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You can't make yourself saved. This is very threatening to people, even Christians, because of what it seems to say about freedom.

John Piper

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John Piper
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: January 11
Clergyman
Non-Fiction Writer
Theologian
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Chattanooga
Tennessee
John Stephen Piper
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People are not prepared or able to rejoice in suffering unless they experience a massive biblical revolution of how they think and feel about the meaning of life. Human nature and American culture make it impossible to rejoice in suffering. This is a miracle in the human soul wrought by God through His Word.
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Darkness comes. In the middle of it, the future looks blank. The temptation to quit is huge. Don't. You are in good company... You will argue with yourself that there is no way forward. But with God, nothing is impossible. He has more ropes and ladders and tunnels out of pits than you can conceive. Wait. Pray without ceasing. Hope.
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The goal of missions is the gladness of the peoples in the greatness of God.
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I wrote this poem called “The Calvinist” to capture a glimpse of God’s sovereign intersection with the life of a sinful man. There is no part of life where the greatness of God does not penetrate deeply. I want to help you feel that.
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Worship is an inward feeling and outward action that reflects the worth of God.
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Whatever opposes prayer opposes the whole work of ministry.
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I know of no other way to triumph over sin long-term than to gain a distaste for it because of a superior satisfaction in God.
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You never outgrow your need to preach to yourself the gospel.
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I am not a missionary, but I have wanted my life to count for the unreached peoples of the world.
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Missions is the overflow of our delight in God because missions is the overflow of God's delight in being God.
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The greatest enemy of hunger for God is not poison but apple pie. It is not the banquet of the wicked that dulls our appetite for heaven, but endless nibbling at the table of the world. It is not the X-rated video, but the prime-time dribble of triviality we drink in every night.
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The call of God does what the call of man cannot. It raises the dead.
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Blind people don't decide to see. Jesus says, 'See!' and they see.
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Prosperity cannot be a proof of God's favor, since it is what the devil promises to those who worship him. (Matt. 4:9)
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Taken as a whole, the story of Ruth is one of those signs. It was written to give us encouragement and hope that all the perplexing turns in our lives are going somewhere good. They do not lead off a cliff. In all the setbacks of our lives as believers, God is plotting for our joy.
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If God's love for his children is to be measured by our health, wealth, and comfort in this life, God hated the apostle Paul.
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The only answer in these modern times, as in all other times, is the blood of Christ. When our conscience rises up and condemns us, where will we turn? We turn to Christ. We turn to the suffering and death of Christ—the blood of Christ. This is the only cleansing agent in the universe that can give the conscience relief in life and peace in death.
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America is the first culture in jeopardy of amusing itself to death.
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