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At one level, the message of the book of Ruth is that the life of the godly is not a straight line to glory, but they do get there.

John Piper

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John Piper
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: January 11
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Chattanooga
Tennessee
John Stephen Piper
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O that we would so love the gospel and have so much compassion for lost people that tribulation and distress and persecution and famine and nakedness and danger and sword and gun and terrorist would turn us not into fearful complainers, but bold heralds of good news.
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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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Strong affections for God, rooted in and shaped by the truth of Scripture - this is the bone and marrow of Biblical worship.
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Why does God bless us with abundance? So we can have enough to live on and then use the rest for all manner of good works that alleviate spiritual and physical misery. Enough for us abundance for others.
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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.
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In demanding our praise God is demanding the completion of our pleasure (in him).
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The really wonderful moments of joy in this world are not the moments of self-satisfaction, but self-forgetfulness. Standing on the edge of the Grand Canyon and contemplating your own greatness is pathological. At such moments we are made for a magnificent joy that comes from outside ourselves.
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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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Bad theology will eventually hurt people and dishonor God in proportion to its badness.
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If we cannot claim to live sinless lives, then the only thing that can keep us from despairing before a holy God is that we have an Advocate in heaven and He pleads our case not on the basis of our perfection but of His propitiation.
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Don't follow a defeated foe. Follow Christ. It is costly. You will be an exile in this age. But you will be free.
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It has to do with seeing God. “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God” (Matthew 5:8).
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The apex of glorifying God is enjoying Him with the heart. But this is empty emotionalism where that joy is not awakened and sustained by true views of God for who He really is
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Oh, how rare are the Christians who speak with a tender heart and have a theological backbone of steel.
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The Gospel is not how people get to heaven. The Gospel is how people get to God.
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We ought to celebrate the positive glorious gifts of God, but the worth of God shines in a powerful way to the world when in the midst of suffering we still don't curse God but say The Lord gave and the Lord takes away, blessed be the name of the Lord.
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Marriage. The roots are deep. The covenant is solid. The love is sweet. Life is hard. And God is good.
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Put your ear to the ground of God's word and listen to the rumble of His faithfulness coming.
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Don’t be surprised. There is nothing new under the sun. Only endless repackagings
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