Yesterday, the Bethlehem Conference for Pastors concluded. The theme of the conference was “The Pastor, the People, and the Pursuit of Joy: The Apostolic Aim of Pastoral Ministry.” Ministry and joy. It’s not surprising that John Piper chose those topics or that he put them together in this conference. It is, however, likely that many […]
Read More Pastors, people, and joyJohn Piper has written much, often, and well on the topic of the glory of God. In his tribute to Jonathan Edwards, God’s Passion for His Glory, Piper notes that “The exhibition of God’s glory and the deepest joy of human souls are one thing. The implications of this are breathtaking.” Among those implications are […]
Read More Sunday Leftovers (1/17/10)In my office, literally within arms reach of my desk I have 18-20 English Bibles. That doesn’t count my Bibles at home or in my car, the many versions on my computer, or the hundreds of commentaries on my shelves that also contain English translations of the Scripture. I affirm that having Scripture so readily […]
Read More The uncommon WordFrom Christian Audio Books today: Desiring God by John Piper is the free audiobook download for November; one of the best-selling and most popular titles ever published by christianaudio! Scripture reveals that the great business of life is to glorify God by enjoying Him forever. In this paradigm-shattering classic, newly revised and expanded, John Piper […]
Read More Free Piper audio bookJohn Piper, Future Grace: There are ways that gratitude helps bring about obedience to Christ. One way is that the spirit of gratitude is simply incompatible with some sinful attitudes. I think this is why Paul wrote, “There must be no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Gratitude (Piper)Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve seen more than one reference to articles or books like this one by Jon Bloom: It’s very important that we count the cost of sexual immorality before temptation hits. That’s the time for clear thinking. Temptation clouds our judgment. That’s why we pray “keep us from temptation.” Avoiding […]
Read More Battling temptationJohn Piper, What Jesus Demands from the World: Our peace does not come from our removing the God of wrath from our thinking, but from his removing his wrath from us. He has done that by sending Jesus to die in our place so that, for everyone who believes in Jesus, God’s wrath is taken […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Peace with God (Piper)John Piper, The Roots of Endurance: The twenty-first century will not be an easy time to be a Christian. It is not meant to be easy. But we are not left without help. The Bible centers on a crucified, risen, and reigning Christ and is full of promises for every crisis. And the history of […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Endurance (Piper)John Piper, Contending For Our All: Packer says that Puritans differ from evangelicals today because with them “Communion with God was a great thing, to evangelicals today it is a comparatively small thing. The Puritans were concerned about communion with God in a way that we are not. The measure of our unconcern is the […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Fellowship (Packer)For those who serve in leadership in the church, 1 Peter 5:2ff is a familiar section: Shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness; nor yet as lording it over those allotted to your charge, […]
Read More Shepherd the flockJohn Piper, What Jesus Demands from the World: When Jesus calls us to let our light shine that others may see our good deeds and glorify God, he is calling us to join him in the work he came to do. And just as he pursued the glory of his Father through his final act […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Good Works (Piper)While putting together my thoughts for yesterday’s leftovers, I received an email blog post from Desiring God where John Piper revealed, “My happy confession of having no merit.” A short piece, it reinforces what we’ve been saying all the way through these first chapters of Ephesians — the merit of our salvation is only Christ. […]
Read More No merit of our ownJohn Piper, Battling Unbelief: The test of whether our kind of faith is the kind of faith that justified is whether it is the kind of faith that sanctifies. These are not two different kinds of faith. Both embrace Christ who bore our punishment, provided our righteousness, and promises to meet every need to the […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Faith (Piper)John Piper, “Preaching as Worship:” Jesus described faith this way in John 6:35 — “I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst.” Believing in Jesus means coming to him for the quenching of our soul’s thirst. Faith in Christ is […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Faith (Piper)One of my favorite verses is Ephesians 2:7 — so that in the ages to come, He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. God’s mercy, love, and grace that result in the salvation of sinners is for the purpose of demonstrating the magnitude of God’s grace […]
Read More Sunday Leftovers (8/2/09)
Words of Grace 