, featuring the latest editions of each of his fifty books along with his hundreds of articles and chapters, compiled in one beautifully designed resource.

In this concise and accessible resource, John Piper and Wayne Grudem offer compelling answers to the top 50 questions often asked in regard to biblical manhood and womanhood, engaging common objections winsomely and biblically.

Piper's fourth book in The Swans Are Not Silent seriestells the stories of Athanasius, Owen, and Machen, who passionatelydefended the truth of the gospel, despite facing opposition. Now inpaperback.

El significado del matrimonio es infinitamente grandioso. El abismo entre la vision biblica del matrimonio y el concepto humano en general es -y ha sido siempre- gigantesco. Historicamente, algunas culturas respetan la importancia y la permanencia del matrimonio mas que otras. Algunas, culturas occidentales del siglo XXI, tienen una actitud hacia el matrimonio del tipo "tomelo o dejelo," tan limitada e informal como para hacer que la vision biblica le parezca ridicula a la mayoria de la gente. El matrimonio es un regalo temporal, pero glorioso. Es mas que el amor de un esposo y de una esposa por el otro; es muchisimo mas. Su significado es infinitamente grandioso: es la representacion del amor fiel al pacto entre Jesus y su pueblo. Pacto matrimonial esclarece la vision biblica, sus inesperadas caracteristicas y sus trascendentales implicancias para casados, solteros, divorciados y vueltos a casar.

In The Way To Trade Better John Piper returns to the fundamental topic of transforming yourself into a winning trader. Building on more than 30 years of frontline trading experience and over two decades of teaching and coaching, he explains how winning at trading involves turning your trading into a business.

Laying out what the Bible says about God's sovereignty over the spectacular sins and terrible tragedies of human history, John Piper encourages readers to trust in God's plan and purposes. Newly redesigned.

Helping Christians put their faith into action and live for more than comfort, Piper offers this stand-alone edition of chapter 5 from his best-selling book Don't Waste Your Life. He teaches us to choose risk for the cause of Christ, the fulfillment of our joy, and the good of others.

After a decade in publication, this book is still one of the best theological reference books regarding missions. Piper demonstrates proper devotion which leads to missionary service. He also talks about whether Jesus is the only way to heaven and explains in detail the large task before us.