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Bloodlines is one of the most autobiographical books I have written. It tells my story from racism to the path of redemption. I preached on the theme of Bloodlines yesterday to mark Martin Luther King...
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This Week's Sermon: "From Bloodlines to Bloodline"
There is one way — only one way — that mankind, with all its racial and ethnic hostilities, is reconciled to God. It's through the one bloodline of Jesus Christ. But there are several destructive...
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Seminary: Life or Death?
Seminary is dangerous. Yes, the fragrance is to life for many. But for others — far too many others — the aroma is to death. Names changed to protect the guilty, Don Carson tells the story of an...
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Know Your Value of Values
It was simple. The first bookend of my formal theological training was grounded in an easy-to-the-point-of-jolly ambition: learn as much as I can about Jesus and teach it to others. What fueled my...
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A Plea to Not Grow Weary
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. (Galatians 6:9) January 22 makes the 39th anniversary of the United States Supreme Court ruling that...
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Darrin Patrick on Biblical Complementarity
The latest Theology Refresh features a 12-minute dicussion on biblical complementarity with Darrin Patrick, speaker at our upcoming Conference for Pastors. It's important to remember that there is more...
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Pastor John's Invitation to Minneapolis
On January 30 we will welcome 1,700 brothers to Minneapolis for our 2012 Conference for Pastors. We're eager to see you and worship with you. We'll eat together. We'll pray for each other. We'll...
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For Men: What the Life of Augustine Teaches Us
At the recent Campus Outreach National Conference, speaking to a gathering of men, John Piper tells the story of the life of Augustine — bishop of Hippo in the fifth century. This talk gives a...
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How to Approach the Bible
The Bible comes from God; God doesn't come from the Bible. Our knowledge of God is a different story. What we know about God, definitively and redemptively, comes from the Bible. And that is, the Bible...
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Preaching & Preachers
When J. I. Packer first heard Martyn Lloyd-Jones he said that he had "never heard such preaching." It came to him "with the force of electric shock, bringing to at least one of his listeners more of a...
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Racial Slavery and Abortion in America: How History Repeats Itself
One reason I became a historian is because I became convinced that knowledge of the past can help and guide us in the present. While history may not always repeat itself, it is accurate to say that...
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Psalm 135 and the Pleasure of God in All He Does
Psalm 135:1–6 — Praise the Lord! Praise the name of the Lord, give praise, O servants of the Lord, 2 who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God! 3 Praise the Lord, for...
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Don’t Be Afraid to Pray “Whatever It Takes”
When visiting my mother recently I was leafing through a well-known magazine and came across an article about a well-known actress who is a professing Christian. The article described her vibrant faith...
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A Short, Free eBook on Abortion
We are children of the light. Abortion is a work of darkness. The apostle Paul said, “Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them” (Ephesians 5:11). Our aim, by the power...
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Abort73: Educate Yourself, Educate Your World
Abort73.com is a web-based ministry that is working to eliminate abortion through education. Abort73 exists because abortion exists. And because a deep, accurate understanding of abortion does not...
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J. C. Ryle, Temperance, and Abortion
J. C. Ryle’s strategy to reverse the destructive effects of drunkenness point to possibilities in our battle against abortion. Ryle was the first Bishop of Liverpool, England, starting in 1880 and...
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What Does Roe v. Wade Actually Say?
January 18, 1987, John Piper preached a sermon to expose the evil of abortion. Since this sermon he has preached against abortion every year on the Sanctity of Life Sunday, which correlates with the...
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Five Things We Can Do For the Unborn
Pastor John: Five things you can do: 1. Submit yourselves to God Submit yourselves to God. Draw near to him. Live by the power of his grace. Let him shape your desires rather than the world and the...
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The Day John Piper Was Arrested
Pastor John in 1989, On December 19 eight of us from Bethlehem were among the 92 arrested while participating in a rescue at Planned Parenthood on Ford Parkway in St. Paul. [We] simply sat in front of...
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It’s the Christian's Duty to Speak the Truth
Pastor John: Christians — people who bank their hopes on Jesus and spend time with Jesus and obey Jesus — should stand up in public and tell God's truth as they see it without worrying that secular...
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