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All I Have Is Christ
I once was lost in darkest nightYet thought I knew the wayThe sin that promised joy and lifeHad led me to the graveI had no hope that You would ownA rebel to Your willAnd if You had not loved me firstI...
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Should We Pray for God to Punish Our Enemies?
June and July have been strange and heartbreaking months for Christians in America.On June 17, Dylan Roof murdered nine people who had gathered for prayer at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church...
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Wake Up to the Corrupting Effects of Compromise
When I was 22 years old, I worked at a small company where an older salesman bragged to me about how he defrauded customers. I raised serious concerns with him, and it got back to the company owner,...
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A Call to Teenagers to Be Free
I am writing for the liberation of teenagers. I write to challenge teenagers to “live as people who are free” (1 Peter 2:16). Be wise and strong and free from the slavery of culture-conformity. To put...
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The Ultimate Purpose of the Universe
Why would God prepare some people for wrath and destruction? It’s one of the biggest, weightiest questions in all the Bible. In this lab, John Piper uncovers the purpose above every other purpose in...
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Give Your Suitor Some Grace
He wasn’t putting himself out there. His indirect attempts at prompting my admissions were not working. I stood firm and resolute. He kept prying.It was our third date, he was putting the feelers out,...
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Pride Is Your Greatest Problem
We’re asked common questions when people find out what we do. Are you a plumber? Get ready to remotely troubleshoot a leaky faucet. A doctor? Get ready for a rundown of mysterious aches and pains.For...
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Is Our Stance on Abortion Too Flimsy?
I have no good memories of third-grade math.I don’t remember much of my elementary school days, but math in Mrs. Smith’s classroom is strangely familiar. It was the first time I realized I was a crock....
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Four Promises for Our Breakups
Relational breakups hurt. They hurt because we feel rejection from others, but they also hurt because they expose our personal flaws.When the anger subsides, we search inside to determine what about us...
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Jonathan Edwards and His Angry God
If people’s hearts are ultimately governed by God, how can God find fault with their hardness and rejection? In this lab, John Piper looks to Jonathan Edwards to understand why the judgment of God is...
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Don’t Waste Death
For a while, I’ve dreaded the inevitable — that time when a family member calls with bad news. It happened last Saturday. I missed the first call from mom, but when she called back immediately, I...
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Your Bible Is a Mine, Not a Museum
The more we wonder over the Bible, the more wonder-full we discover it is. That’s why we must think of the Bible more as a mine than a museum.Museums Are InterestingA museum is a very interesting place...
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Pray for Your Children
As I was putting two of our sons to sleep, I was praying with our three-year-old on his little toddler bed. He hasn’t yet learned to close his eyes while we pray, and I can feel his intense gaze...
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What Is Christian Hedonism?
Over the years the name that I have given to my understanding of the massive role joy plays not only in the Christian life, but in all of creation and God’s purposes in it — is Christian Hedonism. And...
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The Most Important Ear in Worship
Anyone involved in worship or production ministry is all too aware of the critical role that volume plays in worship services. Can the congregation hear the drummer? Do the people in the back row hear...
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Satan and Sodomy
The supernatural monster who orchestrates the kidnapping, enslaving, and thousand-fold drugging, selling, raping, and killing of girls around the globe, is the same one who has masterminded the...
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See the Invisible Kingdom
I once heard of a man who split black ash and wove baskets.And he wove prayer through every basket.The man wore faded plaid and old denim and lived alone high up in the Appalachians where the dirt...
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Did God Betray You?
When I suffer, I become certain of two things: 1. God exists, and 2. he is a traitor.I didn’t always believe that. I accumulated experiences with God. In every unpleasant moment, in every tragedy, in...
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Pray for the Third Wave
Almost eight years ago, I wrote to encourage the church to pray for the Third Wave. I argued that the end of abortion as a business would be in sight when the prolife movement was not only joined, but...
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The Circumcision of the Heart
How could God be faithful to his promises if so many in Israel have fallen away, rejected the Messiah, and not been saved? In this lab, John Piper uncovers the next progression in Paul’s argument for...
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