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When We Need a Lifeline
"That book has been a lifeline." A young man just said this to me last week as he and his wife face indescribable suffering — his youngest son will likely die in the next few months. If you’ve never...
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Battling Depression . . . Together
In 1954, speaking of spiritual depression, Martyn Lloyd-Jones said, "I have no hesitation in asserting that one of the reasons why the Christian Church counts for so little in the modern world is that...
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Battling Depression . . . Redemption, Medication, and Christ
If we are called to battle depression together as brothers and sisters in Christ, we must all strive for understanding and compassion. We recently asked Ed Welch, a biblical counselor at CCEF who...
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Fighting for Faith with a Fan
When going to war or defending his family, a man would be silly to arm himself with the bellows from his fireplace. An accordion with a kazoo on the end simply won’t strike fear in any enemy, however...
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This Week's Sermon: "I AM WHO I AM"
God absolutely is. This is the most basic and ultimate fact there has ever been. The triune God — the Lord — is. He always has been and always will be. He is not to be assumed. He is not a mere...
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True Holiness Befriends Sinners
The pursuit of holiness may keep you from bad company. But have you ever considered that it might also lead you to keep some pretty bad company? Jesus is our litmus test of lived-out holiness. He is...
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A Possible Marriage Saver in Nine Steps
The grace of God is patient and works both instantaneously and over time. A mistake we sometimes make is thinking too idealistically, as though if we blow our first apology, there is no chance for a...
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The Race-Transcending Gospel
It was the summer of 1998. I was leading a private camp and awaiting the arrival of my assistant. She arrived with her blonde ponytail, blue eyes, and bubbly spirit. She was a few years younger than I...
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Learning from the Logic of Fear
God says to Ezekiel, “Fear them not, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house” (Ezekiel 3:9). The logic strikes me, at first, as odd. Don’t be afraid of the people of Israel....
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New Devotional App
Solid Joys is a free application available from Desiring God (for iPhone and iPad) which provides a short daily devotional excerpt from the ministry of John Piper. We've identified 365 of the best...
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A Weighty and Necessary Topic
"This is a very weighty, very painful, and very necessary topic," explains John Piper. In this short video he extends his invitation to Desiring God's November conference on disability, "The Works of...
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iPhone 5 and Our Fascination with Newness
Bigger screen. Better camera. Faster processor. We're fascinated with newness. We love improving our gadgets. There is much common grace in a new iPhone — an image-of-God creativity to appreciate. And...
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What Did Jesus Come to Save Us From?
Let’s do this inductively. I ask. You answer. John 3:17, “God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.” Why did God send his...
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We Are About Comfort... and Conquest
This conference is not solely about comfort; it is also about conquest If you think a conference about God and disability is going to be mostly about comforting those who are hurting, you are only...
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What God Is Building Through All the "Inefficiencies" of Life
Time and energy is money. And money is money. So when we want to get something done we typically want it done as efficiently as possible. That’s why we are often bewildered when God gives us work to do...
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The Mocking of Muhammad and Condemning of Christ
Jesus’s uniqueness and beauty is on display if his followers respond with grace when he is reviled. When adherents of Islam counter the mocking of their central figure with outrage and violence, they...
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Calvary Love
John Piper's latest poem, "Calvary Love." He held the world between his thumb and finger like a tender grape. And when the spike was driven through his hand, his muscles flinched with world-creating...
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Give Them Words of Eternal Life
Lord… You have the words of eternal life. (John 6:68) Christians are word people. We’re really into words because the Founder of Christianity is the Word (John 1:1). He came to earth to deliver a...
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Hope That Purifies
Our heavenly Father encourages his children to put off sin by delivering strong warnings in Scripture (Hebrews 6:4–8; 10:26–31). But he also motivates us to put on holiness by drawing from our...
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How to Consider Yourself "Dead to Sin"
Martyn Lloyd-Jones commenting on Romans 6:11, So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. We are told to realize, and to hold before ourselves and in our...
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