John Piper’s Big Book on the Providence of God 

Struggling with depression right now and honestly this book is the one thing that keeps pointing me back to God my only hope and my forever hope so hanging on to God using this book as a lifeline thank you God and thank you to the people that put this book together I love you all

I've had the book in my Amazon cart then changed my mind thinking I'll never read it. I've decided to order it and just take it one page at a time. I believe God wants me to have it as a valuable help in understanding the Bible. Thank you John Piper for your faithfulness!❤

I'm still prayerfully exploring Calvinism, Molinism, and Arminianism, but John Piper's ministry and teaching have been a tremendous blessing to me since I first surrendered my life to Christ just over 2 years ago :)

He has such a welcoming smile 😊 if it's coming from him it's going to be great! May God bless his book as he has blessed us.

Hi, pastor I am pastor worku from Ethiopia . I am surely getting spirtual maturity by reading your books & watching vidos. May God bless you & I wish long live.

Most people seem unaware how much trouble they took to video-graph this interview. They used spot lighting at the back of the Church, in the foreground beautiful soft lighting baths both interviewer and interviewee. Outstanding production, including the sound.

86 pages in... And it's taken me weeks to get there. It seems every couple pages leads me into an intense bible study, so far, very nice work pastor John!

I find it absolutely amazing that I had come up with a system of how that God gives US freedom to Will in whatever God Wills is the same thing in a very similar way that Pastor John has talked about here on Free Will. I think there is such a transcendent thing about letting the Bible speak for itself and when you do that, different Christians who come from different places end up with the same conclusion on what God's Word actually says. It is an absolute marvel to me.

John Piper and Paul Washer really helps me to grow more in my relationship with Jesus Christ.

Just bought the book!!! I'm excited!

The interviewer asked such wonderful questions of John Piper. Great interview. Diane in NC

I'm about 100 pages in and constantly overwhelmed with the goodness of God's providence. What a beautiful work, an amazing resource, a welcomed grace of God in my life. This is a book you read a page at a time, chew on in, pray hard because of it, read it again, praise God for his willingness to reveal Himself in this way, and then...move on to the next page. :) Beyond grateful for this book - thank you, thank you for your obedience in writing and sharing it.

Within the first week of me reading this book, it turned me around on my thoughts on the Bible, Jesus and God. Shortly after that I developed a strong urge to learn Koine Greek so I can read the New Testament in its original language. So, I'm working on that now. That urge felt like I was being pulled to learn Greek as if there was a rope in my heart pulling me. I actually felt the sensation in my heart when being pulled (guided) to learn Greek. Once I started my Greek lessons, that pull stopped. This book I give credit for clearing up some of my confusion and leading me back to God. Thank you John Piper for writing this book!!

I have been an ambassador for the Kingdom since 12 -1-1978 The Holy Spirit has led me to many great books over those years, Providence is another blessing from above. Thanks!

He is constantly cheering me, pressing toward the victory, He is always leading me, everywhere I go…

Pastor brother John Piper has once again been an instrument of God's unmeasureable goodness to me. Thank you brother for your heart of obedience, devotion and reverence for our heavenly father. Thank you heavenly father for keeping brother John in your service. Chuck Connelly

You are a blessing to the church, Ptr. John Piper.

I'm grateful for the book.

John Piper asks "Who reads a 700 page book?" That is a great question....but let me tell everyone. I have many long theology books and-no exaggeration-this ONE book is a real page turner. Why is it a page turner? It is filled with Scripture, logical thinking that is biblical, good short subsections that help us think and follow the heart of God. I got an early copy of the book and after looking over a few pages I found myself on page 250 in just a matter of a couple days! This book is a real reference edition and a full scope of the heart of God for the glory of His grace.

I'm finishing chapter two and I'm just beyond speechless what I've read so far. This will be an amazing asset to the Body of Christ, pastors and a reference book. The scriptures alone and many church quotes from history are worth having this book. Thank you!

Be the 1%. John Piper is a blessing. Thank you.

I just ordered it! Love the way God uses you John Piper to minister to us, you are a saint ❤️🙏

I really love this book so far ❤️

Living out the Christian faith in our every day life is what will turn a def worlds ear to the music of Christ.

I am so blessed to watch this.. Praise the Lord!!

Push through the moments of impossibility.....start writing...the Lord will give you insight.

