John Piper
John Stephen Piper (* 11. január 1946, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA) je americký reformovaný baptistický teológ a učiteľ. Je autorom mnohých kníh s kresťanskou tematikou[1] a zakladateľom organizácie Desiring God pomenovanej podľa jeho knihy. Jej cieľom je "šíriť nadšenie pre Božiu zvrchovanosť vo všetkých veciach pre radosť všetkých ľudí skrze Ježiša Krista“.
John Stephen Piper | |||
americký pastor a učiteľ | |||
Narodenie | 11. január 1946 (74 rokov) Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA | ||
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Webstránka | desiringgod.org | ||
Commons | |||
John Piper je tiež známy svojimi názormi na kresťanský hedonizmus, a pre svoju výnimočnú obhajobu kalvinizmu je niektorými nazývaný "superstar kalvinizmu".
V rokoch 1974 – 1980 vyučoval biblistiku na Bethel College v St. Paule v Minnesote[2]; od roku 1980 pôsobil niečo vyše 30 rokov ako pastor cirkevného zboru Bethlehem Baptist Church v Minneapolise.[3]
Vo svojej teológii nadväzuje na Jonathana Edwardsa.[4]
Citát
Piperove stručné chápanie kalvinizmu:
„Reformovaná teológia, ako ju ja rozumiem, je chápanie Boha a Jeho spôsobu konania vo svete, ktoré rastie ako strom s mnohými vetvami z hlbokého presvedčenia, že Božia sláva je cieľom všetkých vecí, a Jeho sloboda a Jeho zvrchovanosť sú kľúčové pre Jeho božskosť, a že preto že je slobodný, zvrchovaný a slávny, nepotrebuje nikoho aby mu slúžil pre naplnenie Jeho potrieb, a preto je slávne slobodný aby bol ku nám milostivý.“
„Chceme, aby aj iní mali tú sladkú skúsenosť odpočinku v obrovskom uistení z týchto právd. Chceme, aby aj iní cítili tú náramnú motiváciu pre spravodlivosť a misiu vytekajúcu z týchto právd. Chceme, aby ďalší mali tú skúsenosť poznania a dôvery v suverénnu Božiu milosť, a to takým spôsobom, aby Boh a iba Boh dostal slávu.“
Knihy
- Love Your Enemies: Jesus' Love Command in the Synoptic Gospels and the Early Christian Paraenesis (Cambridge University Press, 1980; Baker, 1991).
- The Justification of God: An Exegetical and Theological Study of Romans 9:1–23 (Baker, 1983; 2nd ed. 1993).
- Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist (Multnomah, 1986; 2nd ed, 1996; 3rd ed, 2003; 4th ed [25th Anniversary], 2011).
- The Supremacy of God in Preaching (Baker, 1990, 2nd ed, 2003).
- The Pleasures of God (Multnomah, 1991; Expanded edition, 2000).
- Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (Co-editor) (Crossway, 1991).
- Let the Nations Be Glad! The Supremacy of God in Missions (Baker, 1993, 2nd Edition 2003).
- Future Grace: The Purifying Power of Living By Faith In Future Grace (Multnomah, 1995).
- A Hunger for God: Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer (Crossway, 1997).
- A Godward Life: Savoring the Supremacy of God in All of Life (Multnomah, 1997).
- God's Passion for His Glory: Living the Vision of Jonathan Edwards (Crossway, 1998).
- The Innkeeper (Crossway, 1998).
- A Godward Life, Book Two: Savoring the Supremacy of God in All of Life (Multnomah, 1999).
- The Legacy of Sovereign Joy: God's Triumphant Grace in the Lives of Augustine, Luther, and Calvin (Crossway, 2000).
- The Hidden Smile of God: The Fruit of Affliction in the Lives of John Bunyan, William Cowper, and David Brainerd (Crossway, 2001).
- Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ (Crossway, 2001, 2nd edition, 2004).
- The Dangerous Duty of Delight: Daring to Make God the Object of Your Desire (Multnomah, 2001).
- What's the Difference?: Manhood and Womanhood Defined According to the Bible (Crossway, 2001, reprint 2008).
- The Misery of Job and the Mercy of God (Crossway, 2002).
- Brothers, We Are not Professionals: A Plea to Pastors for Radical Ministry (Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2002).
- The Roots of Endurance: Invincible Perseverance in the Lives of John Newton, Charles Simeon, and William Wilberforce (Crossway, 2002).
