John MacAthur comments on John 8:12 But you say, “Why does Jesus particularly choose this metaphor? Why would He just walk in the temple treasury, why wouldn’t He say…I am better than wealth…or…I am the true priceless one? Or why wouldn’t He use something that would apply to the temple treasury?” He did. When … More I am the Light of the World- Part 2
Job lost everything: his wealth, his health, and his ten children. All swept away in one satanic storm. Reduced to a heap of flesh, ashes, and tears—rebuked by friends and jeered by strangers—righteous Job wrestled over the purpose and presence of God in the midst of unbearable pain. In this book, John Piper recounts the … More The Misery of Job and the Mercy of God
Suffering arrives in our lives in many ways, sudden or slow-onset, long-lasting or short-lived, many different varieties afflict us. How do we handle suffering? What is our response to tragedy in our lives? In Job 2, we see a man faced with not only the loss of his children and all his earthly riches, but … More Responses to suffering
John Piper, from Part 1 of a sermon series on Job, “Reverent in Suffering”: Did you notice that in the two heavenly scenes God handed Job over to Satan’s power? But when Satan had done his work of taking Job’s wealth and family, Job said in 1:21, “The Lord gave and the Lord has taken … More The Absolute Sovereignty of God is our Rock of Refuge in Suffering
I am struck with the similarity between the passage we read from Ezekiel today (Chapter 2) and this passage in John. Here in John, Jesus is speaking with some folks who were trying to kill him. He asks, “Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my … More Can’t bear to hear…
What can we learn about God this month as we read through the book of Job? In chapter 1 we read: [Satan Allowed to Test Job] [6] Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them. [7] The LORD said to … More Learning about God from Job
This is probably my all-time favorite John Piper sermon and I highly recommend that you listen to it or read it. The text is Jeremiah 32:36-41 “Now therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning this city of which you say, ‘It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by … More Four Promises of Sovereign, Sustaining Grace
Jeremiah 31:31 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land … More The New Covenant
Are you ever struck by how God seems to speak directly to us through multiple Bible passages, saying the same things and reinforcing the message? Today I’ve been reading in: JEREMIAH 29….Remember the promises of God…turn on your “windshield wipers” when the mud flies in your face…..as the windshield clears so we can see the … More Message that needs repeating?
Carrollton, Kentucky, was the site of one of the most deadly bus disasters in United States history. About 11:00 p.m. on Saturday May 14, 1988, Larry Mahoney, a drunk driver in a pickup truck was traveling in the wrong direction on an interstate highway. He collided head-on with a church youth group returning from a day at a theme park in their converted … More Sometimes we will never know WHY
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