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 a sermon, “Why Forgive?”, Coty Pinckney speaks of the extent of Joseph’s forgiveness: Genesis 45:4a So Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, please.” And they came near. Oh, the call to come near! When Joseph could say instead, “Be gone from me! To the executioner!” But he says, “Come to me!” … More The Extent of Joseph’s Forgiveness (Coty Pinckney)
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
God’s sovereignty doesn’t make our actions pointless – rather, God’s sovereignty makes our actions effective. Consider the alternative: If God is not sovereign, if He doesn’t rule, if He doesn’t know the end and ensure that it comes about, then we can never know if we accomplish our objectives. We might seem to make progress … More Sovereignty and Responsibility…Coty Pinckney on Genesis 41
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
John Piper says in the introduction to his sermon, Ask Your Father in Heaven: When you pause to consider that God is infinitely strong and can do all that he pleases, and that he is infinitely righteous so that he only does what is right, and that he is infinitely good so that everything he does is perfectly good, and that he … More Ask Your Father in Heaven- John Piper on Matthew 7:1-14
In his sermon, The Sale of Joseph and the Son of God, John Piper begins, Astonishing Words to Abram Before we retell the story of Joseph and the spectacular sin of his brothers and its global purpose in the glory of Jesus Christ, let’s back up to Genesis 12. God has chosen Abram from all the … More The Sale of Joseph and the Son of God
Chip Bell is Senior Pastor of Fellowship Bible Church Arapaho in Texas. In his sermon, “If Looks Could Kill” (Matthew 5:21-26), he said the following: The Kingdom Code Last week we began a new section called: The Kingdom Code. In it, Jesus tells his followers that being forgiven doesn’t mean we can live a life of lawlessness. … More Chip Bell on “The Kingdom Code” (Matthew 5:21-32)
The Story of a Stiff-Necked People By John Piper April 7, 1991 Acts 7:1-53 Stephen is on trial for opposing Moses and his customs and God and his temple. So in Acts 7:1 the high priest gives Stephen a chance to defend himself, “Is this so?” he asks. And Stephen does a very strange thing. He … More The Story of a Stiff-Necked People (Acts 7)
Matt Chandler is the Lead Pastor at The Village Church in Texas and said in a 2007 sermon (pdf version or mp3 downloads, Salt of the Earth Part 1 or Light From Salt, Part 2), ….salt, if it’s lost its saltiness is worthless….. I believe it’s impossible to empirically argue against that on a whole, Evangelical[s] … More Matt Chandler on “Worthless Salt” (Matthew 5)
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