Piper sermon archive: Why or why not?

WR82

https://www.logos.com/product/43127/the-john-piper-sermon-archive

If you have this, how do you use it? I really enjoy John Piper’s teaching but I am on the fence.

Would buying a few of his books that interest me be better?

If you have not purchased? Why not?

I know these are online, similar to MacArthur’s sermons.

thanks- WR82

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mike

Hmm... kinda tough to determine the value because all his sermons are also available online, both written, audio + video sometimes.

The advantage to have it in Logos for me is just for a quick reminder, from just looking at the title of the passages I'm searching kinda helps me what John Piper was focusing on on the the passage. (I have too many "sermon archiveS", with no time to read all)

If you love to read than listening to the audio, then the sermon archive is good for you. (for me it's faster finishing it by reading than listening to the audio, because I can highlight the the one-liners stuffs)

The problem with John Piper's Sermon Archive is that it doesn't have a link to will take you to the DesiringGod.com website to listen to the audio at the end of every sermons. (vs. MacArthur's sermon). You have to manually go there and enter the book and chapter.

So, I don't know. If money is an issue just wait.

If I were you, I'll wait till July when Logos 8 is coming... I'm pretty sure it's gonna get bundled with a base package somewhere. Your price of the archive would be around $2-6

Hope that helps.

DAL

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/984287#Comment_984287

Why is everybody saying L8 is coming in July? Nobody really knows. Last time it came out in August and the times before that end of October or beginning of November.
As far as Piper goes, it’s a good resource. I have it both in Logos and Accordance, but Accordance is cheaper ($29.99). So it’s up to you, really.
DAL

Chris Miller

I haven't found the Piper archive all that insightful or helpful. But, then again... I'm not a huge fan of his preaching. The Adrian Rogers archive is more exegetically focused... the J.D. Greear archive (though sometimes cut/ paste from Keller) is often my favorite. But, if your set on Piper... purchase his books. Just my 2 cents.

Everett Headley

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/984316#Comment_984316

I use Piper's sermons a lot. You can find them online, mostly, and I would say the transcripts are about 90% of what you hear him preach.

Personally, I can read and absorb it faster than listening to it, and its on the Logos platform so its always available.

I wouldn't hesitate to buy it again.

Doc B

I have the resource because I use Piper's sermons a lot. But in hindsight, since they are free on desiringgod.org, I should have used the money on something else. It is pretty simple to pull any you need from the websight and make them into a PB.

They are also incomplete. Another user has compiled his missing sermons into a word docx file and made it available in the forums to compile as a PB.

Jacob Hantla

I personally have found the Piper archive a worthwhile investment for me over the years. I purchased it when it was first released. The benefit lies in the searchability with Logos. These are indeed available online but the reality is that most of the times when I have found helpful insights in Piper's sermons, I wouldn't have known to look (or wouldn't have taken the time to search the DesiringGod archive). The sermons autopopulate my Passage Guide which is part of my process of studying a passage after I've done my own exegesis. I also sometimes search all my Piper resources with some searches that simply aren't possible on Google, but only work within Logos (ie proximity searches to verse ranges).

Richard Villanueva

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/984316#Comment_984316

But, if your set on Piper... purchase his books. Just my 2 cents.

This just in... John Piper FLASH SALE!? Are "they" spying on these forums? Saw this in another forum post.

Might be worth a look... $50 for 10 books https://www.logos.com/product/42757/john-piper-christian-life-and-ministry-collection

DAL

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/984411#Comment_984411

Just a thought 💭 some of his books come from his sermons. I have found this to be the case on Thoughts of a Christian Hedonist and other writings. So you might be getting many of his books (all or parts) in his sermon archive.

DAL

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/984411#Comment_984411

But, if your set on Piper... purchase his books. Just my 2 cents.

This just in... John Piper FLASH SALE!? Are "they" spying on these forums? Saw this in another forum post.

Might be worth a look... $50 for 10 books https://www.logos.com/product/42757/john-piper-christian-life-and-ministry-collection

$30 for me with dynamic pricing; so I went ahead and got them. They have a more organized format.

DAL

Jacob Hantla

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/984589#Comment_984589

But, if your set on Piper... purchase his books. Just my 2 cents.

This just in... John Piper FLASH SALE!? Are "they" spying on these forums? Saw this in another forum post.

Might be worth a look... $50 for 10 books https://www.logos.com/product/42757/john-piper-christian-life-and-ministry-collection

$30 for me with dynamic pricing; so I went ahead and got them. They have a more organized format.

DAL

In my experience, John Piper's books are even more valuable in Logos than in print because of the availability of hovering over verses, notetaking, and word lookups etc.

Dave Thawley

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/984411#Comment_984411

But, if your set on Piper... purchase his books. Just my 2 cents.

This just in... John Piper FLASH SALE!? Are "they" spying on these forums? Saw this in another forum post.

Might be worth a look... $50 for 10 books https://www.logos.com/product/42757/john-piper-christian-life-and-ministry-collection

Thanks for this. I had to go for it as well :-)

Jacob Hantla

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/984602#Comment_984602

fwiw, Christianaudio.com is having a big Piper sale as well. So you can get an audiobook to listen to while you read in Logos