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Faith That Satisfies — and Saves: What It Means to Come to Jesus
John Piper | The nature of genuine saving faith isn’t mere mental assent, but receiving all that God is for us in Jesus Christ.
5 years, 5 months ago
Singing, Suffering, and Scripture: How God Keeps Us Through Song
John Piper | Suffering may quiet our singing for a time, but God designed singing to sustain our souls. And one day, we will sing forever with unrest…
5 years, 7 months ago
Does God Intend Evil for Our Good? Providential Peril for Joseph, Jesus, and You
John Piper | What sinners and Satan intend for evil, God always superintends for good. Our all-wise God brings restoration from ruin and deliverance …
5 years, 10 months ago
Every Letter Kills, Including Shakespeare: Pressing Through Texts in the Power of the Spirit
John Piper | To exposit a text is only one part of preaching and teaching. We must drill down into the words and unearth the reality that holds the t…
5 years, 11 months ago
Exposition or Imposition? How Gospel-Centered Preaching Can Go Wrong
Preachers, instead of taking your text and making a beeline to the cross, take the cross and make a beeline to your text.
5 years, 11 months ago
The Secret of Christ-Magnifying Contentment as the Path to Costly Love
True contentment in Christ not only guards against our ever-changing circumstances, but frees us to overflow in costly love to others — even our enem…
6 years, 2 months ago
The Second Coming: Not Before the ‘Man of Lawlessness’
John Piper | As we look forward to Christ’s second coming, what matters most is not that we have the timing and details down, but that we hold fast t…
6 years, 2 months ago
The Second Coming: Wrath and Rescue
John Piper | Suffering, pain, and trouble never have the last word for the people of God. He is our hope and our joy, and he will bring us all the wa…
6 years, 2 months ago
Do Not Take God’s Name in Vain: The Weight and Wonder of the Third Commandment
To take God’s name in vain is about far, far more than avoiding foul language. Our reverence for God’s name cuts to the very core of our worship in a…
6 years, 3 months ago
Live for Your Greatest Desire: Jesus
John Piper | Jesus’s call to deny ourselves isn’t a demand to give up happiness but an invitation to walk with him on the path to deep, lasting joy.
6 years, 3 months ago