I regularly read books and magazines and journals and websites and have conversations with people that remind me that many marriages are in desperate need of God’s grace to intervene and save them from self-implosion. I also listen to several audio sermons each week to stimulate my own heart to joyful obedience to Christ. And […]
Read More Help for marriagesSpeaking of the difficulty the disciples had in hearing Jesus’ words concerning marriage in Matthew 19, John Piper said Sunday, “…how much more will the magnificence of marriage in the mind of God seem unintelligible in a world that we live in where the main idol is self, and its main doctrine is autonomy, and […]
Read More A pmrovocative statement about arriageJohn Piper has long said that he has written only one book — Desiring God — all the other books he’s written are merely expansions and explanations of that book. That is particularly true of the book When I Don’t Desire God, which became one of my most favorite books by Piper after I read […]
Read More The darkness of depression — a helpEvery Christmas, John Piper writes a series of four advent poems for his congregation. This year the poems are written around a consideration of the life of Nebuchadnezzar. They are worth hearing or reading. One of my favorite advent poems remains “The Innkeeper.” These are worth hearing or reading as you prepare your heart for […]
Read More Preparing for Christmas worshipIf God demands obedience, then does Christianity just become a 70-year will-power act of endurance? Absolutely not. The point of obedience is to produce joy in the life of a believer as he learns to find the greatest satisfaction in God rather than in the temporal and vain pleasures of this present age (Titus 2:12). […]
Read More Obedience and joy — another leftoverWhy someone wants to be saved is no small question. It penetrates the heart of our motives and offers a clear view of the desire of our heart. (Do we want God or do we want a gift that God gives?) If God is not your ultimate joy and desire, you may not be saved. […]
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Words of Grace 