John Piper Quotes


We can say that true gratitude does not give rise to the debtor's ethic because it gives rise to faith in future grace. With true gratitude there is such a delight in the worth of God's past grace, that we are driven on to experience more and more of it in the future...it is done by transforming gratitude into faith as it turns from contemplating the pleasures of past grace and starts contemplating the promises of the future.


Citations

Piper, John. Future Grace: The Purifying Power of the Promises of God. Multnomah Books, 1995.

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John Piper
John Piper
  • Born: January 11, 1946
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Pastor, Author

John Stephen Piper is a theologian, pastor, and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Piper taught Biblical Studies at Bethel University for six years (1974-1980), before serving as Pastor for Preaching and Vision of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis for 33 years (1980-2013).