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John Piper

John Piper is founder and teacher of Desiring God and chancellor of Bethlehem College and Seminary. For 33 years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is author of more than 50 books, including Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist and most recently Foundations for Lifelong Learning: Education in Serious Joy.

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Future Grace: Its Purifying Power

Part 6

We advance in holiness and purity not by inundating ourselves with prohibitions, but by directing our hearts toward the great and precious promises of God.

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Future Grace: Its Purifying Power

Part 5

Costly love in the pathway of obedience comes from joy in the future grace we presently behold by faith.

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Future Grace: Its Purifying Power

Part 4

Gratitude isn’t good enough to motivate the Christian life. Faith doesn’t simply look back in thanks; it embraces the future grace of all that Christ promises to be for his people.

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Future Grace: Its Purifying Power

Part 3

Saving faith in Jesus Christ doesn’t only justify us before God. True faith transforms and purifies a Christian by the power of the Spirit.

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Future Grace: Its Purifying Power

Part 2

A passion for God’s glory, a passion for happiness, and a passion for holiness come together for understanding why living by faith in future grace is essential in the Christian life.

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Future Grace: Its Purifying Power

Part 1

God’s passion for his glory is the basis of our salvation and our works of righteousness done in the strength he supplies.

Suppose You Are a Liberal Critic of the Bible

When you find two parts of Scripture that seem to contradict, don't assume the Bible is inconsistent.

The Spirit of the Age and the Reality of the Risen Christ

Easter Sunday

If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you What Hinders Belief?…

We Do Not Lose Hope

We Do Not Lose Hope

Funeral Meditation for Patty May Larson

In the final hour of pain, uncursing agony, in hope for the unfelt God, is the faith that overcomes the world.

Pastoral Implications of Greg Boyd's View in Dealing with Suffering

Greg Boyd's view is that God's knowledge of the future and his rule of the future is limited in such a way that one may not say that "a good divine purpose lies behind all particular events" (God at War…

Thomas Oden's Charge of Heresy Concerning the Denial of God's Foreknowledge

The recent articles in Christianity Today (Feb. 9, 1998) by Roger Olson and Timothy George and Thomas Oden intensify the concern that we should have over the teaching of Greg Boyd (especially concerning the foreknowledge of God), professor of theology…

The Sovereign Sacrifice: Foreknown, Foretold, for Faith

Palm Sunday

So when [Jesus] had washed their feet, and taken His garments and reclined at the table again, He said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you? 13 "You call Me Teacher and Lord; and you are…

Facts: Seen and Unseen

When the Bible says, "We walk by faith, not by sight," it doesn't mean there wasn't any visible evidence or that there isn't any today.

Take Heed How You Hear!

Ten Practical Preparations for Hearing the Word of God on Sunday Morning

10 practical preparations for hearing the word of God on Sunday morning.

God, Marriage and Children

Getting up, He went from there to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan; crowds gathered around Him again, and, according to His custom, He once more began to teach them. 2 Some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing…

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The Supremacy and Sweetness of God: Preaching for Radical Obedience

The Supremacy and Sweetness of God: Preaching for Radical Obedience

Pastors much preach the beauty of holiness to awaken contrition over lack of holiness. Preaching beauty begets contrition which begets radical obedience.

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The Supremacy and Sweetness of God: How Not to Blaspheme God

Unless preachers herald the majesties of our Maker, we won’t give our people anything more than they can get anywhere else.

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The Supremacy and Sweetness of God: Discussion Luncheon

What should you do if you’re in church and you don’t feel like praising God? How should pastors deal with particular sins from the pulpit?

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The Supremacy and Sweetness of God: Community Worship Service

Preaching on a Sunday morning isn’t simply a lecture that explains a text or topic. Life-changing preaching is exposition that’s driven by and results in exultation in Christ.

Take Care How You Listen! Part 2

10 ways to prepare yourself to hear Sunday's sermon.

Take Care How You Listen! Part 1

For Whoever Has, to Him More Shall be Given

There are four ways to hear a sermon, but only one of them leads to life.

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The Final Price of Showing the Glory of Love

The gospel will continue to advance far and wide, but not without God’s people suffering with their Savior along the way.

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You Must All Become Hedonists

Missions In Focus

If you want your life to count for what matters most, then your highest calling in all of life is to relentlessly pursue your joy in God.

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God Is Glorified When Christ Is Gain

The task of missions is to spread far and wide the most awesome truth the world over: we glorify God truly when he satisfies us fully.

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How Not to Serve God in Going and Sending

Missions In Focus

The only way to serve God and avoid the debtor’s ethic is to serve in the strength he supplies by calling upon him in our needs and trusting in his all-sufficient power to help us.

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