Category Archives: John Piper
Waiting to be Transformed
“He that taketh not his cross . . . is not worthy of me.” Matt. 10:38 ___ Many of the great evangelists who have touched the world for God, including such men as Jonathan Edwards and Charles Finney, have declared that the church is being betrayed by those who insist on Christianity being made just [...]
The Micro and the Macro
Originally dated, July 14, 2008 | By: John Piper One of the reasons God rarely gives micro reasons for his painful providences, but regularly gives magnificent macro reasons, is that there are too many micro reasons for us to manage, namely, millions and millions and millions and millions and millions. God says things like: These [...]
10 Resolutions for a Stronger Walk
Clyde Kilby’s Resolutions for Mental Health and for Staying Alive to God in This World By John Piper August 27, 1990 Clyde Kilby, who is now with the Lord in heaven, was my teacher in English Literature at Wheaton. He did as much as any other teacher I have had to open my eyes [...]
Can Faithful Living Exempt Me From Suffering?
By John Piper Originally posted on July 23, 2008 The following is an edited transcript of the audio. Can faithful living exempt me from suffering? No. God’s grace through Christ on the cross has obtained for us a pass on eternal suffering. And if we get a pass on any suffering in this [...]
“In His Steps”, Reading #7
In His Steps Chapter 3 “He that saith he abideth in Him ought himself also to walk even as He walked.” Edward Norman, editor Of the Raymond Daily News, sat in his office room Monday morning and faced a new world of action. He had made his pledge in good faith to do everything after [...]
Practical Steps to Kill Sin
Keeping in line with yesterday’s post, I decided to haul out some practical teaching on “holiness”. I for one need to understand how a person changes into the image of Jesus Christ. The following transcript was taken from an audio teaching by John Piper, a man I trust throughly. I hope this blesses. –B. Practical Steps to Kill [...]
