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This Week's Sermon: "God in Christ: The Price and the Prize of the Gospel"
A reality we don't deserve (eternally enjoying God) affords a price we're not able to pay (appeasing God's just wrath against our sin). But then there's Jesus.As John Piper explains, "The gospel is the...
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God’s Work and Ours: An Interview with Timothy Keller
Timothy Keller's newest book releases tomorrow — Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God’s Work. It's a clear and thoughtful treatment of vocation and calling.We put Dr. Keller on the line to...
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"Never the Same" — The Sawi People Fifty Years Later
In 1962 Don and Carol Richardson came into contact with a remote tribe in West New Guinea known as the Sawi people. They were cannabilistic headhunters without a written language, nor any clue about...
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Brothers, Build a Gospel Culture
Gospel doctrine creates a gospel culture. The doctrines of grace create a culture of grace, a social environment of acceptance and hope and freedom and joy. Jesus himself touches us through his truths...
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Who Are You Inviting to Thanksgiving?
In order to fulfill the Great Commission, we need to know whom Jesus wants us to invite to our Thanksgiving dinner. John Piper said these words in 1980 when the fourth Thursday of November was right...
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Improving Our Baptism
Ever consider how you might improve your baptism?Baptism is not something we typically think about as “improvable.” It’s a one-time, means-of-grace event, administered to a new professing believer...
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An Antidote to the Disorder
America is the most affluent nation in the history of the world. And affluence is at once wonderful and perilous in its potential. Listen to what Michael Ramsden has to say: Our affluent culture looks...
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What You Teach Really, Really Matters
Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers. (1 Timothy 4:16)Do you have a communication gifting? Have others...
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Gregg Allison on the Doctrine of the Church
The Church is Jesus's bride — and a fascinating subject of study, an angle from which to learn more about our glorious Groom. She is also "a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for...
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When Husbands and Wives Walk in Deep Water
On January 4, 2011, on Twitter, Pastor John wrote:Marriage. The roots are deep. The covenant is solid. The love is sweet. Life is hard. And God is good.The quote is a rewrite of what Pastor John wrote...
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Krista Horning's Testimony
One of the high points of the recent Works of God conference was Krista Horning's testimony. She began with the question, "How do I live with disability?" Then in eight minutes straight she exults in...
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Brothers, the Ministry Is Supernatural
It’s been ten years since the publication of the book Brothers, We Are Not Professionals. Nothing has happened in the last ten years to make me think this book is less needed. In fact, instead of going...
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This Week's Sermon: "Living by Faith in Future Grace"
If you could step back from the noise and busyness — if you could, even for just a moment, get a panoramic snapshot of the Christian life — it would look like 2 Thessalonians 1:11–12. John Piper...
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Four Reasons Men Don’t Read Books (with a Practical Suggestion)
Men in the church don't read well.I don’t have statistics or studies to prove this. My conclusion draws from my experience, and from educated intuition. I recently discussed this conclusion with Albert...
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Union with Christ
Union with Christ is one of the most essential theological categories in the New Testament. And it may be one of the most overlooked. Sensing a need, over the last 12 months a flurry of books on union...
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When Christian Hedonism Heads to the Hard Places
While there may be many Christians in the world truly qualified to speak on suffering for the gospel, few of them are Westerners. One with some qualification is Zane Pratt, who lived and ministered in...
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Living with Disability: 13 Reasons for Hope
Disability is real and difficult. This is true. The recent "Works of God" conference featured several voices who met in agreement on this point. But they also agreed that God is sovereign and good....
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Now Available: Disability Conference Audio and Video
The full media from our recent conference on disability is now available! "The Works of God: God's Good Design in Disability," hosted Novemeber 8, featured four messages, a speaker panel, and a special...
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The True Story of Thanksgiving
Come Thanksgiving Day each year, many of us give the nod to Pilgrims and Indians and talk of making ready for a harsh first Winter in the New World.But for the Christian, the deepest roots of our...
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We Must Have Help to See Right
If I take my glasses off the world becomes blurry. In fact, things begin to diffuse at about six inches from my nose and grow more distorted the further away they are. I am very dependent on my...
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