John Piper, in a sermon “How To Suffer for Doing What Is Right” [1 Peter 2]Verse 23: “While being reviled, He [Jesus] did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously.” Here is one of the most important keys to how patient endurance of … More Suffering unjustice? Defer to God
J.C. Ryle on Jesus’ feeding the five thousand in John 6:1-15 We have, lastly, in this miracle, a lesson about the sufficiency of the Gospel for the needs of all mankind. We see the Lord Jesus supplying the hunger of a huge multitude of five thousand men. The provision seemed, at first sight, utterly inadequate for … More Jesus’ Bread is more than sufficient
A quote regarding Song of So They often ask where to draw the line for sexual activity outside of marriage. What they are asking is how close they can to sin while still being without sin. But there is already sin in their heart because they are seeking to get closer to sin and not … More Do not awaken love
The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah king of Judah to Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign. Seraiah was the quartermaster. [That is, Seraiah went down to Babylon as an ambassador from Judah.] Jeremiah wrote in a book all the … More Lord, Make us Jeremiahs
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. (1 Peter 2:9) John Piper, in a sermon “Christian Identity and Christian Destiny” God made us who we are … More God made us who we are to show the world who he is.
Here is another clip from “Peasant Princess”, a sermon series fromPastor Mark Driscoll on the Song of Solomon…this time on love languages …if you have time, listen to or watch the full sermon.
Moab shall be destroyed and be no longer a people, because he magnified himself against the Lord. Jeremiah 48:42 Let them be put to shame and disappointed altogether who rejoice at my calamity! Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me! Psalm 35:26 WHO and HOW do YOU magnify? John … More WHO and HOW do YOU magnify?
1 Peter 2:2-3 Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. Spiritual regeneration means a change in our taste. Here is Pastor Mark Driscoll explaining this using the analogy of black licorice and red licorice…
John 5:25-29 “Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. 27 And … More Jesus Raises ALL the Dead, including Michael Jackson and Ted Kennedy
Pastor Mark Driscoll preached a sermon series throught the book of Song of Solomon, and here is a clip from his first message “Let His Kiss Me.” In an introduction, he details the sexual sin that saturates our culture. Sex can be viewed as either a god, as gross, or as a gift. The Bible teaches … More Drinking Toilet Water
