Tag: Dr. John Piper

Piper: God’s purpose to be known and praised and enjoyed among all the nations cannot fail.

March 9, 2011

From “World Missions and the End of History,” a message by John Piper: God’s purpose to be known and praised and enjoyed among all the nations cannot fail. It is an absolutely certain promise. It is going to happen. Jesus said, “This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony … More Piper: God’s purpose to be known and praised and enjoyed among all the nations cannot fail.

John Piper- Jesus endorses tithing: don’t neglect it.

March 7, 2011

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 John Piper- Jesus endorses tithing: don’t neglect it.

John Piper: God’s love did not wait for any moral improvement in us.

March 6, 2011

For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.  For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—  but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.  Since, therefore, … More John Piper: God’s love did not wait for any moral improvement in us.

John Piper: Matthew 22 is “a window into heaven, if you have eyes to see.”

March 5, 2011

John Piper, in a sermon, “Love Your Neighbor as Yourself, Part 1” said, Matthew 22:37–40: On These Two Hang . . . But let’s go back to our text in Matthew 22:37–40. Here Jesus DOES mention both love for God and love for neighbor; and he explicitly says (in v. 40), “On these two commandments depend the … More John Piper: Matthew 22 is “a window into heaven, if you have eyes to see.”

Piper: The very fact that any of us is alive today is owing to this great kindness of God.

March 3, 2011

Romans 2:1-4 states: Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. 2 We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things. 3 Do you suppose, O man—you who judge … More Piper: The very fact that any of us is alive today is owing to this great kindness of God.