As someone passionately active in missions (vvmi.org), I am still NOT on the frontlines. I experience the joys of being involved and seeing God at work, but I do not yet personally suffer any of the costs of frontier missions. John Piper explains the COSTS and the BLESSINGS of frontier missions, in his sermon, “I … More The Costs and Blessings of Frontier Missons…John Piper on Matthew 10
John Piper ponders the Good Shepherd in Psalm 23: What Psalm 23:3 did for me was to put a huge road block in the way of my tendency toward man-centeredness, my tendency to think only on an earthly level, where much good can be done for man’s physical needs but where God seems strangely irrelevant. … More “For Your NAME’S Sake….” John Piper on Psalm 23…
In a sermon titled, “Prayer at Harvest Time: Now!” John Piper said: Not only did Jesus find a privation among the people, and feel compassion, and see a potential harvest, he also commanded us to pray it in. “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few, therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out … More “Therefore PRAY!” John Piper on Matthew 9:38
John Piper in “History is God’s Story,”: The Point Paul Was Making in Preaching This Way Now think about all this for a moment. Don’t take this kind of narration of history for granted. Let it strike you as strange as it really is. Is this the way you tell stories about what happened? When … More History is HIS Story! John Piper on Acts 13
John Piper, in a sermon, “Set Apart Rick, Randy, and the Rest for the Work” said: Notice: The Holy Spirit “calls,” and the leaders of the church “set apart.” Both are important. The divine work and the human work. But they are not separate. The divine work of the calling is perceived in a human … More While They Worshipped and Fasted…Acts 13
In a sermon on Acts 12, “Execution, Escape and Eaten by Worms,” John Piper states: This chapter is about God and Herod. This Herod is Herod Agrippa I, the grandson of Herod the Great who was king when Jesus was born and ordered the infants killed in Bethlehem. He was brought up in Rome and … More If You Oppose Jesus, You Lose-John Piper on Acts 12 (Part 1)
In a sermon titled, “Execution, Escape and Eaten by Worms,” John Piper states: God can release and God can sustain and empower in martyrdom. That is the point of releasing Peter and not James. God is in control over this little Herod in both cases. In fact there is an extraordinary power in martyrdom. … More God Never Fumbles- John Piper on Acts 12 (Part 2)
In his sermon, “The Dangers of Following Jesus,” John Piper says: The days will soon be gone, if they aren’t already, when you can assume that it is safe to follow Jesus—to stand for his majesty and his commandments. So I have been thinking much about whether I am willing to pay the price. And … More Following Jesus- safe? John Piper on Matthew 8:14-22
John Piper, in a message, “Sweeter than Honey, Better than Gold”: If you have a choice between the Word of God and GOLD, choose the Word of God. If you have a choice between the Word of God and MUCH gold, choose the Word of God. If you have choice between the Word of God … More Would YOU choose a penny instead of a dime?
In Missions Week 1991, John Piper concluded a sermon with the following: So there are really two lessons in this text for today. One is that no human being is common or unclean. None is to be spurned, shunned, rejected, despised because of his ethnic origin or race or culture or physical traits. Christians should … More Lessons from Cornelius…John Piper on Acts 10
