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John Stephen Piper (born January 11, 1946) is founder and teacher of and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is a Calvinist Baptist preacher and author who served as Pastor for Preaching and Vision of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota for 33 years. His books include ECPA Christian Book Award winners ''Spectacular Sins'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2009 Christian Book Awards Winners )〕 ''What Jesus Demands from the World'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2007 Christian Book Awards Winners )〕 ''Pierced by the Word'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2004 Gold Medallion Book Awards Winners )〕 and ''God's Passion for His Glory'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1999 Gold Medallion Book Awards Winners )〕 and bestsellers ''Don't Waste Your Life''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Christian Bestsellers List, August 2007 )〕 and ''The Passion of Jesus Christ''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Christian Bestsellers List, June 2004 )〕 The evangelical organization Desiring God is named for his book ''Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist'' (1986). == Biography == Piper was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Bill and Ruth Piper. His father was a traveling evangelist and church planter. When he and his older sister were still young, the Pipers moved to Greenville, South Carolina, where he spent the remainder of his youth and graduated from Wade Hampton High School. He married Noël Henry in 1968, and together they have four sons, a daughter, and twelve grandchildren.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Biography of John Piper )〕 Piper attended Wheaton College (1964–68) majoring in literature and minoring in philosophy. Studying Romantic Literature with Clyde Kilby stimulated his poetic side, and today he regularly composes poetry to celebrate special family occasions as well as annually composing story-poems (based on the life of biblical characters) for his congregation during the four weeks of Advent.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Poems by Topic )〕 In college he originally subscribed in the Pre-med program, only to decide to go into ministry during a bout of sickness. He also completed a Bachelor of Divinity degree at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. While at Fuller, he took several courses from Daniel Fuller and through him discovered the writings of Jonathan Edwards. Along with C.S. Lewis, Edwards and Fuller are all noted influences in Piper's life and ministry. Piper did his doctoral work in New Testament Studies at the University of Munich, Germany (1971–74) under Leonhard Goppelt. His dissertation, ''Love Your Enemies'', was published by Cambridge University Press and Baker Book House. Upon completion of his doctorate, he taught Biblical Studies at Bethel University and Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota, for six years (1974–80). His mother died in December 1974 in a bus wreck in Israel.〔(John Piper's Candidating Testimony ), January 27, 1980〕 Piper's 1990 booklet ''What's the Difference?'' included a tribute to her. On January 11, 2006, Piper announced that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. According to a letter sent to his church,〔〕 he and his doctors believed that the cancer was fully treatable. Piper responded to his diagnosis with the following: "This news has, of course, been good for me. The most dangerous thing in the world is the sin of self-reliance and the stupor of worldliness. The news of cancer has a wonderfully blasting effect on both. I thank God for that. The times with Christ in these days have been unusually sweet." Piper underwent successful surgery on February 14, 2006. His father died on March 6, 2007. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Piper (theologian)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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