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Doctrine Matters (Free eBook on Ten Theological Trademarks)
Here is the theological summary of one preacher’s lifetime of investment in a local church: Doctrine Matters: Ten Theological Trademarks from a Lifetime of Preaching, from John Piper.Preaching, you...
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How to Engage in Spiritual Warfare
If you think spiritual warfare is irrelevant to you, you may already be losing the battle. At least you’re ripe for Satan’s picking.Demons have a notorious way of acclimatizing to where they are, warns...
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On Grudges and Generosity
God has given us a mouth to speak, a heart to feel, and gospel joy to share. He has taken away every excuse for not spreading gospel grace in our words every day to those around us (Ephesians 4:29).So...
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No Blessing Like Health — With the Exception of Sickness
One moving testimony to me as I ended my ministry at Bethlehem on March 31 was that of a young woman who has battled cancer. She thanked God for my cancer. She had listened to the messages leading up...
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Jackie Robinson and the Pattern of Jesus
It was 1948, during Jackie Robinson’s second season in Major League Baseball, when some bigots in Cincinnati were really giving him the business.Just the previous year, Robinson had been the one with...
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Lay Aside the Weight of Doubt
“Do not disbelieve, but believe” (John 20:27).In the race of faith that Jesus has called you to run (Hebrews 12:1), doubt is a weight you simply can’t keep running with. You’ve got to drop it....
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The Many Deaths of Adoniram Judson
John 12:24-25 records these words from Jesus: “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.”In other words,...
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More Than an Afterthought: Six Reasons Jesus’s Ascension Matters
Have you marked your calendar for Ascension Day on May 9? How many of us have even heard of Ascension Day? Or perhaps just a sermon about Jesus’s ascension into heaven? It is impossible to overstate...
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Meet the New John Piper
“I feel like I’m 22 again,” says the newly transitioned John Piper.Now that his pastorate at Bethlehem Baptist Church has officially ended, Piper says he feels like a recent college grad who is free to...
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Wimpy Theology Makes Wimpy Women
It was another full week of Ask Pastor John podcasts, covering a range of topics: biblical womanhood, hip hop, how to parent gender development, and advice for unemployed college grads. Here are...
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Recommissioned and Ready to Launch
For 33 years Bethlehem put bread on our table. They paid our salary. They didn’t muzzle this ox while he was treading out the grain (1 Timothy 5:18). They were the hands of God in meeting our needs. I...
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“Give Us More” (Recap of the Piper Recommissioning at Bethlehem)
EDEN PRAIRIE, MN—There are a few rare cases where the legacy of a faithful preacher is marked by his books. Think of the shelf-filling works of a Martyn Lloyd-Jones or a Charles Spurgeon. Maybe the...
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The Legacy of John Piper in the Lives of Real People (Video Tribute)
Sunday night, Bethlehem thanked God publicly for 33 years of John Piper’s pastoral ministry. As part of the celebration, Bethlehem partnered with Desiring God and Bethlehem College & Seminary to...
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When the Bombs Exploded in Boston
Word of the Boston bombings hit Twitter before they hit CNN or any other news network. And as the video clips of the bombings began to emerge, my heart responded in shock and horror. Our hearts are...
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Looking Evil in the Eye
Joseph’s brothers realized something we should never forget.It comes at the end of the story in Genesis 50. This is a long time after the brothers conspired together against Joseph. A lot had happened...
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Behind the Blog with Barnabas Piper
Barnabas Piper has put some thinking into sports. Actually, he has put a lot of Christian thinking into sports. Writing weekly for WorldMag.com, Barnabas has had a steady voice on what we can learn...
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Why Gosnell, God? Why Boston?
Not long ago, we learned that Kermit Gosnell had been killing babies in the third trimester and even after they were delivered, for decades. Just this week, we watched as bombs ripped through an...
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The Light Does Shine in the Darkness
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. (John 1:5)Sometimes the darkness is overwhelming: The Chinese health ministry reported that more than 336 million children have...
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Lay Aside the Weight of Fear
What happened in Boston on Monday was demonic. The thief (John 10:10) killed three precious lives, wreaked physical destruction on scores more and spiritual destruction on thousands. And he stole not...
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Leap and Weep: Pondering Again That It’s Over
People continue to ask me how it feels. “You were a pastor non-stop for 33 years. Now you’re not. How does it feel?”I have been tongue-tied too many times. So I have tried to come up with the shortest...
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