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Don’t Ignore the Book
The following is a lightly edited transcript.This is Acts 26:17–18. This is amazing to me. It is so remarkable. This is Jesus talking to Paul as he commissions him to go: “I am sending you to open...
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Breaking Free from the Spell of Fantasy
While listening to a sermon by Ray Ortlund, Jr., I was struck by a quote he read from Simone Weil.Nothing is so beautiful, nothing is so continually fresh and surprising, so full of sweet and perpetual...
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Love Letter to a Lesbian
Dear ______,I just want you to know that I understand.I understand how it feels to be in love with a woman. To want nothing more than to be with her forever. Feeling as if the universe has played a...
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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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So-Called Same-Sex Marriage
Jesus died so that heterosexual and homosexual sinners might be saved. Jesus created sexuality, and has a clear will for how it is to be experienced in holiness and joy.His will is that a man might...
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Is Gay Now the New Black?
Likely you’ve heard the claim “gay is the new black.” It’s been repeated over and over in recent years to equate the plight of blacks in America during the Civil Rights era with the new plight of...
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No Sore Losers on Sunday
You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness, that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent. (Psalm 30:11–12)We head to church this...
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God Will Use Even You
I didn’t attend an Ivy League school. I was not a cum laude graduate. I’m not a founder, innovator, CEO, or visionary of any company. I sit on no boards. I am the trustee of nothing more than my...
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God’s Purpose for the Supreme Court — And Everything Else
Jesus Christ is hard at work (John 5:17) and this is what he’s up to:I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock,...
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The Poverty of the Prosperity Gospel
The Book of Job has both shaken me and shaped me.When I first read it, I found it troubling. It didn’t seem fair. Job was a righteous man. But over the years, this story has helped forge my...
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God Exalted Him to Crush Him
Paul defends God’s freedom to mercifully save or righteously harden in Romans 9:14–18. In this lab, John Piper looks at Pharaoh as an example from the Old Testament. Can God be just in hardening...
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Hope and Help for the Porn Addict
We recently surveyed 8,000 Desiring God readers. Our study found that ongoing pornography use is not only dreadfully common, but increasingly higher among younger adults. More than 15% of Christian men...
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You Will Be Persecuted with Words
What does it mean to be persecuted for our faith?Quite often I hear people say that Christians aren’t being persecuted in the United States. What they mean is that we aren’t suffering physically for...
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The Irony in the Quest for Equality
Facebook friends will immediately flee and label me a bigot just for the title of this piece. Most of them will not read what we have to say because they can reach their conclusion simply on suspicion...
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A Mother’s Sacrifice Is Never Wasted
My husband and I were dressed casually, in shorts and athletic gear. There was no pomp and circumstance. No cap and gown. No program. Not even a diploma. But as a few family members gathered in our...
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Love Lays Down His Life
What does it mean to be a friend of Jesus? In this lab, John Piper begins a series of three labs focused on friendship with Jesus. Jesus loves you with the greatest possible love and paid the ultimate...
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She Is Me
Recently, my wife and I started having family worship again, a time set aside each day for us to read the Scriptures and pray together. Although we pray and read on our own, we need time in the Bible...
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Loving and Celebrating a Defective Nation
July 4th is the day we Americans set aside to celebrate the birth of our nation, the ideals it represents, and the freedoms we enjoy.But for many American Christians, the recent Supreme Court ruling...
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Fare Well, Liberty Bell
The 350-year marriage of Protestant Christian theology and American popular culture is over. Christianity, it may be sadly said, is no longer the preeminent social influence in American life. We...
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