John Piper Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“Every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God.”

“God is not beholden to us at all. He doesn't owe us anything.”

“God wills to be displayed and known and loved and cherished and worshiped.”

“When I believe in Jesus, I am united to Christ. Therefore, what he did and achieved becomes mine by this union through faith alone. His righteous life is imputed to me. What Christ achieved is counted as mine.”

“Life is in God's hand.”

“The Christian - the biblical - concept of mercy toward wrongdoers only exists in relation to justice. Showing mercy, in relation to wrongdoing, means treating someone better than they deserve.”

“Homosexual behavior has been exploited, and reveled in, and celebrated in art, for millennia.”

“Few things give rise to imprecise rhetoric like the issue of race. It's understandable, but damaging.”

“Little hearts, little souls give little lusts big power. Big hearts give little lusts little power.”

“God was alive when this universe exploded into existence. He was alive when Socrates drank his poison. He was the living God when William Bradford governed Plymouth Colony. He was the living God in 1966 when Thomas Altizer proclaimed him dead and Time magazine absolutely absurdly put it on the front cover.”