title: Battling Unbelief: Defeating Sin with Superior Pleasure
author:  John Piper 
description: <b>John Piper</b> is the founder of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College and Seminary. A respected theologian and author, he was the Pastor for Preaching and Vision at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota for 33 years. More than two million copies of his works have sold, including <i>The Passion of Jesus Christ</i>, <i>Desiring God</i>, <i>Pierced by the Word</i>, <i>The Pleasures of God</i>, and <i>Life as a Vapor</i>. He received his doctorate in theology from the University of Munich and taught biblical studies for six years at Bethel College in St. Paul, Minnesota, before becoming a pastor. He and his wife, Nol, have four sons and one daughter.
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  When I Don’t
  
  
  D e s i r e
  
  
  G O D
  
  
  How to
  
  
  Fight
  
  
  for Joy
  
  
  John Piper
  
  
  C R O S S W A Y B O O K S
  
  
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  G O O D N E W S P U B L I S H E R S
  
  
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  _When I Don’t Desire God_
  
  
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