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Unending Joy and Unceasing Anguish
The Christian life is an undeniably hard, yet gloriously satisfying life. How is it that we can be unbelievably heartbroken over the lost in our lives and unshakably happy in the promises of God all at...
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You Can Believe the Promises of God and Be Lost
It is possible to believe the promises of God, and have the assurance of salvation, and yet be lost forever.Professing Christians with False AssuranceThis is implied in Matthew 7:22, “On that day many...
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Let the Race Discussion Come Home
Whether they played T-ball, high school hoops, or professional football, ask any former athlete to name some of the most influential people in their lives, and inevitably a coach comes to mind. The...
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Drunk You Is Not the Real You
Alcohol has been called the great truth serum. If you want to get to the bottom of yourself — to truly know yourself better — grab a bottle.People drink for lots of reasons. Many drink to experience...
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Chosen by God, Cut off from Christ
The crisis in the first verses of Romans 9 is the unbelief of Israel, God’s chosen people. How can we trust God’s promises to us, if his promises to Israel did not come true? In this lab, John Piper...
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A Surgeon for Sin-Sick Eyes
True humility can take dramatically different forms from one clay pot to another.The form it took in John Newton (1725–1807) was Christ-exalting tenderness. His own experience of “amazing grace” (he...
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Conflicts: Our Laboratories of Love
I have a model Christian family.I don’t mean that we are paragons of spiritual maturity, moral excellence, and discipline. We’re not. What I mean is that my family is a microcosm of the church. If you...
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Does God Really Love You?
Your suffering is a great enticement to Satan. He and his anti-God federation are irresistibly attracted to persistent pain. Notice how he obsesses over Job’s misery. Notice how he shows up in the...
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Lord, You’re Beautiful
As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness. (Psalm 17:15)One day we will stand before Jesus.If we could see through the clutter of our...
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We Talk About What We Love
When we keep our mouths shut about the gospel, it shows there is something wrong in our hearts.We all have those moments in life we wish we could rewind to and do things differently. For me, the thing...
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Dear Graduate
A significant journey is ending for you. No doubt you are eager to get going on the next one. But go ahead, savor the moment. Such clear rites of passage don’t come often in life. And thank God....
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What Is Christian Unity?
Unity among two or more people gets its virtue entirely from something else. Unity itself is neutral until it is given goodness or badness by something else. So if Herod and Pilate are unified by their...
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God’s Promises Never Fail
God made massive promises to Israel, but much of Israel has rejected the Christ. How, then, can we trust the promises of God to us today? In this lab, John Piper looks at promises God made to Israel in...
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Win the World with Hope
An unbelieving friend of mine, with whom I have been communicating the gospel over the years, returned from a business trip to India. It must not have been a particularly pleasant trip, because when I...
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The Rock in a World of Sand
It may be the most overlooked aspect of the gospel. It probably doesn’t sound like especially good news, but just history — the lives of a few ordinary men. Maybe, though, you’ll marvel with me at the...
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Are Muslim Terrorists Truly Muslim?
After everything in the news, can we say Islam is a religion of peace? In three minutes, converted Muslim Thabiti Anyabwile explains the relationship of jihadists and terrorists to the religion of...
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How Should We Respond to Caitlyn Jenner?
Former Olympic champion, and current pop celebrity, Bruce Jenner, revealed in a recent interview his lifelong struggle with gender confusion. This week he announced that he is changing his public...
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Remember His Goodness
My grandmother passed away in 2010 after suffering from Alzheimer’s for many years. Many aspects of her memory had declined over those years, but there were still memories that remained.Decades...
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Jacob I Loved, But Esau I Hated
In Romans 9, Paul wants to show us why we should believe in God’s unconditional election. Isaac and Ishmael were examples in the previous verses, and now Jacob and Esau are presented as better...
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Perseverance in Disguise
I still remember the way the chair squealed slightly as she twisted toward me. I remember the thinly veiled urgency in her voice as she looked at me with pleading eyes and asked me, “Where is he?”I...
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