John Piper Quotes

Let God take care of history. Don’t force it by some sort of whacky alliance between the religious right and Israel in order to bring about some Biblical prophesy.

Beloved are Israel, for they were called children of God; still greater was the love in that it was made known to them that they were called children of God, as it is written, 'Ye are the children of the Lord your God.'

I believe that the people of Israel are the chosen people of God.

Is the establishment of Israel in fact a manifestation of God? Has a new stage been reached in the history of salvation? Is the present occupation of Israel a religious or a secular one, and if it is secular, cannot God make use of it for His purpose?

I'm not a prophet. I'm the leader of Israel.

God's covenant with the church and Israel is unbreakable.

How odd Of God To choose The Jews

The support of Israel is God’s foreign policy.

Judaism is an intellectually based religion, and the single most important theme is that of study.

I firmly believe that there is a God. I firmly believe that there is a Heaven. And I firmly believe that if you go there, it's gonna be great.

To see how Christ was prophesied and described therein, consider and mark, how that the kid or lamb must be with out spot or blemish; and so was Christ only of all mankind, in the sight of God and of his law.

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live as if there isn't and to die to find out that there is.

Since many of you do not belong to the Catholic Church and others are non-believers, from the bottom of my heart I give this silent blessing to each and every one of you, respecting the conscience of each one of you but knowing that each one of you is a child of God.

God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.

I read the Bible when I was 12 while studying for my bar mitzvah. I was also reading a lot of Dilbert comics at the time, and I guess the two kind of got fused in my mind. I've always imagined God as an irrational, distractible boss. It's my best explanation for our planet.

My parents were atheists, strong atheists. I never got the answer 'God.'

Religion has convinced us that there's something else entirely other than concerns about suffering. There's concerns about what God wants, there's concerns about what's going to happen in the afterlife.

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.

There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God.

Religion often partakes of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future.

The election of the Jewish people is the result of God's falling in love with Abraham and founding a family with him.

That is the exciting thing: I don't know what God has given me for tomorrow.

Even when God chose Israel, he did not create the people of Israel as he created its human members, as natural beings. Instead, God formed the people of Israel from individual human beings already living in the natural world, calling them into a new historical identity.

God is more interested in your future and your relationships than you are.

Please accept a promise from me in his name that I will always live in the religion in which he died.