John Piper Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“Neither Muslims nor anyone else truly worships the true God if they reject Jesus as he really is in the Gospels.”

“The Bible does not oppose or forbid interracial marriages but sees them as a positive good for the glory of Christ.”

“It's amazing how many introverts go into the ministry. It's amazing how many people go into the ministry who don't really like to be with people.”

“Supernatural does not mean methodological stupidity.”

“Whenever the strength of God is not recognized as the source of our strength, we are breaking the First Commandment: Do not have any gods before me.”

“God revealed himself through the Law, which pointed to Christ as its end and goal, commanded the obedience that comes from faith, increased transgressions, and shut the mouths of all humans because no one has performed the righteousness of the Law so as not to need a substitute.”

“When people think about 'thinking,' they often think 'academia;' they think 'threat.' They think 'coldness.' I want to reverse all those images and say, 'No, the brain God gave you is intended to throw fuel on the fire of your affections for God. It's really good at it if you let it.'”

“As a child and a teenager, my attitudes and actions assumed the superiority of my race in almost every way without knowing or wanting to know anybody who was black, except Lucy. Lucy came to our house on Saturdays to help my mother clean. I liked Lucy, but the whole structure of the relationship was demeaning.”

“Don't assume that all fat people are gluttons. And don't use the word 'fat.' There is a principle here. Learn from logic and experience not to associate things - especially in preaching - that don't necessarily go together.”

“My mother, who grew up in Pennsylvania, literally washed my mouth out with soap once for saying, 'Shut up!' to my sister. She would have washed my mouth out with gasoline if she knew how foul my mouth was racially when she wasn't around.”