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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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Sanctification
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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.
John Piper
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The gospel is not a way to get people to heaven it is a way to get people to God.
John Piper
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We belittle God when we go through the outward motions of worship and take no pleasure in His person.
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Humble us, O God, under your mighty hand, and let us rise, not as professionals, but as witnesses and partakers of the sufferings of Christ.
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We are far too easily pleased.
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All the money needed to send and support an army of self-sacrificing, joy-spreading ambassadors is already in the church.
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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 marry so you can stop pursuing women. Marry so you can perfect the pursuit of ONE woman for a lifetime.
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Bad theology will eventually hurt people and dishonor God in proportion to its badness.
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There is a war going on. All talk of a Christian's right to live luxuriously as a child of the King in this atmosphere sounds hollow - especially since the King himself is stripped for battle.
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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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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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When the heart no longer feels the truth of hell, the gospel passes from good news to simply news
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Grace is power, not just pardon.
John Piper
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Giving in a regular, disciplined, generous way-up to and beyond the tithe-is simply good sense in view of the promises of God.
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Journaling is a way to be a good steward of the Spirit's illuminations.
John Piper
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The best news of the Christian gospel is that the supremely glorious Creator of the universe has acted in Jesus Christ's death and resurrection to remove every obstacle between us and himself so that we may find everlasting joy in seeing and savoring his infinite beauty.
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The ultimate purpose of life is to show that Jesus is more precious than life.
John Piper
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If truth does not lead to falling in love, it fails.
John Piper
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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.
John Piper