Fantastic conversation, thank you. Thank you also to the audio and video team - your great work does not go unnoticed.

I have the Book but this interview has so enlightened my perspective that i want to really digest this into my knowledge of Who God is! Thank you John for being so driven to share what God has revealed to you and to the interviewer for being so real to ask questions most of us would want the answers to. Host of Hearing God's Voice with Jeffrey Paul Podcast

Pastor John, thank you so much for your ministry and your passion for God's sovereignty. You are my teacher and it was you who explained so many great things of God. God bless you! A keen listener from Poland

Just started reading it, it’s very good

What a blessing it has been for me to come across this today. Wow! God is so good. All the time.

MAKE MY DAY! Ready to run through a wall thanks to John Piper.

A great interview on a magnificent topic! Thank John & Joe!!

Almost read half. Great book so far and well worth the money.

Love the Bible yes and thank you for your heart to be a Pastor in your writing of this book on Providence.

Thank you Pastor John piper & Dr. Joe Rigney for feeding my soul with rich, solid biblical doctrine on the providence / Sovereignty of God. God bless you for your kindness to share the truths of scripture

I liked going through the contentual overview on Pastor John's new text ‘Providence’; is remarkable work on God's endless care for his people.

It's crazy to think the book is free for download as a PDF. Piper is a man of God, no doubt. To produce this masterpiece and give it away for free is just unheard of in this day and age. God bless you Pastor Piper!

John Piper, thank you for sharing the work of your study to show us how blessed we are, NO MATTER WHAT!! God is God and we are not! This interview actually helped me to focus on this fact: How All-encompassing is Our God! This preface, as I intend to read the book, really puts my wretchedness on display! I kind of get an inkling of why Adam and Eve tried to hide from God! Thank you, John Piper, and thank you, Professor Rigney (sp?), for the interview; and PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW!!

God bless you ptr. John.🙏 We praise God for your life. By His grace, you've been a blessing to me. I love your books.

The old shepherd John Piper.... has been used and still being used by the HOLY SPIRIT in his teachings and in his wisdom to carve in my soul to the image of CHRIST...

i watched all of it! best interview ever! learned so much!

I’m buying this book! I so love Dr. Piper.

Praise the Lord Jesus!😇

God bless my brother's and sister's great sit down I'm still waiting for my book haven't gotten it yet but all is good because God is greatly good Dios bendiga your bro from Puerto Rico

This interview is so good. Thank you

Cant wait to get this book!👌🏾

Used to be Arminian. When God allowed me to be stricken with cancer and then used it to save my wife and bring us together, my eyes were finally opened as to what Romans 9 and God's Providence is all about. Took that much. What can I say I am a stubborn cuss.

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What an excellent host! He leads the interview really well. And of course awesome to have John Piper talk about the book!

John I have just finished the book on providence

Amazing

Got it and reading it now!

I so love the way Pastor John thinks and "feels" and teaches and understands the Bible... when I watch him here I can almost forget the political things he has said (e.g. celebrating with tears of happiness the election of Barak Obama... visceral contempt for Donald Trump.... seeming to give some people an excuse for the bitterness and envy they harbor against other people)........ I wish Pastor John will never say another word about politics or social justice, etc.... but just preach the pure word of God and the Gospel of Christ's Kingdom like John MacArthur does. I hope that is what his new book is about.

I love John, but my goodness, even his video interviews have chapters!

Incredible, what an amazing interview! Brilliant, god bless you so much. I read half of the book (providence) so far, and I actually feel that these 700 pages will be too little

Great interview, more videos like these please :)

That camera angle from the thumbnail is beautiful. 👌🏼🔥

Hello I am Baburam Paudel I love to read this Book !

