It is essential to say grand old truths again and again. There is ample evidence in the Bible that they are quickly forgotten Remember, there are different kinds of forgetting. One is that great truths are gone out of the…

How do we give the Lord what we don't have and he does?

To mark the 60th anniversary of the birth of the modern State of Israel, let’s listen to a voice from 100 years before this state was born Who was it that said in 1867 that the existence of the Jews…

John Piper explains how we can have friendships that don't threaten the exclusivity of our marriages.

As the carnage from Cyclone Nargis moves toward 50,000 dead and beyond, there is a way to pray and act 1. Be softened to the pain nearby. The Good Samaritan knew nothing of the calamities in first century Burma…

John Piper distinguishes selling God's Word from selling paper and ink.

God motivates us to feel and to do what we should by calling to our minds his past performances of love and his future promises of love—some near, some far Be sure that you are connected to the way God…

To lay a trap for an animal there has to be some truth to attract him. It must at least look like a meal even if the iron clamps lie just beneath. Mark says the Pharisees came “to trap" Jesus…

John Piper explains how sinners can still partake of the Lord's table.

How do we reconcile "do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing" with "let your light shine before others"?

Elder D. J. Ward, pastor of Lexington's Main Street Baptist Church for the past 19 years, died of complications from lung cancer Friday at Hospice Care Center at St. Joseph Hospital. What the Lexington Herald-Leader did not say about this…

John Piper illustrates how time can prove the goodness of God, even when he has permitted much suffering.

For a moment, forget the political puzzle of getting money back when the country is nine trillion dollars in debt. The more immediate question is: How will you make much of Christ with your "economic stimulus payment"? The president says…

I am on writing leave. I hope you will pray for me. The first book I'm working on is one on marriage. This includes chapters on raising children. Here is a section I was working on yesterday The most fundamental…

John Piper talks about how he is most encouraged by his people.

Our clothes are a witness both to our past and present failure and to our future glory.

If a twelve-year-old makes A’s in school and generally makes wise choices, how would you help her apply this verse to herself Never be wise in your own sight. (Romans 12:16) You might say: It means that you gladly admit…

John Piper explains why not all saving is a storing up of treasures on earth.

There are saving works that God will only do through small churches and ordinary people, not through large churches and more sophisticated people The Lord said to Gideon, "The people with you are too many for me to give the…

John Piper says to pray for and utilize strategic situations for sharing.

Sometimes I'm asked how I explain the disproportion between the size of the universe and the smallness of man created as the crown of God’s creation. The tension is felt in Psalm 8:3-5 “When I look at your heavens, the…

If in your morning devotions you open God’s word to the book of Judges and find that the strings of your inner instrument are not in tune, it is not blasphemy to excuse yourself for a few moments from the…

John Piper explains that although the Bible doesn't require having children, it may still be a good idea.