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Die Well
“Just thinking about D-Day,” the old man replied.I had noticed him walk into the coffee shop, his back hunched over almost parallel to the ground. He took his seat and immediately, almost...
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How to Build a Faithful Witness in Your Workplace
It’s hard to forget just how nervous I was reaching into my bag to reveal, of all things, a Bible. As a follower of Jesus, a leader in my local church, and a general manager of a large and profitable...
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Pray for Nepal
Suraj Kasula, who we called Nepal’s most unlikely church planter, sent us an update on the devastating 7.9-magnitude earthquake that hit his homeland this weekend and the heavy monsoon rains now coming...
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Is Christian Ministry Rehab or Rescue?
Some great evangelists and missionaries have viewed their ministry as rescuing people from the sinking ship of the world. The boat is going down and our job is to save as many as we can from going down...
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Do Not Be Anxious About Tomorrow
When you think about the future, what makes you most anxious? Jesus gives us plenty of reasons not to fear. In Part 1 of this series, John Piper identified nine arguments against our anxieties. In this...
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Beware Gluten-Free Preaching
Gluten-free food is an exploding sector of the grocery industry. It now accounts for more than $10 billion in annual sales in the United States, largely built on ensuring there is no flour in a...
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Making Disciples in the Everyday Stuff of Life
When you hear the words “missional living,” what comes to mind? As I speak and train on missional living, I find many people either have a wrong understanding of the mission or wrongly believe they...
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God, Why This Broken World Like Ours?
God put the natural world under a curse so that the physical horrors of that curse — of that futility, of that corruption, disease and death — would become a vivid picture, a parable of the horrors of...
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Why God’s Will Isn’t Always Clear
If God wants us to “walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him” (Colossians 1:10), why doesn’t he give us more specific guidance in our decisions?The Spontaneous 95%Consider all of the...
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Your Father Knows What You Need
God wants to comfort and stabilize the anxious with truth. What truths calm our fears? In Part 1, John Piper identified nine arguments against our anxieties. In Part 2, he covered the first five. In...
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It Is Insane to Kill Humans Because of Their Cognitive Abilities
Sam Storms, in his message earlier this year at our Conference for Pastors, painted such a beautiful picture of God and what it means for us to receive glorified bodies in the age to come. I thought my...
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A God Greater Than Google
We live in an age when we literally never have to wait for an answer. If it can be known, we know it in seconds, probably less. Siri, where is the nearest Chipotle? Google, living and active, lies at...
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A (Very) Short Prayer for My Dullest Days
On the days when my heart feels dull, dry, and drowsy, I turn to one simple prayer from David in Psalm 51:12 —Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.This verse is...
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Waiting to Awaken Love
One of the agonizing aspects of being in love but not yet married is the need to wait. You long for the day when your lives will be so intertwined that every aspect will be linked together, including...
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10,000 Reasons
I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. (Philippians 4:12)He is not just the...
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Nothing Left to Hide
God wants us to be sincere. He makes this point very clear. He wants us to have a “sincere heart” (Ephesians 6:5), a “sincere mind” (2 Peter 3:1), a “sincere faith” (1 Timothy 1:5), a “sincere wisdom”...
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Parenting in the Valley of Dry Bones
There are moments as a parent when you realize you’ve done a lot less clapping for your kids than you have disciplining them for sin. It can feel like all you do is battle them between errands and...
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Read the Bible to Your Anxiety
I created three labs teaching through Matthew 6:24–34 on anxiety. My objectives were both to understand how Jesus helps us overcome anxiety, but also to draw out six lessons for how to read the Bible...
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Loving Difficult People
It was only a three-minute escape. Listening to my name being chanted over and over, louder and louder, with greater urgency, along with pounding on the door, you might imagine me to be a rock star.But...
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What Can Be Known About God
The Bible says that the whole world already knows God, but also says that much of the world does not know him. How does someone know him, and yet not know him? In this lab, John Piper explores this...
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