What is John Piper (theologian)?
{{Infobox Person | name = John Stephen Piper | image = Photo of John Piper, Oct 2010 (cropped).jpg | image_size = 175px | caption = Piper in 2010 | birth_date = January 11, 1946 | birth_place = [[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]], [[Tennessee]], [[United States]] | death_date = | death_place = | education = | occupation = [[pastor]], [[author]] | spouse = Noël Henry Piper | parents = Bill & Ruth Piper | children = | nationality = }} '''John Stephen Piper''' (born January 11, 1946, [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]]) is a [[Calvinism|Reformed]] [[Baptist]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/EssentialPiper/1487_What_We_Believe_About_the_Five_Points_of_Calvinism/ |title=What We Believe About the Five Points of Calvinism |accessdate=2008-07-29 |format= |work= |archive-date=2007-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214120115/http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/EssentialPiper/1487_What_We_Believe_About_the_Five_Points_of_Calvinism/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[theologian]], [[preacher]], and [[author]]. He is the [[pastor]] for preaching of [[Bethlehem Baptist Church (Minneapolis)|Bethlehem Baptist Church]] in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]], and has written many [[book]]s. He started the [[evangelicalism|evangelical]] [[Religious ministry|ministry]] named ''Desiring God'', after his book ''Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist''. == Biography == === Early life === Piper was [[Birth|born]] in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He is the son of Bill and Ruth Piper. When he and his older sister were still young, the Pipers moved to [[Greenville, South Carolina|Greenville]], [[South Carolina]] where he spent the rest of his childhood. He later [[Graduation|graduated]] from Wade Hampton High School. His father was an [[evangelist]] who worked with [[international]] [[radio]] and [[Bible]] programs until his death on March 6, 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.desiringgod.org/Blog/536_things_i_have_lear