Look upon Him you have pierced. Say to thy soul, “What have I done? What love, what mercy, what blood, what grace have I despised and trampled on! Is this the return I make to the Father for his love, to the Son for his blood, to the Holy Spirit for his grace? Do I [...]
Theology
This is the audio verison of the message entitled “A Crucifixion Narrative” delivered by Rick Gamache on April 6, 2007. Related: You can listen to or download this message and many others by Rick Gamache at the Sovereign Grace Fellowship Sermon Audio weblog.
Jesus pushes himself up again and cries, “It is finished.” And it is. Every sin of every child of God had been laid on Jesus and he drank the cup of God’s wrath dry. It’s six o’clock, Friday evening, and Jesus finds one more surge of strength. He presses his torn feet against the spikes, [...]
What happened on Wednesday of Jesus’ final week before the cross? According to Matthew 26:2, "after two days the Passover is coming.” That probably means it’s Wednesday. We can’t be sure because fragments of days count as days, and because when Passover starts is reckoned in different ways. But it’s close. The next verse says, [...]
The love of Christ for us in his dying was as conscious as his suffering was intentional. “By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us” (1 John 3:16). If he was intentional in laying down his life, it was for us. It was love. “When Jesus knew that his hour [...]
Faith is not our saviour. It was not faith that was born at Bethlehem and died on Golgotha for us. It was not faith that loved us, and gave itself for us; that bore our sins in its own body on the tree; that died and rose again for our sins. Faith is one thing, [...]
There are three possibilities with the Great Commission. You can go. You can send. Or you can be disobedient. Ignoring the cause is not a Christian option. If we love God’s fame and are committed to magnifying his name above all things, we cannot be indifferent to world missions. Over and over we read this [...]
John Piper’s third and final message at the 2008 Resurgence Conference was entitled “How I Distinguish Between the Gospel and False Gospels.” Related: You can read or download the message at Desiring God.
John Piper’s second message at the 2008 Resurgence Conference was entitled “How My Pastoral Ministry Shapes My Pulpit Ministry.” Related: You can read or download the message at Desiring God.
John Piper’s first message at the 2008 Resurgence Conference was entitled “Why I Trust the Scriptures.” Related: You can read or download the message at Desiring God.
