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Is Love for Jesus, or Faith in Jesus, the Root of Ministry and Obedience?
John Piper | Believing in Jesus, according to the Gospel of John, overlaps with love because it involves an act of the soul whereby one receives Jesus as their soul-satisfying bread, thirst-quenching…
Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
Leading by Feeding
John Piper | The central work of pastoral ministry is leading the people of God by feeding them with the word of Christ.
Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
‘Hallowed Be Your Name’: The Greatest Prayer in All the World
John Piper | The lines of the Lord’s Prayer tend to pass by our eyes, and through our mouths, in a routine manner. But what might we be missing in our familiarity?
Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
Bible Reading Has Been My Life: Personal Reflections for Christian Fathers
John Piper | What does Bible reading look like for John Piper? In this message to fathers, he tells personal stories and shares how he has weaved Bible reading into all of life.
Published on 5 years, 1 month ago
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.
Published on 5 years, 1 month 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 unrestrained joy.
Published on 5 years, 3 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 out of danger.
Published on 5 years, 6 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 text together.
Published on 5 years, 7 months ago
Exposition or Imposition? How Gospel-Centered Preaching Can Go Wrong
John Piper | Preachers, instead of taking your text and making a beeline to the cross, take the cross and make a beeline to your text.
Published on 5 years, 7 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 to Jesus as our great hope.
Published on 5 years, 10 months ago