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This Week's Sermon: "Leave Her Alone, Judas, This Is for My Burial"
Mary has just seen Jesus raise her brother, Lazarus, from the dead. She knows Jesus in his resurrecting power. She believes that he really is, as he said, "the resurrection and the life." And to...
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TGC Interview: Can't Afford to Be Color Blind
Collin Hansen from The Gospel Coalition continues his interview with John Piper on race and the gospel with this eight-minute video: Time markers: 0:02 — What is at stake in our pursuit of racial...
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The Power of the Gospel and the Fear of Death
Together for the Underestimated Gospel, April 10-12, 2012, in Louisville, KY.
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This Week's Sermon: "If a Grain of Wheat Dies, It Bears Much Fruit"
There is nothing shy about Jesus' kingship in John 12. The inhabitants of Jersusalem greeted him with praise, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!” He is...
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The Biggest Question in the Universe
In 1976 John Piper asked a two-part question: What is God's goal in the history of mankind from its beginning at creation to its climax in the new heavens and new earth? And how should we respond to...
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Speakers and Topics at our 2012 Conference for Pastors
"God, Manhood, and Ministry: Building Men for the Body of Christ" — this is the theme of our 2012 Conference for Pastors, January 30 to February 1 in Minneapolis. Here's an overview of this years...
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Justin Taylor on the Sanctity of Human Life
Theology is never static. It's not a box of propositions we store in the garage, pushed out of sight from the ebb and flow of our everyday. It's meant to change us. God has spoken and the world is not...
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Leaders, Articulate Your Vision (Again)
Vision, no matter how clear, tends to rust over time. We need to hear it again and again. In this two-minute video, John Piper exhorts Christian leaders to find creative, fresh, Spirit-anointed ways to...
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Helping You Sing “Hallelujah” with True Exuberance
The English word “hallelujah” is a transliteration of two Hebrew words, "hallelu" and "jah". The first word, "hallelu", is the second person imperative of “praise.” The second word, "jah," is the short...
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The Life-Changing Discovery of Christian Hedonism
There was a time when I thought the verb “enjoy” and the noun “God” should never be used in the same sentence. I could understand “fearing” God and “obeying” God, even “loving” God. But “enjoying” God...
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There Never Seems to Be Enough Time
There never seems to be enough time to do the things you want to do once you find them. This line is from Jim Croce’s song, “Time In a Bottle,” in which he also writes: If I could save time in a...
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$5 DVD Sale
Looking for Christmas ideas? Through next Wednesday (3PM, CST) the following teaching DVDs are on sale for just $5 each: Battling Unbelief Desiring God Don’t Waste Your Life Let the Nations Be Glad!...
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The Story Behind Our Persian Translations
It is illegal to own a satellite dish in Iran, because, according to the government, the Western channels available exist only to undermine Islam and the Iranian people (see the BBC report). But...
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America — Not as Mature as We Should Be
John Piper: The church is the assembly of those in whom the gospel has taken root. Therefore, it is the group where the reconciling power of the gospel will be seen — or not. On this issue, given our...
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Four Reasons to Passionately Pursue God
Pastor John in 1984: Why do I insist that you must go hard after God, or, which is the same thing, why must we go hard after Christ? Here are four reasons: 1. In Order to Know Him First, we must go...
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The Supremacy of God in Preaching, Prayer, and Missions
The supremacy of God, in the words of Louis Berkhof, means "[God] rules as King in the most absolute sense of the word, and all things are dependent on him and subservient to him." God reigns. That's...
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Senior Pastors: Bring Your Leaders to This Conference on Building Men
The theme of our 2012 Conference for Pastors is "God, Manhood and Ministry: Building Men for the Body of Christ" — being held in Minneapolis from January 30 to February 1. We encourage senior pastors...
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Rob Not Your Heart of the Deep Sea Joys
In the history of the Christian Church there have been few people more eloquent than Charles Spurgeon. That makes his words about silence all the more striking. Priceless as the gift of utterance may...
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"If You Are Thirsty, Come and Drink"
C. S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia, on Jill's thirst and search for water: The birds had ceased singing and there was perfect silence except for one small, persistent sound, which seemed to come...
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Making the Most of Turkey Time: Thanksgiving on Mission
What if God had more for our kin this Thanksgiving than the Macy’s parade, tryptophan-induced naps, and NFL football? What if we saw our gatherings with extended family not as a chance to check out,...
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