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Zeal for the glory of God motivates world missions

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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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Zeal
Missions
Glory
World

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People don't enjoy salt. They enjoy what is salted. We are the salt of the earth. We do not exist for ourselves.
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Go, send, or disobey.
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The cross is not a mere event in history it's a way of life! Take up your cross DAILY, Jesus said!
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Ignatius, when he heard the clock strike, would say, Now I have another hour to answer for. (Eph. 5:16)
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Bad theology will eventually hurt people and dishonor God in proportion to its badness.
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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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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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If truth does not lead to falling in love, it fails.
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Life is wasted if we do not grasp the glory of the cross, cherish it for the treasure that it is, and cleave to it as the highest price of every pleasure and the deepest comfort in every pain. What was once foolishness to us—a crucified God—must become our wisdom and our power and our only boast in this world.
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Journaling is a way to be a good steward of the Spirit's illuminations.
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Every good thing in the Christian life grows in the soil of humility. Without humility, every virtue and every grace withers. That’s why Calvin said humility is first, second, and third in the Christian faith.
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Our concern with truth is simply an echo of our concern with God .
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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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We are not as Christ-centered and cross-cherishing as we should be, because we do not ponder the truth that everything good, and everything bad that God turns for the good, was purchased by the sufferings of Christ.
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Our lives become trivial. And our capacity for magnificent causes and great worship dies.
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What was once foolishness to us-a crucified God-must become our wisdom and our power and our only boast in this world.
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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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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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