John Piper says, One way to describe the Christian life is to say that it is made up of paradoxes. That means that there are things in our lives that don’t seem to make sense, don’t seem to fit with other things in our lives. And yet we Christians have seen enough of God’s power … More Paradoxes in the Christian life
Coty Pinckney on Ephesians 2:11-22 In addition to each of us being dead in our trespasses and sins, we Gentiles are not part of God’s chosen people. How could these great blessings outlined in Chapter 1 apply to us? Paul answers that question in these verses,(Eph. 2:11-22) telling us to remember one thing, and to know two things. The … More Peace is a Person
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—Ephesians 2:4-5 ESV I love the way John Piper, in a sermon “But God,” ties this passages from Ephesians with … More But God….
John Piper on Ephesians 1:23- Christ fills all in all. Verse 23: “Which is his body, the fullness of him [i.e., Christ] who fills all in all.” So Christ fills all in all. Or as the present tense and the middle voice imply: Christ is now filling for himself all in all. I take this … More Christ fills all in all
John Piper on Ephesians 6, “The Weapon Serves the Wielding Power”-: …I have been impressed more than ever before that God has given us prayer not as an intercom for increased convenience in our secluded cottages, but as a walkie-talkie connecting the general’s headquarters with the transportation line and the field hospital and the front … More Prayer: wartime walkie-talkie or civilian intercom?
John Piper on “Raising Children Who Hope in the Triumph of God” Paul says, “Don’t provoke your children to anger.” What does he mean? He doesn’t mean don’t cross their will. He doesn’t mean don’t deny their desires. He means don’t cross their will for no good purpose. Don’t deny their desires without making it … More Words of wisdom from Paul
John Piper, in a sermon, “Marriage: A Matrix of Christian Hedonism”- Christ died for the church in order that he might present to himself a beautiful bride. He endured the cross for the joy of marriage that was set before him. But what is the ultimate joy of the church? Is it not to be presented as … More Where do we find ultimate joy?
John Piper says, One way to describe the Christian life is to say that it is made up of paradoxes. That means that there are things in our lives that don’t seem to make sense, don’t seem to fit with other things in our lives. And yet we Christians have seen enough of God’s power … More Piper: The paradoxes of our lives really do fit together in God’s mind
Six Goals of Satan in Getting You to Hold Grudges by John Piper According to [Ephesians 4] verse 27 this is what Satan is watching for—the gap called grudge. If there is any way that Satan can assist you to hold a grudge, he will do it. For there are six goals of Satan which are greatly … More John Piper: The Gap Called Grudge
Ephesians 4:17-21 Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. They have … More What Is the Escape from Futility?
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