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Those Dragons Underneath Our Beds
How we approach a situation reveals what we expect to find.Imagine it is 2 A.M. and I’m asleep. My wife taps my shoulder and says, “I heard something. I think there’s an intruder downstairs.” My mind...
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The Doctrines of Grace Are My Life
Calvinism is one of the most controversial conversations in Christianity today. In this new video, Pastor John Piper shares why the doctrines of grace have been some of the most precious and practical...
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Stay-at-Home Moms with Missionary Hearts
Have you ever watched someone else living your dream, the thing you really, really wanted for your life?As I cut the crusts off my kids’ peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, I listened to my young,...
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The Effect of Your Life in 1,400 Years
Do you think God has purposes for your life that will be realized in 1,400 years?I do. Your life and mine.Yes, the new heavens and the new earth may be here by then. I hope so. If so, there are things...
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Backslap Death in the Face
Cadenced descriptions of Christ’s work have always characterized the voice of his church.“He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate,” the old creed says, “he suffered death and was buried, and on...
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The Love of God’s Power
God is faithful. We’ve all heard these words.We’ve read them, said them, and sung them. And we’ve felt them.God’s faithfulness is a palatable experience of his love. It’s his love tasted and seen in...
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Same-Sex Attraction and the Wait for Change
Few concepts are more foreign to our culture than waiting. Now you can take a picture of a check with your phone and deposit it instantly into your bank account without even leaving your Lay-Z-Boy....
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Don’t Miss the True Bread
One of the strangest things Jesus ever said is recorded in chapter six of John’s Gospel, where Jesus stated that his followers must eat his flesh and drink his blood.These words are disturbing. Almost...
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Who Is the Church?
Many are asking, “What is the church?” Pastor Jeff Vanderstelt believes we're asking the wrong question, because the Bible uses that word to describe a group of people, not a gathering or event. So we...
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Three Reasons to Get Some Sleep
Life is short. Stay awake for it.So goes the tagline for the second largest coffee franchise in America. It’s catchy and practical. Drink our coffee, it suggests, not merely for its taste, but for its...
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Blessings Too Big
Recently, my son (age 2) looked up at his big sister (age 5) sitting on the bathroom counter next to the sink, raised his little arms and said confidently, "Jump my arms! My catch wu!" [Let the reader...
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Corporate Worship: A Lifting of the Gaze
I had preached the funeral of their baby just a few days before. Some of our best friends laid to rest their little girl, marking one of the most difficult days of my life. While preaching graveside,...
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Eternity Changes Everything
All Christians go to heaven. But some leap and stride into paradise from their deathbeds — peaceful, confident, and happy. Others limp and shuffle — clinging, denying, and frightened. Why the...
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Make the Most of Your Conference
This afternoon Desiring God kicks off the 27th annual Conference for Pastors in Minneapolis.Yes, in Minneapolis. In February. Early February. More than 1,500 brave souls from all over the States and...
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Death: Shall We Weep or Rejoice?
When a Christian dies, shall those of us who remain weep or rejoice? The biblical answer is both, even simultaneously.I saw this in a new place as I was memorizing my way through Philippians again. I...
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I Know the Plans I Have for You
Jeremiah 29:11 is a precious verse to many: “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lᴏʀᴅ, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”So how can Gentile John Piper,...
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Share in the Glory of the Winter Games
Don’t just watch the Olympics. Be a part.The Christian can experience the Games with more substance and depth than anyone. Here’s a call to spiritually significant Olympic viewing.Our God and his Book...
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The Merciful Gift of Desperation
Do not underestimate the power of desperation to do good for your soul.A couple of years ago I listened to a sermon by a friend who leads a missionary team that has planted itself into one of the least...
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Why We Need Pastors with Big Hearts
There are things you cannot know without suffering. So writes John Piper in his foreword to How to Stay Christian in Seminary.This is true, and yet those are the very things pastors must know, in some...
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When Distractions Keep Us from Our Kids
“Mom. Mom. Mom!”I looked up at my son. “I’m sorry. What?” I asked.“Did you hear anything I said?”“No,” I admitted.“I think you are addicted to your phone,” he remarked.Justifications and excuses...
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