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Our future eternal salvation hangs on Christ’s future eternal intercession for us.

September 12, 2011

Hebrews 7:25 Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them. John Piper, in a sermon on Hebrews 7, “Jesus: From Melchizedek to Eternal Savior” Verses 1-24 may be complex and difficult to understand without earnest mental effort, but … More Our future eternal salvation hangs on Christ’s future eternal intercession for us.

J.C. Ryle: The Hinge of Grace

August 17, 2011

Luke 18:24-27 Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said, “How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” Those who heard it … More J.C. Ryle: The Hinge of Grace

We Need to be NEW

June 4, 2011

I will run in the way of your commandments when you enlarge my heart! Psalm 119:32 John Piper: The Need to Be New But forgiveness and cleansing is not enough. I need to be new. I need to be transformed. I need life. I need a new way of seeing and thinking and valuing. That’s why … More We Need to be NEW

Shine on us, that we may be saved

April 10, 2011

Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved! Psalm 80: 3, 7, 19 Restore us, O God. Turn us back to You. Change us. Change our character, if not our circumstances. We need YOU, O God. Let Your face shine… we want to see You. “The Lord bless you and … More Shine on us, that we may be saved

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.

Spurgeon on Psalm 53: Great sin, Great Salvation

March 6, 2011

The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” Thus begins Psalm 53, our passage for today. In “The Treasury of David”, Spurgeon condenses Matthew Henry: God, in this Psalm, “speaketh twice,” for this is the same almost verbatim with the fourteenth Psalm. The scope of it is to convince us of our sins, … More Spurgeon on Psalm 53: Great sin, Great Salvation

John Piper: It’s a problem with the human heart.

February 21, 2011

Matthew 19:23-26 “Truly, I say to you, only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” When the disciples heard this, they were … More John Piper: It’s a problem with the human heart.

A Truth That Either Makes Converts or Enemies

January 6, 2011

John Piper, in a sermon, “There is Salvation in No One Else” Peter pushed the universality of Jesus from the no-count town of Nazareth as far as it could be pushed. Jesus is absolutely unique. He is absolutely supreme among all the gods and lords of the world religions. Knowing him and believing on his … More A Truth That Either Makes Converts or Enemies

Micah: Hope and Promise

December 14, 2010

I will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob; I will gather the remnant of Israel; I will set them together like sheep in a fold, like a flock in its pasture, a noisy multitude of men. 13 He who opens the breach goes up before them; they break through and pass the gate, going out … More Micah: Hope and Promise

Two Kinds of Hosannas

November 19, 2010

So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!” John 12:13 John Piper with a Lesson in Greek and Hebrew(from March 1983): You all know that the New Testament was first written … More Two Kinds of Hosannas

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