John Piper (theologian)
| John S. Piper | |
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| Born |
January 11, 1946 Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States |
| Education |
Wheaton College (B.A.) Fuller Theological Seminary (B.Div./M.Div.) University of Munich (D.Th.) |
| Occupation | Pastor, author |
| Notable work | Desiring God, The Pleasures of God, Don't Waste Your Life, Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (co-editor) |
| Spouse(s) | Noël Piper (m. 1968) |
| Theological work | |
| Era | Late 20th and early 21st centuries |
| Tradition or movement | Evangelical, Reformed Baptist, New Calvinism |
| Notable ideas | Christian Hedonism |
John Stephen Piper (born January 11, 1946) is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is a Calvinist Baptist preacher and author who served as Pastor for Preaching and Vision of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota for 33 years. His books include ECPA Christian Book Award winners Spectacular Sins,What Jesus Demands from the World,Pierced by the Word, and God's Passion for His Glory, and bestsellers Don't Waste Your Life and The Passion of Jesus Christ. The evangelical organization Desiring God is named for his book Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist (1986).
Piper was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Bill and Ruth Piper. His father was a traveling evangelist and church planter. When he and his older sister were still young, the Pipers moved to Greenville, South Carolina, where he spent the remainder of his youth and graduated from Wade Hampton High School.
He married Noël Henry in 1968, and together they have four sons, a daughter, and twelve grandchildren.
Piper attended Wheaton College (1964–68) majoring in literature and minoring in philosophy. Studying romantic literature with Clyde Kilby stimulated his poetic side, and today he regularly composes poetry to celebrate special family occasions as well as annually composing story-poems (based on the life of biblical characters) for his congregation during the four weeks of Advent.
In college he was originally on the pre-med track, only to decide to go into ministry during a bout of sickness. He then completed a Master of Divinity degree at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. While at Fuller, he took several courses from Daniel Fuller and through him discovered the writings of Jonathan Edwards. Along with C.S. Lewis, Edwards and Fuller are noted influences in Piper's life and ministry.
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