This is an excerpt from John Piper’s sermon entitled “For Whom Did Jesus Taste Death?” The entire sermon can be found here.
June 2009
This is an excerpt from the first message John Piper delivered at the recent Resolved Conference. The title of the message was “God’s Sovereignty Over Satan’s Fall.” You can listen to the entire message here. Via: Desiring God
Revelation provides us with high-def footage of the climactic conclusion of world history, it ties together and consummates all of God’s redemptive purposes in this world, and it delivers us to the doorstep of a glorious eternity. And a conscious awareness of this truth will begin to change our entire perspective of this world. If [...]
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not [...]
God created me — and you — to live with a single, all-embracing, all-transforming passion — namely, a passion to glorify God by enjoying and displaying his supreme excellence in all the spheres of life. Enjoying and displaying are both crucial. If we try to display the excellence of God without joy in it, we [...]
Right now we Christians are, by God’s grace, members of the church militant. We struggle with the cares of life that so easily distract us from the business of worshipping our great God. The promotion to glory of dear saints reminds us that we have a glorious future awaiting us. And that is not all. [...]
So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. —2 Timothy 2:22 Via: ESV Daily Verse
Have you ever wondered why there’s a universal phenomenon of religion? You can go anywhere on the globe and you’ll find evidence of cultic practices of sacrifice. Why is that? I suggest that it is because the original program and prescription for the worship of the living God was sacrifice. Adam told it to Cain, [...]
The fine folks at Cal.vini.st are celebrating their first anniversary by giving away two copies of Bibleworks 8.0. On the 12th of July 2008, I posted for the first time here at Cal.vini.st. Leading up to our first anniversary next month, I thought it fitting to have some celebrations. Several things will be happening here [...]
