Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and you are exalted as head above all. Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule … More Learning about God from David’s prayer of praise
Whatever the Lord pleases he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps. John Piper on Psalm 135: The psalm begins by calling us to praise the Lord: “Praise the Lord. Praise the name of the Lord.” Then, starting in verse 3 the psalmist gives us reasons for why we should … More Does God Really Take Pleasure in All He Does?
We begin our reading of Ephesians this month. Here is a snippet from a sermon by John Piper, “God Has Chosen Us in Him Before the Foundation of the Earth” God’s purpose in the salvation of his people is invincible—it cannot fail—because it is based first not on our choosing God but on God’s choosing … More When did your salvation begin?
John Piper, in a sermon Toward the Tithe and Beyond: Some of God’s people are called not to do moneymaking business in the ordinary ways. They are called to be pastors and ministers and missionaries and ministry assistants, and so on. The rest of God’s people (call them “lay ministers”) are to be gainfully employed … More Tithing and Beyond
In our Bible reading, we come to many instances of figures and shadows and symbols. We need God to give us eyes to see and understand. Remember the disciples who were walking along the road to Emmaus with Jesus? They were delighted as he discussed Bible with them and told them how it was ALL … More Meaning of Manna
When they were released, they went to their friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to them. And when they heard it, they lifted their voices together to God and said, “Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them, who through the … More A Relevant Prayer
Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. —Psalm 2:11 ESV Does this mean that our joy in the Lord is on shaky ground? Do we have reason to be afraid? This is not the only place in the Bible where we will see seemingly contrary commands. The Bible describes Christ’s … More Sorrowful, yet always rejoicing
I have the privilege to be married to a man like Luke, who wrote the book of Acts. A man whom John Piper describes in a sermon, “What Jesus Did After the Beginning” Acts 1:1–3 In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, until … More More than medicine
Jonathan Edwards wrote 70 resolutions in 1722-1723. Here is #28: “28. Resolved, to study the Scriptures so steadily, constantly and frequently, as that I may find, and plainly perceive myself to grow in the knowledge of the same.” What is YOUR resolution for 2013? For the last four years, I have been writing at this site, which has … More What is YOUR resolution for 2013?
“I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in all your places, yet you did not return to me,” declares the LORD. “I also withheld the rain from you when there were yet three months to the harvest; I would … More Yet you did not return to me
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