The Yearning For True Revival
Churches that hate revivals, may be said emphatically to “love death.†Every faithful pastor will be concerned to see his ministrations crowned with such special effusions of God’s Spirit....
Keep ReadingPaul appeals to the Christian's vertical experience with God through Jesus Christ, and instructs them to allow that experience to drive them to prefer one another in love....
Five Biblical reasons why God ordains suffering: 1) suffering deepens faith, 2) suffering increases your experience of glory in eternity, 3) God uses the suffering of some to help others, 4) sufferings carry the gospel of Christ's sufferings, 5) the gospel's beauty is made clear through suffering...
Churches that hate revivals, may be said emphatically to “love death.†Every faithful pastor will be concerned to see his ministrations crowned with such special effusions of God’s Spirit....
Keep ReadingHere is a five minute discussion (between Piper, Carson and Keller) on how the Gospel helps us conquer the sin of pornography....
Keep ReadingWe should especially pay attention to the seemingly strange statements in the Bible; they may be there for our encouragement. Here is the gist of what Peter is saying, “No matter what you are going through in your life, if you have embraced Jesus the cornerstone, then you will never regret it; you will never be put to shame.†...
Keep ReadingWho are the leaders in the local church, and why are they important? Mark Dever and others explain...3 minute video....
Keep ReadingHere is a helpful guide in Sam Crabtree's new book....
Keep ReadingFor All of You Who Are Married or May Get Married...Here's the Song. ...
Keep ReadingAn Interview with Nancy Guthrie on Facing Death with Courageous Confidence in God....
Keep ReadingA clear reading of this text confronts us with the question, “How well are you doing in getting away with the Lord over the Bible? Not just because you are supposed to, but in order to be filled with His Spirit and strengthened for each day’s work?†If in our musing over this question we realize that we don’t have enough time in the day to fi...
Keep ReadingIn light of what John the Baptist has been teaching us about preaching the true Gospel of Jesus Christ, here is a 15 Minute video of the tragic reality in our day. ...
Keep ReadingWe have seen in Luke 3:1-20 that John the Baptist called his fellow religionists "vipers" (children of the devil); he told them to flee from God's anger poured out in the coming judgment (wrath); he told them that God's wrath is coming because of their sins, and, therefore, they need to turn their hearts back to God and show it in a changed life of genuine repentance; he p...
Keep ReadingGod does all things according to his will (sovereign will). Some things happen that are not God’s will (moral will). Can you handle these biblical truths? Or do you think they are a contradiction? John Piper helps with this dilemma. ...
Keep ReadingWe as local churches must live the Gospel, not just say it. That's why covenant membership with the practice of church discipline is clear in scripture and must be incorporated in our churches today. Here's a 2 1/2 minute video introducing the theology of Church Discipline....
Keep ReadingThis sounds like a book that I am in desperate need of. I need God to work deeply in my heart and mouth to affirm his grace working in the lives of others. It's on my list of "Gets." Here is John Piper’s foreword to Sam Crabtree’s new book, Practicing Affirmation: ...
Keep ReadingIf someone were to ask, “Do I need to have real acts of repentance in my life in order to be saved?†The answer is not a simple “yes†or “no.†The answer is “It depends on what you mean.†...
Keep ReadingWhat's the big deal about membership? Mark Dever and others explain why membership is so valuable to us in the church. A 3 minute video....
Keep ReadingHere is a 3 minute video of John Piper reading his journal entry from 1987, right after the first publishing of Desiring God....
Keep ReadingHow does one become a Christian? 9Marks authors and staff discuss the importance of having a biblical understanding of conversion. ...
Keep Reading9Marks staff, authors, and partners discuss the meaning of evangelism....
Keep ReadingJonathan Leeman gives six reasons he wrote his new book for pastors. This is penetrating advice., ...
Keep ReadingVerse 2 is stunning. God, through the Apostle Peter, commands us to have desires or yearnings, that at the moment, we may not have.... So here I am, absorbed in the day to day worries and busyness of life. If we had an instrument to measure desires in my heart, we would find very little “desire for the goodness of God in the Word†at a particular given momen...
Keep ReadingMultnomah recently published a 25th anniversary edition of John Piper’s classic, Desiring God, Meditations of a Christian Hedonist. Here is a portion of the interview he gave to Justin Taylor....
Keep ReadingI was mercifully brought out of darkness into the light of Jesus Christ at age 19. God has blessed me with a wonderful wife, Sonya, and six kids. I am the Pastor of Sovereign Grace Fellowship in the South Bay area of Los Angeles, CA. I root for Notre Dame and hate everything USC. I love to Golf and seldom get to do it....
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