Category — Piper

I originally posted the audio from this NPR interview with Dr. John Piper on August 7, 2008, but I thought it was especially timely in relation to the recent disaster in Haiti and wanted to make it available again. This is a thoughtful, biblical response to people that question the sovereignty of God in the face of tragic events, in this case the subject of the interview was the 2005 Tsunami. The interview is about 30 minutes long but well worth the investment of time.

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Related: You can download or listen to the interview at Desiring God.

Via: Justin Taylor

This is the true gospel.

God requires two things of us: punishment for our sins and perfection in our lives. Our sins must be punished, and our lives must be righteous. But we cannot bear our own punishment, and we cannot provide our own righteousness. Therefore, God, out of His immeasurable love for us, provided his own Son to do both. Christ bears our punishment, and Christ performs our righteousness. And When we receive Christ, all of his punishment and all of his righteousness is counted as ours.

—John Piper
This Momentary Marriage

Via: Of First Importance

This is an excerpt from John Piper’s sermon entitled “For Whom Did Jesus Taste Death?”

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The entire sermon can be found here.

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.”

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You can listen to the entire message here.

Via: Desiring God