“I feel like I’m 22 again,” says the newly transitioned John Piper.
Now that his pastorate at Bethlehem Baptist Church has officially ended, Piper says he feels like a recent college grad who is free to do anything God lays on his heart. “When you have that much freedom, you’re really faced with significant ‘don’t waste your life’ choices.” He plans to seek God in a focused way in the next year as to how to invest his next 10 or 15 years, if God would give that many.
This past week Piper sat down with Collin Hansen of The Gospel Coalition to talk about his hopes for the future, including some reflections on his past 33 years as a pastor and how that has shaped him for what’s next.
Bethlehem is holding a Thanksgiving Service for Pastor John Piper tomorrow night at 6pm. For more on the interview with Piper, see Collin Hansen’s short writeup at The Gospel Coalition. For more on Piper’s transition:
Audio, video, and manuscript of Piper’s last sermon as pastor
First-Day Thoughts on Not Being a Pastor Anymore (by John Piper)
My Future at Desiring God (by John Piper)