Today we read Proverbs 31 in our reading plan. “Charm is deceitful, beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” Proverbs 31:30 John Piper tells a story to illustrate “the fear of the Lord:” Noël and the boys and I went out to Dick and Irene Tiegen’s place last … More What does it mean to “fear the Lord?”
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. John Piper comments about this part of our Bible reading plan, in a sermon “Jesus Christ is the Same Yesterday and Today and Forever” Why does it matter that the Jesus Christ of today be the same as the Jesus Christ of yesterday and … More He is the same
John Piper, in a sermon from Hebrew 12 “A Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken” Before the end of this age, God is giving to everyone who believes in his Son a kingdom that cannot be shaken and will never end. This is the message of the whole Bible. But to see it we should look … More Unshakeable kingdom
Sometimes a certain verse or passage stands out and encourages us, challenges us, warns us. But there are other times when it seems as if God opens our eyes to see the big picture, to marvel at how all the passages we’ve been reading come together. Today is one of those days. Reading the passage … More Put on your new clothes
John Piper, comments on Hebrews 12, as we read verses 1-13 in our plan today. One more illustration: in Hebrews 12:12-13 the writer says, “Strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble, and make straight paths for your feet, so that the limb which is lame may not be put out … More Piper: look at your life, think hard about what you are doing, and get ruthless about what stays and what goes.
Today we read Isaiah 56-58. For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart … More It is not a compromise for the lofty One whose name is Holy to dwell with crushed and humble saints.
Hebrews 11:39-40 And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised, since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect. John Piper, in a sermon “Running With the Witnesses” I take verse 39 to mean that when the believers in the … More Running the marathon route
Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life. Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of … More God does not always work miracles and acts of providence for our deliverance from suffering
John Piper, in the first of a series of messages from Isaiah 55, “The Great Invitation: Come! Drink! Eat! Live!” help us see the connections to chapters 53 and 54. And what I want us to see in this first message based on verses 1-3 is that God is a very inviting God. The word … More The Greatest Invitation
Hebrews 11:17-31 is the passage we come to today. In verses 30-31 we read: By faith they passed through the Red Sea as though they were passing through dry land; and the Egyptians, when they attempted it, were drowned. 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been encircled for seven … More Through our faith God helps us by acts of providence
