Life

What We Believe Affects How We Live

September 8, 2009 · Posted in Life

What we believe affects how we live. And if we do not live in humble submission to the word of God, we will believe anything, as long as it suits our own personal interests (see Genesis 3:6). Lord, please deliver us from the spirit of the age and the lies of false religion, which often [...]

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John Piper: The Protestant Work Ethic

September 2, 2009 · Posted in Life, Piper, Video

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A Habitual Sight of Christ

August 9, 2009 · Posted in Faith, Life

The Indwelling of Christ by faith…is to have Jesus Christ continually in one’s eye, a habitual sight of Him. I call it so because a man actually does not always think of Christ; but as a man does not look up to the sun continually, yet he sees the light of it…. So you should [...]

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Biopsy Blows and the Helmet of Hope

July 28, 2009 · Posted in Life

The helmets referred to in the Bible are for protection in mortal battle. A blow to the head with a mace or a bludgeon would crush your skull and kill you. So when Paul says that we should put on “for a helmet the hope of salvation” he means that there are blows that come [...]

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The Wasted Life

June 14, 2009 · Posted in Life, Piper

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 [...]

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Simple Pleasures

June 1, 2009 · Posted in Life

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Assurance

May 27, 2009 · Posted in Life

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. —Philippians 1:6 Via: ESV Daily Verse

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The Cornerstone

May 26, 2009 · Posted in Life, Piper, Scripture

The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. —Psalm 118:22-24 In other words, Jesus points out that already in Psalm 118 written hundreds of years [...]

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It is Not Death to Die

April 28, 2009 · Posted in Heaven, Life

It is not death to die To leave this weary road And join the saints who dwell on high Who’ve found their home with God It is not death to close The eyes long dimmed by tears And wake in joy before Your throne Delivered from our fears O Jesus, conquering the grave Your precious [...]

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The Birds of the Air and Me

April 25, 2009 · Posted in Life

Several years ago I was working for a construction company–renovating and building homes. It was probably one of the most difficult jobs I have ever had; but it was what God used to teach me the value of working hard. One weekday morning, I woke up and read the evening section of this particular section [...]

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