Absolute statements of our unbelief that we make in the darkness are notoriously unreliable.

— John Piper

A godly life is lived out of an astonished heart—a heart that is astonished at grace.

— John Piper

All heroes are shadows of Christ

— John Piper

All that looks like reality to us is dependent on God. There is creation and Creator, nothing more. And creation gets all its meaning and purpose from God.

— John Piper

America is the first culture in jeopardy of amusing itself to death.

— John Piper

An eye for beauty instead of bleakness might have lightened some of his load.

— John Piper

A prayerless Christian is like a bus driver trying alone to push his bus out of a rut because he doesn't know Clark Kent is on board.

— John Piper

Brand-new truths are probably not Truths.

— John Piper

But to enjoy him we must know him. Seeing is savoring. If he remains a blurry, vague fog, we may be intrigued for a season. But we will not be stunned with joy, as when the fog clears, and you find yourself on the brink of some vast precipice.

— John Piper

But we also need stories. Great stories.

— John Piper