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Five Encouragements for Everyday Work
Most Christian ministry is not vocational.Far and away, those not getting paid to do ministry are collectively doing much more on the frontlines for gospel advance than those getting a paycheck....
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It’s Not You, It’s God: Nine Lessons for Breakups
Some of a single person’s darkest days fall after a breakup.You risked your heart. You shared your life. You bought the gifts, made the memories, and dreamed your dreams together— and it fell apart....
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Protect the Children from Chemical Weapons
Dear Mr. President,I am joining the unknown numbers around the world who are praying for wisdom for you as you confront this present evil of chemical weapons in Syria. God has promised to provide...
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Lay Aside the Weight of Prideful Comparison
By the grace of God I am what I am. (1 Corinthians 15:10)God made you to be you.You have the body God gave you — with all its genetic capacities and limitations (Psalm 139:13). You were born at the...
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The Art of Motivation
Motivating people to serve is not an easy task. Ask any Christian leader.So what’s the key? This was a question from Josh (a pastor), to John Piper, in today’s Ask Pastor John podcast. Motivation is an...
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Dragons and Holiness
The incredible imaginative power of the human mind connects us.For example, if I mention standing ankle deep in the ocean, many of you can picture this (and maybe feel the dizziness as you watch the...
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Don’t Go to Church to Give
Today, millions of Christians will gather to worship Jesus. Each gathering, as its own mosaic of souls, will meet at its own place and time. I hope you will be at one, somewhere, and I hope you go...
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The Soul’s Final Feast
One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple. (Psalm...
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The Cost of Love and the Power of Pleasure
LYNCHBURG, VA — Imagine what God may be pleased to do throughout the world over the next 50 years with the lives of 10,000 college students in love with Jesus and aimed at the nations.John Piper...
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C.S. Lewis: The Dinosaur, the Parthenon, and the Optative
Being a self-confessed dinosaur in the world of modern instincts, C.S. Lewis was, and is, therefore, refreshingly relevant. Already in 1944, his views on education were so well rooted in reason and...
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We Really Need the Gospel
Someone asked me recently, “If you could say one thing to women, what would it be?” My response was, “You need the gospel more than you think you do.” This sounds rather trite, like something we’ve...
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For the Church, by the Church
Local churches face the challenge of training Christians for local ministry and developing new leaders, but with limited resources. Stepping up to help is the Porterbrook Network, a global theological...
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Adoption Is Bigger Than You Think
Adoption is greater than the universe.So says John Piper, and as sweeping as the statement may sound, it is absolutely true. Because the eternal communion of our triune God is behind, beneath, beside,...
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Grace Gone Wild
Grace is on the loose.Contrary to our expectations, counter to our assumptions, frustrating our judicial sentiments, mocking our craving for control, the grace of God is turning the world upside. He is...
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God Will Not Let You Go
Relentless. That is pastor Leonce Crump’s one word for the love of God for sinners.He has met this relentless Savior again and again on his journey from part-time Catholic to gospel-loving pastor. In...
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Six Benefits of Ordinary Daily Devotions
Private devotions aren’t magic. We know that (for the most part).But still, we can be tempted to think that if we just figure out the secret formula — the right mixture of Bible meditation and prayer —...
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20 Quotes from the Gospel Transformation Bible
In about a week, Crossway releases the ESV Gospel Transformation Bible. Created and edited by Bryan Chapell and Dane Ortlund, the new study Bible is filled with valuable notes from fifty contributors...
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Meet the Miracle Next to You This Morning
God gave me you to be my miracle.That’s the banner over our relationships in the church. God performs the miracle of our growth in godliness through people — Holy-Spirit-filled people in our lives and...
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Does God Desire All to Be Saved? (New Book from John Piper)
This extended excerpt is from the introduction to John Piper’s Does God Desire All to Be Saved?— now available in paperback and as a free PDF from Crossway and Desiring God.When climbing from lowlands...
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My Dragon Skin Torn Off
I first read C.S. Lewis just after I arrived in the United States as a nine-year-old girl. Born in Iraq, I was still learning English when I first read The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, and it...
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