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What’s It Like to Be a Christian? Faith, Obedience, and Living as Strangers
David Mathis | What is Christian faith? Hebrews 11 not only answers the question but tells us what faith feels like, and how it leads to obedience, a…
2 years, 7 months ago
Whose Son Is the Messiah? King David and the God of Israel
John Piper | When Jesus asks the Pharisees how David calls the Messiah “Lord,” they refuse to answer. What made that seemingly simple question so inc…
2 years, 8 months ago
God Is: The Life-Altering Reality of Sheer Divine Existence
John Piper | God is. No reality is more mind-boggling, more valuable, more life-altering, more electrifying than the absolute being of God.
2 years, 8 months ago
Grace Will Order All Your Pain: Retirement Message for Dana Olson
John Piper | What is sovereign, sustaining grace? It is not grace that spares us pain, but grace that orders our pain — and then sustains us through …
2 years, 9 months ago
The Leader You Long to Follow
David Mathis | From principals to presidents, leadership failures fill the news. We long for someone in power to lead with wisdom and fairness. Prais…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Spell That Opened Heaven: Funeral Message for Daniel Fuller (1925–2023)
John Piper | Romans 8:32 is perhaps the greatest verse in the Bible. No other text quite describes how far God has gone for our salvation and will go…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Final Hours of Suffering: Funeral Message for Nancy Nelson (1952–2023)
John Piper | God’s word speaks to the mysteries of suffering. We will only bear pain well as we begin to see it like he does.
2 years, 11 months ago
Happy Pastors Make Healthy Churches
John Piper | Christ’s blood bought more than our pardon, precious as it is. His death also purchased the power we need to live a radical Christian li…
3 years ago
Why We Sing About the Blood
David Mathis | Why do Christians sing about blood? Because of what happened at the cross, the otherwise morbid topic becomes one of glory, thanks, an…
3 years ago
More Thrilling to Be Saved Than to Succeed
John Piper | What excites a Christian most? Our deepest, truest joy does not flow from completed degrees or flourishing ministries, but from the God …
3 years ago