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A Life Poured Out on the Sacrifice of Faith: 2 Timothy 4:6–8, Part 1
From conversion through suffering to death, Paul considered his life a resource to be spent for the faith of God’s elect.
7 months ago
Paul’s Climactic Plea to Timothy: 2 Timothy 3:16–4:5, Part 4
As Paul approaches the end of his life, what is his climactic plea to Timothy? John Piper examines four marks of a fulfilled ministry.
7 months ago
Why Do We Need Preaching? 2 Timothy 3:16–4:5, Part 3
Why does preaching matter? By tracing the path away from sound teaching, John Piper shows the importance of preaching in the life of every believer.
7 months, 1 week ago
Preachers Must Say Hard Things: 2 Timothy 3:16–4:5, Part 2
How can preachers rebuke and exhort without wandering into hypocrisy and pride? John Piper offers six hallmarks of godly, humble preaching.
7 months, 1 week ago
How to Pray for Your Pastor’s Sermon: 2 Timothy 3:16–4:5, Part 1
When Paul tells Timothy to preach, he uses some of the weightiest language found in any biblical command. John Piper draws out four initial implicati…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
All Scripture Is God-Breathed: 2 Timothy 3:14–17, Part 2
How do we know the Bible is the word of God? John Piper explores Jesus’s teaching alongside Paul’s claim that all Scripture is God-breathed.
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Continue in What You Learned and Believed: 2 Timothy 3:14–17, Part 1
What is the Bible for, and how do we make the most of it? John Piper offers tools for digging into the inspired word of God.
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Realism and Hope for the Persecuted: 2 Timothy 3:10–13
What was Paul’s aim in the midst of deadly persecutions and trials? John Piper unpacks the apostle’s realism and hope in his encouragements to Timoth…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Snatching Women and Stumbling to Ruin: 2 Timothy 3:6–9
What marks false teachers and their followers? John Piper confronts the impulse to hide sin behind a noncommittal appearance of godliness.
8 months ago
The Powerful Alternative to Formalism: 2 Timothy 3:1–5, Part 5
In the last days, some will be lovers of self, lovers of money, and full of every kind of sin, yet they will still maintain the appearance of godline…
8 months ago