this morning to have in our chapel, Dr. John Piper, the Director of Desiring God Ministries, as well as the

pastor of the Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

He was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee,

in 1946.

His father was an itinerant evangelist,

was still actively ministering

through international radio and Bible courses.

Dr. Piper has written a tribute to his mother who died in 1974 in the booklet,

What's the Difference? Which is also Chapter 1 of the book, Recovering Biblical Manhood and

Womanhood.

Dr. Piper attended Wheaton College from 1964 to 1968, majoring in literature and a minor in philosophy.

He then completed a Bachelor of Divinity at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California in 1971.

If you Dr. Daniel Fuller, he discovered the writings of Jonathan Edwards, his most influential dead teacher.

He did his doctoral work in New Testament studies at the University of Munich

in Munich, West Germany from 1971 to 1974. On completion of his doctor, he went on to

teach biblical studies at Bethel College in St Paul, Minnesota from 1974 to 1980.

In 1980, sensing an irresistible call of the Lord to preach.

John became the senior pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota,

where he has been ministering for these past 20 years.

Together with his people, John is dedicated to spreading a passion for the supremacy of God in all of the things, in all

things for the joy of all people.

He's the author of several publications.

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