There is a cultural sentiment that if you love someone then you will not confront that person’s sinful choices. To do so is profoundly unloving, the thinking goes. Yet if we love one another, we will still abhor sin and cling to everything good (Rom. 12:9). And that is true of our relationships as well. […]
Read More Do friends let friends sin?This month’s free audiobook download from Christianaudio is John Piper’s book, Think. This is an excellent book that I enjoyed very much (in print format). Download it here.
Read More Free audiobook: ThinkTake five minutes to think about “the missionary question” — where are there people groups who don’t have any Christians among them or a functioning church to do the work of evangelism? How many are there? [HT: Take Your Vitamin Z; Challies]
Read More The missionary questionJohn Piper, Don Carson and Tim Keller talk about succession in their ministries. But underneath their discussion is also wisdom about how to address issues related to aging. This is a good video for pastors to watch — along with anyone who is getting older.
Read More Aging and pastoral successionSome helpful articles from the last week: Kevin DeYoung gives us something to think about: “I’ve learned over the years that the simplest way to judge gray areas in the Christian life like movies, television, and music is to ask one simple question: can I thank God for this?…” John Piper wrote a teenager about […]
Read More Grab bagOn Sunday morning, I said something like, “Our tendency is to talk about prayer, admit our weakness in prayer, accumulate prayer requests, and then not pray. (It’s doubtful any believer would disagree with that statement of our practice, including me.) It’s time to stop talking about praying and time to start praying.” Then yesterday I read […]
Read More Do we pray? Let us pray.Years ago I went to visit a couple that had visited our church. They had recently moved to our community but their previous church experience was in a church with a very similar doctrinal position and philosophy of ministry as our own. I was encouraged that they might be a good match for our ministry. […]
Read More I’m going to play golf…Here is a good deal on a great book: John Piper’s excellent book Think is on sale (eBook) for $2.99 at Amazon’s Kindle Store. They’ll have this price for a while, but it won’t be permanent, so it would be best to act soon!
Read More John Piper’s Think eBook on saleHow will the father of a blind boy respond when his pastor preaches on John 9 — the story of the man born blind? Watch the interview of the pastor, John Piper, with his church member, John Knight, for one redemptive example. This will not only be helpful for those with disabilities or family members […]
Read More When a boy is born blind…Thinking about Sunday and beginning to prepare my heart for the message from the Word of God, I remembered this statement from John Piper about the responsibility of a father to his family: A famous cigarette billboard pictures a curly-headed, bronze-faced, muscular macho with a cigarette hanging out the side of his mouth. The sign […]
Read More One thought to prepare for SundayThe Desiring God (available for free as a PDF download in a previous edition and for $5 in the current print edition) read-along with John Piper begins today with a discussion of chapters 1 and 2. The broadcast will begin at 12:00 (Eastern) and be re-broadcast at noon in each successive time zone. There is […]
Read More Lunch with John PiperI’ve read Desiring God in its entirely two or three times, I’ve re-read portions of the book many times, and I’ve read most of Piper’s other books (which he says are all just a rewriting of Desiring God). But I’ve never read this book with John Piper. And now you and I have that chance, […]
Read More Read Through Desiring God with John PiperFound around the internet in the past week — C. J. Mahaney blogs about “The Pastor and Personal Criticism.” But it’s not just pastors who need to understand the role of criticism in their lives (to produce wisdom and maturity). We can all benefit from the criticism we receive: If we could mature in wisdom […]
Read More Grab bagTitle: Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God Author: John Piper Publisher: Crossway, 2010; 222 pp. $19.99 Recommendation (4-star scale): There is no Christian mind.…As a thinking being, the modern Christian has succumbed to secularization. He accepts religion — its morality, its worship; but he rejects the religious view of life, […]
Read More Book Review: ThinkThe audio, video, and notes from each plenary session of the Bethlehem Conference for Pastors, “The Powerful Life of the Praying Pastor” is now available at Desiring God’s Resource Library page. The conference may be designed for pastors, but the theme is prayer, something that would benefit every believer in Christ to do with greater […]
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