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The Splendor of Holiness: Upcoming Children’s Conference
We know from Romans 6 that from the early days of the church there has existed a temptation to distort this gospel of God’s grace by deemphasizing God’s holiness. Which is tragic. It’s precisely God’s...
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Future Grace, Baby!
When I was pregnant with our first child it seemed like all of my related worries were shrouded in the mystery of the unknown. And now with our fourth child on the way, even in the midst of exuberant...
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Lecrae Explains True Manhood
God, not us, has designed the blueprint for manhood.In this three-minute video, Lecrae explains what it looks like.Related videos:Lecrae Raps the Gospel in One Minute (Lecrae)The Gospel in Two Minutes...
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Faithfully Pursuing Fruitfulness
One of several helpful discussions in the speaker panel at the recent Desiring God Conference for Pastors dealt with implications from Kent Hughes’s pastor-saving message on “Liberating Ministry from...
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Ask Pastor John (Weekly Digest)
This week we released episodes 29–33 in the Ask Pastor John podcast. We began the week with an artist's question about the value of art. In episode 29 Pastor John offered a theology of art in five...
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Free! Free! Free! I Am Free!
I continue listening to The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797). In the midst of chapter seven the slave obtains his freedom. It was 1766.His own description of his ecstasy...
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This Week’s Sermon: “Life Together at the End of the Age”
The antichrist is coming. In fact, many deceivers have already gone out into the world. The moral landscape darkens around us. Christians are increasingly marginalized. How then should we live?We...
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Two Reasons Why Love Protects Us from Deception
In my sermon last Sunday I argued from 2 John 1:5–7 that love among Christians is a great protection against deception. John wrote, “Love one another. . . . For many deceivers have gone out into the...
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Leadership Together
Healthy churches are no happy place for lone wolves. Especially in leadership. Throughout the New Testament, Jesus’s apostles assume and instruct that his undershepherds do the work of Christian...
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The Antichrist Is Here, and Not Yet Here
Perhaps most of you are accustomed to saying that the kingdom of God is “not yet” here and is “already” here. Not yet here in its consummation, but already here in significant fulfillments.In fact,...
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The Feast Day for George Herbert
The Anglican Church designates February 27 as the Feast Day in commemoration of the pastor and poet George Herbert. So I am glad to wave again my little flag of love for Herbert’s poetry.For depth of...
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Getting Real with Personal Sin (Interview with Matt Chandler)
Why is our first inclination to run our sins into the dark shadows and hide like Adam tucked up against a tree trunk?We find it natural to hide our sins, even as Christians, but such an act contradicts...
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Embracing Weakness Will Change Your Life
Achilles was a vicious warrior with a complicated history. In Homer’s Iliad we see him rise to the top as the preeminent player at the end of the Trojan War. His full backstory is melodramatic enough...
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Why Accountability Matters
We call it accountability. Beginning in 2001 I had the privilege each and every Friday afternoon to meet with two women for mutual encouragement and prayer. We did this for several years and remain...
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Failure Doesn’t Have to Be the Last Word
Demas and Mark are contrasts in failure. One provides us a word of warning, the other a word of hope. And as people who stumble in many ways (James 3:2), we need both.DemasWhat happened to Demas? We...
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More Than Body Parts Indeed
A kid in Colorado with male genitals is prohibited from using the girls’ bathroom.That’s the straightforward backstory on a recent piece from Donna Rose, a transsexual journalist writing her opinion...
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The Story of Our Glory
Spectacular glory awaits those who are joined to Jesus.Not only will we see him in all his glory — which might be thrilling enough — but we will share in his glory as he transforms “our lowly body to...
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Do My Prayers Make a Difference?
Of the five Ask Pastor John podcasts released this week, none were more played than episode 37 — “A Theology of Prayer in 3 Minutes.” Pastor John set personal prayer into the context of God’s unfolding...
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Be Lavish in Your Easter Giving
A few years back, in a sermon titled, “I’m Sending You to Open Their Eyes,” John Piper said,Be a lavish giver. Be known as a generous person, not a stingy person. Jesus said, “Lend, expecting nothing...
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Clash of Faiths: Theory Behind Lecrae’s ‘Gravity’
Lecrae wants you to see reality from a unique perspective. This is his intention in the Grammy Award-winning album, Gravity.Exhibit A is the song “Mayday,” featuring Big K.R.I.T. and Ashton Jones,...
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