John Piper
John Piper is a Reformed Baptist theologian, author, and retired pastor who served as pastor for preaching and vision at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis for 33 years (1980–2013) and is now chancellor of Bethlehem College and Seminary and founder of Desiring God. He is best known for his concept of Christian Hedonism, articulated in his 1986 book *Desiring God*, and has authored over 50 books promoting the supremacy of God for the joy of all peoples through Jesus Christ. Piper studied at Wheaton College, Fuller Theological Seminary, and the University of Munich, specializing in New Testament studies.
Christian theology
Reformed theology
Christian hedonism
Astonished by God: Ten Truths to Turn the World Upside Down
Let the Nations Be Glad!: The Supremacy of God in Missions
A Peculiar Glory: How the Christian Scriptures Reveal Their Complete Truthfulness
Desiring God, Revised Edition: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism (Revised Edition)
Future Grace, Revised Edition: The Purifying Power of the Promises of God
Hunger for God: Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer
This Momentary Marriage: A Parable of Permanence
Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ (Revised Edition)
When the Darkness Will not Lift: Doing What We Can While We Wait for God - and Joy
God's Passion for His Glory: Living the Vision of Jonathan Edwards (With the Complete Text of The End for Which God Created the World)
Esther
Sex and the Supremacy of Christ
God Is the Gospel: Meditations on God's Love as the Gift of Himself
A Hunger for God (Redesign): Desiring God through Fasting and Prayer
Filling up the Afflictions of Christ: The Cost of Bringing the Gospel to the Nations in the Lives of William Tyndale, Adoniram Judson, and John Paton (Paperback Edition) (Volume 5)
Seeing Beauty and Saying Beautifully: The Power of Poetic Effort in the Work of George Herbert, George Whitefield, and C. S. Lewis
A Peculiar Glory
Desiring God, 25th Anniversary Reference Edition: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
Love Your Enemies (A History of the Tradition and Interpretation of Its Uses): Jesus' Love Command in the Synoptic Gospels and the Early Christian Paraenesis
When I Don't Desire God: How To Fight for Joy (study guide developed by Desiring God)
The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God's Delight in Being God
Filling Up the Afflictions of Christ: The Cost of Bringing the Gospel to the Nations in the Lives of William Tyndale, Adoniram Judson, and John Paton (The Swans Are Not Silent)
Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God