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We weren't meant to be somebody--we were meant to know Somebody

John Piper

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John Piper
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: January 11
Clergyman
Non-Fiction Writer
Theologian
University Teacher
Writer
Chattanooga
Tennessee
John Stephen Piper
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Somebody
Love
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I will not waste my life! I will finish my course and finish it well. I will display the Gospel of the grace of God in all I do. I will run my race to the end.” - Paul
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Headship is the divine calling of a husband to take primary responsibility for Christlike, servant leadership, protection, and provision in the home.
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The evil and suffering in this world are greater than any of us can comprehend. But evil and suffering are not ultimate. God is. Satan, the great lover of evil and suffering, is not sovereign. God is.
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The abortion industry kills as many Black people every four days as the Klan killed in 150 years.
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The thought of building a life around minimal morality or minimal significance—a life defined by the question, “What is permissible?”—felt almost disgusting to me. I didn’t want a minimal life. I didn’t want to live on the outskirts of reality. I wanted to understand the main thing about life and pursue it.
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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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We are far too easily pleased.
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When all your favorite preachers are gone, and all their books forgotten, you will have your Bible. Master it. MASTER IT!
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The greatest act of freeing happened when Jesus died in our place and paid our debt.
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My joy grows with every soul that seeks the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Remember, you have one life. That’s all. You were made for God. Don’t waste it.
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One accurate way to describe abortion is subtle infanticide. That is: child-killing done in a way that the people don't recognize it as child-killing. That reality is why the word abortion exists. Some words are created to cloak reality the same way procedures are created to cloak reality. Abortion is cloaked child-killing
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I have tried to devote my life - with all my husband failures, father failures, pastor failures, friend failures, any other possible failures I'm sure I've done them - to the God-centeredness of God and my aspiring, yearning to join Him in that activity. God is passionate about hallowing the name of God.
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All that looks like reality to us is dependent on God. There is creation and Creator, nothing more. And creation gets all its meaning and purpose from God.
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Preaching is the pastor's main work, and preaching is heart work, not just mental work.
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If we love God's fame and are committed to magnifying His name above all things, we cannot be indifferent to world missions.
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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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Our concern with truth is simply an echo of our concern with God .
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Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in God without obscuring the glory of God.
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The wonder of marriage is woven into the wonder of the gospel of the cross of Christ, and the message of the cross is foolishness to the natural man, and so the meaning of marriage is foolishness to the natural man.
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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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