I got this book too. Some of the pages, though, are a little blurry, I mean the words on the pages are blurry, most pages are clear, though. I’m going to buy it on Kindle, anyway

"I will" have to rewatch this video

WHOEVER HATES THIS BOOK DOESNT GET GOD AT ALL..I FEEL SO BAD FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN RELEGION WITH NO REALITY .

i probably dont have the patience to plod through a 700 page book, but the Sovereignty of God is my favorite topic and thought. The older I get, the more convinced of my Creator God's sovereignty. I go further than most - God did not need my permission nor free will to Create me, nor did He need my permission nor free will to Save me, nor does He need my permission to determine the date, time and place of my death, which He has already done. What helped my understanding of God's sovereignty was reading in Luke 1:15, how God saved John while still in his mom's womb, BEFORE he was born! John did not and could not, have exercised his own free will to be saved and be filled with the Holy Ghost - it was all God's sovereign election and predestination that did it. Also when reading of Saul/Paul's conversion while on the road, is another example of God sovereignly saving someone without their free will and approval. Finally, my own conversion was done without my free will and approval! This is the epitome of a Sovereign God to me - complete agency to do as He WILLS as noted in Matt. 6:10, Dan. 4:17, 35. I'm so glad God never needed my free will to create me, nor save me, nor determine when I die and that I will be instantly raptured into His presence in Heaven. Yes it is true that God is sovereign over all of me, and I exercise my free will within the confines of His much larger Sovereignty, Omniscience, Omnipotence, Omnipresence, etc. In my view, this is the perfect place to be, and Ive never been happier!

40:40 God uses Satan to sanctify us Christians. This is unfailing assurance that even any evil will be used for God purpose to love us, purify us and save us from present corruption so that we can enjoy His glory now and even survive our bodily deaths into eternal life with Him. This is so glorious!

Can anyone give a good analogy of God’s providence?

Great Christian :)

I believe we need to take our hearts to the Son, Jesus The Christ. HE is our savior. HE is our mediator to the Father.

Will there be an audible book (preferably read by John Piper) available?

Hi, does anyone know how to order this book from where I’m from? I’ve checked the link in the description. Apparently, international shipping isn’t an option. It’s only available in the us and Canada and I’m from the Philippines.

John Piper is a very easy brother to love -- a genuine Christian spirit of grace and love. Relative to questions of "free will" vs. God's sovereignty -- it is necessary to recognize that, in the Cross, God has entirely removed the "old man", and has replaced that old man with a new creation. In the power of this new creation there is a sinless estate -- accomplished through new birth and the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit. This is seen in 1 John 3:9: "Whoever has been begotten of God does not practise sin, because his seed abides in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been begotten of God". Thus, the (free) will of the "old man" is replaced with a nature that is to be governed by God. Of course, as is said in Psalm 32, we are not to be as horse or mule to be directed as by a bit and bridle; however, we are to be regulated by God.

May I ask a sincere question..... There are other books on God's Providence, e.g. The "Mystery of Providence" by John Flavel, "Crook in the Lot" by Thomas Boston, and "Divine Providence" by Stephen Charnock.... What does Pastor John's book add to an understanding of God's Providence that these books lack? Thank you.

How do you not buy the book after watching this

Free will is never free.. every decision costs you something.. asset or liability.. I think it was Johnathan Edwards who wrote the only "free will" is when we so desire the Creator we are totally consumed by the desire

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So funny, my own personal experience was God was totally in control at my moment of conversion. Even my first prayer before I actually started studying the bible, the things I was saying and asking for were what the bible says our Christian lives are about. If I genuinely did not have this knowledge where did that come from? It's not magic God did it.

The how??? a) God knows what breaks every hearts b) God decides to break a heart c) God put that heart in that position d) when in that position, the heart decides to follow God.

Why does the interviewer keep following up with comments where he sounds like he is trying to teach Piper lol

