존 파이퍼(John Piper) 이후 6년간 베델 대학에서 신약학 교수로 학생들을 가르치다, 1980년부터는 미국 미니애폴리스에 있는 베들레헴 침례교회의 담임목사로 섬겼다. 하나님의 영광에 관한 탁월한 설교자이자 기독교 희락주의자라는 이름을 얻게 되었다. 2010년 5월부터는 잠시 모든 목회 활동을 접고 지금까지의 삶과 사역을 점검 중이다. 저서로는 「하나님을 기뻐할 수 없을 때」, 「하나님이 복음이다」, 「말씀으로 승리하라」(한국 IVP), 「하나님의 영광을 위한 하나님의 열심」(부흥과개혁사), 「열방을 향해 가라」(좋은씨앗), 「하나님을 기뻐하라」(생명의말씀사) 등이 있다.
출처: http://www.theopedia.com/John_Piper John PiperFrom TheopediaJohn Stephen Piper (born January 11, 1946, Chattanooga, Tennessee) is a theologian, pastor, and author. He is currently the senior pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, a Reformed Baptist Church located in Minneapolis, MN. Piper, holding to what is known as "historic premillennialism" (otherwise known as post-tribulationalism), is also a traditional 5 points of Calvinist, holding, additionally, to the "Calvinistic" ideas of double-predestination (the flip-side of unconditional election, also known as unconditional reprobation) and the best-of-all-possible-worlds (the belief that, in the longrun, God's glory will be more fully displayed and His people more fully satisfied than would be the case in any other senario for the world.)
Biographical sketchJohn Stephen Piper was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee on January 11, 1946. When John and his older sister were still small the Pipers moved to Greenville, South Carolina where John spent the rest of his growing-up years. At Wheaton College (1964-68), John majored in Literature and minored in Philosophy. Studying Romantic Literature with Clyde Kilby stimulated the poetic side of his nature and today he regularly writes poems to celebrate special family occasions as well as composing story-poems (based on the life of a Biblical character) for his congregation during the four weeks of Advent each year. At Wheaton John also met Noel Henry whom he married in 1968. Following college he completed a Bachelor of Divinity degree at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California (1968-71). While at Fuller, John took as many courses as he could from Dr. Daniel Fuller, the most influential "living" teacher in his life. Through Dr. Fuller he discovered the writings of Jonathan Edwards, his most influential "dead" teacher. John did his doctoral work in New Testament Studies at the University of Munich, Munich, West Germany (1971-74). His dissertation, Love Your Enemies, was published by Cambridge University Press and Baker Book House. Upon completion of his doctorate he went on to teach Biblical Studies at Bethel College in St. Paul, Minnesota for six years (1974-80). 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 ever since.
His philosophy is characterized by the statement "God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him" [1] and he calls it "Christian Hedonism" - an intentionally provocative phrase that emphasizes that we all pursue our happiness, and it finds its ultimate fulfillment in God himself. Selected publications
List taken from Piper's Curriculum Vitae. |
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