Quotes by John Piper, The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God's Delight in Being God

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... the mind was designed not to defend what we want, but to discover what is ultimately true, which should shape our wa — John Piper, The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God's Delight in Being God
In all of knowable reality, God is unique. He is knowable not like the multiplication table or the table of elements; he — John Piper, The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God's Delight in Being God
The greatest joy is joy in God. This is plain from Psalm 16:11: "You [God] will make known to me the path of life; in Yo — John Piper, The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God's Delight in Being God
Our obedience is God's pleasure when it proves that God is our treasure. This is good news, because it means very simply — John Piper, The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God's Delight in Being God
Without a spiritual wakefulness to divine purposes and connections in all things, we will not know things for what they — John Piper, The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God's Delight in Being God
I recall hearing one of my professors in seminary say that one of the best tests of a person's theology was the effect i — John Piper, The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God's Delight in Being God
Grace is not simply leniency when we have sinned. Grace is the enabling gift of God not to sin. Grace is power, not just — John Piper, The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God's Delight in Being God