The Ultimate Aim of the Gospel

I’ve picked up Piper’s God is the Gospel once again and thought that I’d share a quote about the aim of the Gospel. It really made me think and I’m starting to agree more and more that God IS the Gospel. SO here’s the quote:
The ultimate aim of the gospel is the display of God’s [...]

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John Piper – Ever-Existing, Never-Becoming, Always-Perfect

This morning I was reading from Bob Kauflin’s book Worship Matters and I came across this wonderful quote by John Piper on the the ever-existing, always-perfect God. So here ya go…
From all eternity the ever-existing, never-becoming, always-perfect God has known Himself and loved what He knows. He has eternally seen His beauty and savored what [...]

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John Piper – God’s Gift of Himself for you

If God is to love you, what must he give you? He must give you what is best for you. The best thing in all the universe is God. If he were to give you all health, best job, best spouse, best computer, best vacations, best success in any realm, and yet withhold himself, then [...]

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Jesus’ Purpose in Coming, Dying, and Rising

Jesus came… was crucified… rose from the dead with all authority and promised to be with us to the end of the age  to create a people whose sins are forgiven, and whose hearts are full of the love of God, and who are so emboldened by the triumphant Christ, that they spend their lives [...]

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John Piper – The Fear of Being Useless

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To whom should we Pray?

I just read this over at the Desiring God site and thought it’s a good solid article/interview on Prayer. It’s called “Does it matter which person of the Trinity we pray to?” I’ve heard this question several times and I think Piper gives a well balanced answer. Here’s the Linkage!!! (it’s in written, and/or video [...]

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Sacrifice

“Present sacrifice is sustained by the hope of future reward.”
These were the words of John Piper as he preached a sermon called “The Supremacy of Christ Makes us Caring and Daring” from Hebrews 10-12.
Moses was a great example of this as he embraced suffering for a greater reward. “By faith Moses, when he was grown [...]

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John Piper – Batting Unbelief: Bank On His Faithfulness, Not Your Fickleness

I encourage you to watch this video as it gives us an incredible promise to remind us of God’s Faithfulness to His covenant people.

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What are you Praying for?

Yesterday I was checking out what was new on the Desiring God blog and found an article entitled “What Should we Pray For” which compiles a list of all the N. T. prayers. I was reading the list this morning and praying at the same time when I came across one of Paul’s requests in [...]

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How can evil have a good purpose?

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Quote of the Day #25 – John Piper

“In the death of his Son, Jesus Christ, God conspired to vindicate his righteousness and justify sinners in one act. Which means that his zeal to be glorified and his zeal to save sinners are one.”
-John Piper

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Hard Times are for our Good

I was reading this morning on the Desiring God Blog, an article entitled, “Bad Times are Good for Missions” and I absolutely love how Piper sees God’s sovereignty in the midst of hard times. Obviously right now America as well as the rest of the world is going through economic uncertainty, but our God is [...]

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John Piper – God is Just in His Wrath

Well, what can I say but… God is Holy and righteous, yet still full of mercy to His elect.

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Quote of the day # 24 – John Piper

Once again I was over on the Desiring God website and really enjoyed the Piper quote that they posted. So just incase you missed it… here it is…

“God is glorified most not merely by being known, nor by merely being dutifully obeyed, but by being enjoyed in the knowing and the obeying.”

—John Piper, God’s Passion [...]

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Quote of the Day #22 – John Piper

So I found this one over at the Desiring God site. I really enjoyed it and pray that this is the way I will see and worship God.

“Nothing makes God more supreme and more central in worship than when a people are utterly persuaded that nothing–not money or prestige or leisure or family or [...]

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God’s Love is Enough…

Earlier this evening I was reading from John Piper’s book of devotions “A Godward Life II” and I came across an article that he wrote about the dark side of missions… He told the story of a former Muslim Christian that returned to Northern Africa and was arrested for smuggling in Bibles… He stood on [...]

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John Piper – Addicted to God

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Tethered to Your Word

This morning I was reading on the Desiring God site John Piper’s newest “Taste and See” article “In Honor of Tethered Preaching”, where he discusses the difference between Bible centered preaching and Entertainment centered preaching… The highlights of the article for me were Calvin’s attitude toward preaching and Piper’s closing prayer. Calvin is quoted in [...]

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Enjoy Your God!

I imagine that most Christians have heard of the following affirmation:
“The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.”
If you are a Piper fan like me, you know that he argues that these two things, glorfying God and enjoying God, are not two different things but one. We glorify God by [...]

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Why Does God Save People?

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