Your Sorrow Will Turn to Joy
Morning & Evening Meditations for Holy Week
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John Piper
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John Piper
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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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, Jon Bloom
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Jon Bloom
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Jon Bloom serves as teacher and cofounder of Desiring God. He is the author of four books, including Not by Sight and most recently True to His Word. He and his wife have five children and make their home in the Twin Cities.
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, Johnathon Bowers
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Johnathon Bowers
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Johnathon Bowers is a PhD candidate in Christian philosophy at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.
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, Andreas Köstenberger
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Andreas Köstenberger
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Andreas Köstenberger is the founder of Biblical Foundations, serves as research professor of New Testament and biblical theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and is editor of the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society.
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, Donald Macleod
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Donald Macleod
Donald Macleod (1940–2023) served as professor of systematic theology at the Free Church of Scotland College in Edinburgh for more than thirty years. He authored many books, including The Person of Christ and Christ Crucified.
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David Mathis
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David Mathis is executive editor for desiringGod.org and pastor at Cities Church. He is a husband, father of four, and author of Workers for Your Joy: The Call of Christ on Christian Leaders (2022).
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, Jonathan Parnell
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Jonathan Parnell
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Jonathan Parnell is the lead pastor of Cities Church in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where he lives with his wife, Melissa, and their eight children. He is the author of Mercy for Today: A Daily Prayer from Psalm 51.
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, Tony Reinke
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Tony Reinke
Tony Reinke serves as Senior Teacher for Desiring God, host of the Ask Pastor John podcast, and author of Ask Pastor John: 750 Bible Answers to Life’s Most Important Questions (2024). He and his wife live in Phoenix.
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Joe Rigney
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Joe Rigney serves as a fellow of theology at New Saint Andrews College. He is a husband, a father of three, and the author of a number of books, including More Than a Battle: How to Experience Victory, Freedom, and Healing from Lust.
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, Marshall Segal
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Marshall Segal
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Marshall Segal serves as President & CEO of Desiring God. He’s the author of Not Yet Married: The Pursuit of Joy in Singleness & Dating. He graduated from Bethlehem College and Seminary, and serves as deacon at Cities Church. He and his wife, Faye, have three children and live in Minneapolis.
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Justin Taylor
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Justin Taylor is Executive Vice President for Book Publishing and Publisher for Books at Crossway. He blogs at Between Two Worlds. He and his wife have five children.
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John Piper
@JohnPiper
Jon Bloom
@Bloom_Jon
Johnathon Bowers
@johnathonbowers
Andreas Köstenberger
@akostenberger
Donald Macleod
David Mathis
@davidcmathis
Jonathan Parnell
@jonathanparnell
Tony Reinke
Joe Rigney
@joe_rigney
Marshall Segal
@marshallsegal
Justin Taylor
@between2worlds
Holy Week is not an obligation. It is an opportunity.
In the chaos of our increasingly fast-paced and hectic society, the annual coming of Holy Week each spring is a reminder to pause and ponder, to carefully mark each day, and not let this greatest of all weeks fly like every other.
It is a chance to walk with the church throughout the world and throughout time as she accompanies her Bridegroom through the eight most important days in history. And it is an opportunity to focus our minds on, and seek to intensify our affections for, the highest and most timeless realities in the universe.
We have assembled a team of eleven pastors and scholars to walk us through Holy Week as we walk together with our Lord. This collection of short meditations includes readings for each morning and evening from Palm Sunday to the triumph of Easter.