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Until Death Do We Part — For Real
If anything but death is an option for ending a marriage, then don’t say “until death” in your wedding vows. Tell the truth. Promise what is meant. Say something like “until adultery, abandonment, or...
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Speak the Truth to Yourself
I woke up sick that morning. “I’ll never make it to the end of the day,” I muttered to myself.My husband was due to leave town for work. “How am I going to manage the kids while feeling like this?”...
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Putting Golf in Its Place
It only takes a few bars of “Augusta” to confirm that spring is here. There is a promise of new life in the sound of the Masters theme song and the sight of electric green grass at Augusta National....
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Bible-Balance in Christian Ministry
You don’t hear a lot about it in seminary. It doesn’t get much discussion in pastoral theology books. But one of the more complex challenges of Christian leadership is cultivating a Bible-balanced...
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How a Man Loves a Woman
“How do I love my wife well?” Young husbands frequently ask me this question, and it is a great one to ask. They are often faced with a laundry list of good tips: prioritize date nights, lead family...
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When Fear Attacks
Without exception, regardless of our situation, following Jesus requires all of us to repeatedly exercise courage, because the Lᴏʀᴅ frequently calls us to face or do things we’re afraid of. In this,...
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The Problem of Palm Sunday
It was the palm branches that made this day unique, and then again, it wasn’t.For centuries, the church has memorialized today, the first day of Holy Week, as Palm Sunday because of the palm branches...
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No Turning Back (Monday of Holy Week)
The sun rises just before 6:30 A.M. in Bethany, the small village on the southeastern slope of the Mount of Olives, just a mile and a half east of Jerusalem. It is Monday morning, March 30, A.D. 33....
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Five Helps for Your Holy Week
To help you make the most of Holy Week, we’ve ventured into the archive to find five of the best Piper articles related to the Easter season.Straight-forward and practical, these posts stand as some of...
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The Escalating Conflict (Tuesday of Holy Week)
It is now Tuesday morning, March 31, A.D. 33. The disciples point to the withered fig tree that Jesus had cursed the day before. Jesus gives his disciples a simple lesson from it: have faith in God. In...
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Propaganda About God’s Purpose in Our Past
Sometimes it’s hard to sort out our lives before Christ. It all feels so bleak, so dark, so destructive, so wasted. Some of us have a hard time finding anything good, anything worth remembering in the...
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Spy Wednesday
Wednesday went quietly. Too quietly.With the previous three days awash in drama — Sunday’s triumphal entry, Monday’s temple cleansing, and Tuesday’s temple controversies — now Wednesday, April 1, A.D....
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When Envy Turns Deadly
Holy Week is a wonderful time for meditation and reflection. In addition to prayerfully considering the actions of Jesus in his triumphal entry and his temple cleansing and cursing, it’s worth...
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The Greatest Prayer in the World (Maundy Thursday)
It is Thursday, the night before Jesus’s crucifixion. This evening has been laden with teaching (John 13–17), shocking with foot-washing by the greatest for the least (John 13:3–20), epoch-making with...
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It Is Well with My Soul
God has given us a merciful gift in music authored in the midst of great tragedy. A song often has the power to express and comfort pain when words alone feel empty. Again and again, “It Is Well” has...
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It Is Finished (Good Friday)
It is Friday, April 3, A.D. 33. It is the darkest day in human history, though most humans have no clue of this. In Rome, Tiberius attends to the demanding business of the empire. Throughout the...
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Jesus Between the Criminals
Crucifixion in the ancient world was intended to take as long as possible. No vital organs were damaged, so it took two or three days to die, often from shock or asphyxiation, as muscles used for...
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Let His Blood Be on Us (Holy Saturday)
Holy Week waits in relative silence on Saturday. The tomb has been sealed, the guards stand watch, the disciples likely hide in confusion, fear, and devastation. And the Savior lies lifeless, having...
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Have You Found What You’re Looking For? (Easter Sunday)
Like children scattering around a yard for Easter eggs, you and I are on a hunt.We all hunt. Our thirsty souls rummage through every nook and cranny of this world, in search of shiny pleasures and...
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Why Homosexuality Is Not Like Other Sins
Homosexuality is not the only sin mentioned in 1 Corinthians 6:9–10.Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor...
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