- Counted Righteous in Christ: Should We Abandon the Imputation of Christ's Righteousness? (Crossway, 2002). Several chapters are available online for free.
- Beyond the Bounds (co-editor) (Crossway, 2003).
- Don't Waste Your Life (Crossway, 2003).
- Pierced By the Word: Thirty-One Meditations for Your Soul (Multnomah, 2003).
- The Prodigal's Sister (Crossway, 2003).
- The Passion of Jesus Christ (Crossway, 2004). Also released under title 50 Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die
- When I Don't Desire God: How to Fight for Joy (Crossway, 2004).
- Life As a Vapor (Multnomah, 2004).
- A God Entranced Vision of All Things (Co-editor; Crossway, 2004).
- Sex and the Supremacy of Christ (w/ Justin Taylor, Crossway, 2005).
- Taste and See: Savoring the Supremacy of God in All of Life (Multnomah, 2005).
- God is the Gospel: Meditations on God's Love as the Gift of Himself (Crossway, 2005).
- Contending for Our All: Defending Truth and Treasuring Christ in the Lives of Athanasius, John Owen, and J. Gresham Machen (Crossway, 2006).
- Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die (Crossway, 2006).
- Suffering and the Sovereignty of God (Crossway, 2006).
- What Jesus Demands from the World (Crossway, 2006).
- When the Darkness Will Not Lift: Doing What We Can While We Wait for God—and Joy (Crossway, 2007)
- Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce (Crossway, 2007).
- The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World (co-editor w/ Justin Taylor, Crossway, 2007)
- Battling Unbelief: Defeating Sin with Superior Pleasure (Multnomah, 2007)
- The Future of Justification: A Response to N. T. Wright (Crossway 2007).
- Spectacular Sins: And Their Global Purpose in the Glory of Christ (Crossway, 2008).
- John Calvin and His Passion for the Majesty of God (Crossway, 2008).
- The Hidden Smile of God: The Fruit of Affliction in the Lives of John Bunyan, William Cowper, and David Brainerd (Crossway, 2008).
- Finally Alive (Christian Focus, 2009).
- This Momentary Marriage: A Parable of Permanence (Crossway, 2009)
- Filling Up the Afflictions of Christ: The Cost of Bringing the Gospel to the Nations in the Lives of William Tyndale, Adoniram Judson, and John Paton (Crossway, 2009).
- A Sweet and Bitter Providence: Sex, Race, and the Sovereignty of God (Crossway 2010).
- Jesus: The Only Way to God: Must You Hear the Gospel to be Saved? (Baker, 2010).
- Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God (Crossway, 2010).
- The Gadarene (Desiring God, 2010)
- The Pastor as Scholar and the Scholar as Pastor (Crossway, 2011).
- Bloodlines: Race, Cross, and the Christian (Crossway, 2011).
The complete text of most of Piper's books can be accessed free of charge at Desiring God.[5]
V slovenčine a češtine
- Božia zvrchovanosť v kázaní, Návrat domov, 2000, v origináli: Supremacy of God in Preaching, ISBN 80-967954-9-X.
- Túžba po živote, Úvahy o radosti a šťastí, Porta libri, 2004, v origináli: Desiring God, ISBN 80-89067-17-4.
- Hlad po Bohu, Návrat domů, 2005, ISBN 80-7255-050-0.
- Nepromarni svůj život, Didasko, 2009, v origináli: Don´t Waste your life, ISBN 978-80-904378-0-7 [6].
- Pro vaši radost, Didasko, 2011, v origináli: For You Joy, ISBN 978-80-904378-6-9.
Referencie
- MURASHKO, Alex. John Piper Preparing to Step Down from Pastorate [online]. Singapore : March 30, 2012, [cit. 2012-03-31]. Dostupné online.
- PIPER, John. The Pastor as Scholar. Wheaton : Crossway. ISBN 978-1-4335-2647-3.
- BLAIR, Leonardo. John Piper to Leave Bethlehem Church for a Year in May [online]. Singapore : Christian Post, March 21, 2013, [cit. 2013-04-02]. Dostupné online.
- PIPER, John. The Pastor as Scholar & the Scholar as Pastor. [s.l.] : Crossway, 2011. ISBN 978-1-4335-2647-3. S. 39 – 40.
- Books by John Piper
- Databazeknih.cz
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