849 Quotes by John Piper

If a tornado twists at 175 miles an hour and stays on the ground like a massive lawnmower for 50 miles, then God gave the command.

Life is wasted if we do not grasp the glory of the cross, cherish it for the treasure that it is, and cleave to it as the highest price of every pleasure and the deepest comfort in every pain. What was once foolishness to us a crucified God must become our wisdom and our power and our only boast in this world.

This is the centre of the gospel - this is what the Garden of Gethsemane and Good Friday is all about - that God has done astonishing and costly things to draw us near.