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Will You Be There?
When I set out to write The Pastor’s Kid one of the first things I did was make sure I wasn’t nuts. I knew my own experiences and feelings towards being raised as a PK. I knew the difficulties and...
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Do You Pervert the Grace of God?
Sometimes the grace of God needs defending. Not as much from the world and the devil as from ourselves.Those of us who love his grace most will take the greatest care, with his help, to guard it from...
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When We Best Learn the Bible
If you have ever had to learn a skill, you will probably remember the frustration that accompanies it — the feelings of inadequacy, the monotony of repeating a process until you have learned it, the...
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Four Questions to Keep Close to Your Wallet
It’s hard to imagine many things more maligned in Scripture than money.After all, “the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils” (1 Timothy 6:10). Paul didn’t just say that it can be a temptation...
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Be the Opposite of a Hypocrite
Knowledge doesn’t terminate on the knower. We don’t learn in order to conceal, just like a lamp isn’t lit to be put under a basket (Matthew 5:15). We learn in order to express — to lead others in...
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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
July 4th is the day we commemorate the Continental Congress’s declaration of independence from the nation of Great Britain. People still debate over whether or not Britain’s offenses warranted colonial...
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Is Feminine Modesty About Sex?
During the summer, the topic of modesty comes out from hibernation. But with the renewed conversations come many assumptions about modesty, assumptions that are always worth re-thinking.Here’s the main...
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Is God Too Holy for You?
God’s holiness carries a sense of loftiness and purity and awe-inspiring wonder and perfection. It is awe inspiring, but it also can be intimidating and even terrifying. Sure, we worship the holy God...
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When the Abortion Industry Self-Destructs
In one sense, there are really just two types of people when it comes to the topic of abortion: those who think it is okay to kill unborn babies, and those who think it is wrong. If you don’t think...
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Before the Children Are Gone
Time is our most precious earthly asset because all other earthly assets are governed by it. We can’t really save time. We can only spend it. So we try to manage it.But that’s very hard. Never in...
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The Story of You
This is the story of your salvation. This story includes your conversion, but extends through time-twisting dimensions, immeasurable privileges, and lavish gifts beyond anything our brains can...
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The Tender Rain of Christian Teaching
Editor’s note: Below is John Piper’s latest poem, including the audio of his reading.Teaching As Tender Rain A Meditation on Deuteronomy 32:2–3 Like gentle rain it falls, Day after...
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Reformation and the Critics
The Reformation was a great work of the Holy Spirit of God, and it was a royal mess. Is there a problem?One of the problems we have when we remember and appreciate great events from the past — which of...
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Evangelism at Ease
Sweaty hands and a gnawing in the stomach. Nervous thoughts that can’t sort themselves out fast enough. The all too cognitive sense that the words coming out are forced, a formula you’d rather memorize...
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A Booby Trap in the Christian Budget
The Bible is clear that we will put our money where our hearts are, so it is important that we regularly test our treasure. There are lots of ways to lose our life over a love for money. We want our...
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Don’t Tell God He Can’t Give You Good News
There is a hideous, God-belittling lie in believing we’ve sinned ourselves beyond his sovereign mercy. For many of us, it’s not hard to see how our sin has brought pain or conflict or heartache into...
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The Unexpected Answers of God
In John 16:23–24, Jesus makes a stunning, sweeping, glorious promise to us:In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it...
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Is My Suffering Meaningless?
A few weeks ago, I met with a friend who believes that while God draws near to us in our trials, people often suffer in ways that God never intended. God reacts to our suffering but never causes it.To...
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The Wonder of the Word in Corporate Worship
As a child, I loved to sing in church. When we opened our hymnals, I understood, there was an emotional connection to what we were doing in song. I felt it. Glorious truth paired with stirring melody...
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Rest Because You Can
Stop making bricks — you can stop.Because of who God is, this reality rings as true today as it did in the life of ancient Israel, dating all the way back to their slave labor in Egypt just before the...
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