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two clips from John Piper
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCH5tDx9MQE&hl=en&fs=1] and [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OJ4Ysp5l98&hl=en&fs=1]
Is God for us or Himself?
Is God for us or Himself? That is the question answered by this sermon from John Piper delivered at Wheaton College back in 1984. My brother-in-law, Todd, sent me the link by email last weekend. Such an excellent reminder of … Continue reading
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Tagged God's purpose, God's sovereignty, John Piper, sovereignty, sovereignty of god
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high praise for Finally Alive
John Piper’s new book, Finally Alive is earning high praise by reviewers. Tim Challies says at the beginning of his review: As I read the final page of Finally Alive I realized that I had found a new favorite book … Continue reading
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Tagged adrian warnock, books, finally alive, John Piper, reviews, tim challies
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Relevance
Joe Thorn has a quote from John Piper regarding relevance that says: As a preacher, I think a lot about relevance. That is, why should anyone listen to what I have to say? Why should anybody care? Relevance is an … Continue reading
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Tagged joe thorn, John Piper, relevance, temporal v. eternal, the gospel
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Spectacular Sins
I am just finishing the book Spectacular Sins by John Piper. As you might expect from Piper, his purpose is to demonstrate from scripture the sovereignty of God in every situation including several specific spectacularly sinful occasions. He deals with … Continue reading
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Tagged John Piper, sin, sovereignty, sovereignty of god, spectacular sins, supremacy of Christ
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Roe v. Wade @36 part 5
John Piper quoting Abraham Lincoln. On January 12, 2009 Samantha Heiges, age 23, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for drowning her newborn in Burnsville, Minnesota. If she had arranged for a doctor to kill the child a few … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, abraham lincoln, John Piper, roe v. wade, slavery, supreme court
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he knew what was in man
John Piper’s sermon from last sunday on John 2:23-25 is both haunting and reassuring. John 2:23-25 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing. … Continue reading
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Tagged belief, faith, john 2:23-25, John Piper, signs and wonders
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a brilliant example of contrast
on August 1, 2007, an interstate highway bridge collapsed in minneapolis, minnesota. This collapse and the internet combined to allow all of us to see an almost real time contrast between arminian and calvinist views of God’s sovereignty in the … Continue reading
how to pray
here are 9 suggestions from John Piper regarding how to pray. Here are the first three to get you going, but go to Desiring God for the other six. Here are some ways to pray for yourself so that you’re … Continue reading
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Tagged dan lowe, god's will, John Piper, prayer, ramblin' pastor man
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resolutions
Challies has put up a resolutions post. Good stuff. I have already decided to read the Bible through again using this plan. My interest was piqued by John Piper’s recommendation to fast in 2009. Here is his recommendation for how … Continue reading
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Tagged daily reading plans, fasting, John Piper, new year's resolutions
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video sunday
John Piper on learning to love God’s sovereignty [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BByHE5o7qMs&hl=en&fs=1] and here he is on the supremacy of Christ [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYGLl0gO1dk&hl=en&fs=1] and a fascinating ten minutes on evangelism. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0tAfrPlNq8&hl=en&fs=1]
you gotta close your eyes
a helpful reminder about what is really important. (hint: it ain’t widescreen flat panel T.V.) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb5UHu7ZJsY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1] hat tip to Vitamin Z
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Tagged don't waste your life, entertainment and comfort, John Piper
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do you know God?
when I put up posts like this and this, I wonder if people have the same struggle that I have had over the years from time to time. that struggle is to find myself learning a lot about our triune … Continue reading
we must KNOW this Christ
this is the Christ we must know: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moW_x1M-VaU&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1] parting question. does the supremacy of Christ recited here give you comfort? or does it provoke some other emotion? Just asking. hat tip to Vitamin Z
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Tagged Jesus Christ, John Piper, sovereignty, supremacy of Christ, the gospel
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Piper on Justification
here is a link to an audio file of an interview by Mike Reeves of John Piper on the topic of justification. Excellent stuff. Hat tip to Adrian Warnock.
John Piper on abortion
Here are Piper’s top ten reasons on why it is wrong to take the lives of unborn children: 1. God commanded, “Thou shalt not murder” (Exodus 20:13). 2. The destruction of conceived human life — whether embryonic, fetal, or viable … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, John Piper, pro-life, protecting innocent life, protecting the vulnerable, vitamin z
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free books
John Piper and Justin Taylor’s book Stand: a Call for Endurance of the Saints is available for sale or by free downloadable pdf. Hat tip to Said at Southwestern where the book is also reviewed. Also the first nine chapters … Continue reading
conference messages
here is the page where Desiring God has posted this weekend’s three regional conference messages. The second one (from this morning) was the one to which everyone should listen if you don’t have time for all three.
John Piper's Austin weekend
part one was last night. Parts 2 and 3 are this morning. Looking forward to it. After noon today and tomorrow, John Piper will be over at High Pointe Baptist for a “Purpose Driven Death” conference with Brett Harris of … Continue reading
Desiring God Regional Conference
Piper was good tonight. Looking forward to tomorrow’s session. We start at Job 32. Elihu is my favorite.
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Tagged desiring god, desiring god regional conference, job, John Piper, suffering
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Parenting
John Piper answers a question about the roles of mothers and fathers in rearing children here. He also talks briefly about single parenting. However, I back off a little on essential to say for single moms and single dads that … Continue reading
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Tagged biblical roles, children, fathers, John Piper, men, mothers, parenting, single parents, women
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driscoll on piper
Here is a post by Mark Driscoll on the Resurgence blog telling us why he loves John Piper. It includes an embedded video interview of Piper by Driscoll. Excellent stuff and worth your time (almost 50 minutes long). Here are … Continue reading
ESV Study Bible
Here is John Piper talking about the ESV Bible and the upcoming ESV Study Bible. He likes them. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlFsBdEkxMQ&hl=en&fs=1] Hat tip to Joe Thorn. UPDATE: and here is Mark Driscoll [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfHIC7I0hyo&hl=en&fs=1] and the page where lots more folks are talking … Continue reading
more on harsh language
Here is Doug Wilson’s response to the arguments put forward by Nathan Busenitz that I referenced earlier today. Here is Doug’s response to Nathan’s third argument which was definitely the best one he had: 3. And last, Busenitz presents what … Continue reading
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Tagged harsh language, jesus, John Piper, mark driscoll, teaching
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