Firstly, the defintion of free will is not "I do what I want." That's active or conscious will which we DO HAVE. Free will means that ultimately you and no one else controls or influences the desires and intents of the hearts, which we don't have because before new birth by the power of the Holy Spirit no one is free to desire to love and obey God because we are self-centered and bitter against God's truth and agenda from conception because of our sin nature according to Romans 5-7. When we are born again our will is still not free, THANK GOD, because the Holy Spirit inside us influences us to love and desire to obey God regardless of what we suffer or lack and we cannot be as rebellious and bitter against God like we were previously because his love is too strong upon our hearts and our faith and hope are too deep-seated to turn away and never come back to him. So we are able to use our wills to make decisions, to an extent and only based on what God has predetermined for us to choose, but we are never totally free to decide the direction or objects of our will at any moment. We're either the devil's slaves or God's when we will to do things and we can't switch back and forth nor decide freely to stop being the devil's slave and start being God's, which is why the new birth is necessary for repentance and faith to take place and we can't choose when and if the Holy Spirit makes us born again. Ultimate control and rights to everything that happens is what God's sovereignty means. The "GRAND HOW" discussion at around 22:28 isn't crucial in our embrace and worship but it does matter for helping clear away some confusion and further soften our hearts in humility. God is sovereign over our wills and destiny yet we are still accountable for what we do because: 1. God's prerogative in planning sin doesn't mean his approval in it happening. - It's not sinful for God to plan sin since he has a good purpose in it ultimately as well as the full right to have things end up the way he intends, but it is sinful to actually want to sin and then do it. 2. God uses secondary causes and agents to bring about his ultimate will so that he doesn't have to actively make certain things happen to ensure his intentions - God's planning sin doesn't mean he gets into people's hearts and hands to do the sin as if we are morally neutral or unconsciously being moved around like puppets or robots. Instead, we all want to sin by default and the devil influences us through temptations based on our ungodly desires so that while God intends sin for a ultimately good outcome we don't, so we are guilty. 3. God's sovereignty toward a ultimate, all-comprehensive goal doesn't cancel out his responsibility to judge individual people and actions - For God to be just he has to punish sin and reward good behavior regardless of the motive behind it and who influenced the decision but didn't themselves carry it out for the person being judged. So for me to say God doesn't have the right to judge me for fornication because he planned it and even saved my child that resulted in that act, for instance, would be to demand that he focus only on the good which he did not me and ignore all the evil intentions and pain that I caused in the bad, which is partiality and contrary to justice. 4. God's sovereignty alone enables and prevents repentance and faith which is his full prerogative - Even at the time of the final judgment, for a person who's not born again to hear about God's sovereignty over their life it won't being about remorse or a desire for them to right their wrongs or to have done anything differently to honor God, which is appropriate and evidences of repentance and faith. Instead, they would just further hate and blame God and not acknowledge that they desired to sin and never truly loved or wanted to love and obey God for who he truly is, thus being deserving and in full agreement of the fate they receive. You can both acknowledge that you did something wrong and rightfully regret your acts and intentions while also being grateful for God planning it and doing something ultimately good with it, but people who are not born again will only justify the wrong that they did and blame God for how he ruled the world and put them in the position to make the decisions that they made which is a grossly wrong and damnable attitude that true repentance and faith will not allow.

700 pages, 3000 Bible citations. ~4 citations per page. Nice.

When we stand before God, we will then know that belief in free will (independence from God's voice), was the original lie man told himself. (John 12:48)

Dude, you can tell from his voice that he is getting old. 🙂

I'll most likely read it but I am going to be so SO careful in doing so because a Calvanistic understanding of sovereignty and Providence is going to be littered with misunderstanding of scripture and from that some none biblical ideas that stem from them. I'm 100% positive it will be have so much rich and fruitful truths and teaching. But from the guy who says God puts the will of rape into the heart of a man and decrees him to do it, I'm expecting a few forms of inconsistency. I know none the less that God will use this book to aid his kingdom and it comes from a heart for God but I also know that we are still fallible as man including John Piper. In case you cannot tell I am not a Calvanist let alone 5 point Calvanist.

This guy can’t remember the age when Jonathan Edwards died, but can remember the years of his birth and death. 🤣

Wouldn't it be nice to start by providing evidence for your particular God exists first. If there is a God it certainly isn't the Cristian God.

Jesus looked after the poor, injustices, sick, women and children……todays pastors ‘write and sell books, and more books’….and speak about their books…and at conferences…and others just idolize them. And make good livings. Not impressed. THE Bible has the info we need.

This interview is rife with whiteness. Jesus in Luke's Gospel at least had a fecund imagination. There is no imagination here.

Ecclesiastes 12:12 be warned: the writing of many books is endless. Good Lord save us from the endless books of the reformed church. God will watch over his word but will not watch over the words of man. Jeremiah 1:4. Piper, first get to know Jesus and then speak. His book is a rehash of Augustine and Calvin. Sad.

John Piper let his family rot while he went to chase fame. Ask his atheist son . Very sad that God gave him his family but he chose to chase fame under the guise of evangelism .

..700 pages.. 🙄 ..how bout you tell people to just read their bibles, jesus will teach em'.. ..this guy.. ..unreal.. ..loves his own life to to his core.. ..selah..