John Piper's Blog, page 43
May 14, 2022
What Do the Lives of Teachers Tell Us? Ephesians 6:21–22
Pastors, your people need to see your lives so that they might pray for you, imitate you, and be encouraged by you.
May 13, 2022
Would You Have Supported Prohibition in 1913?
In the early twentieth century, many Christian leaders lent their approval to the cause of Prohibition. Would Pastor John have done the same if he lived back then?
May 12, 2022
The Camaraderie of Spiritual Conflict: Ephesians 6:16–20
The armor of God is not just meant for us in our individual walk. It is meant to help us fight the good fight together.
May 11, 2022
How Greatly Am I Loved?
In Christ, God has chosen us from eternity, and called us in time, so that we would boast no longer in ourselves, but only in him and his great love.
May 10, 2022
The Helmet, the Sword, and the Seriousness of the War: Ephesians 6:14–17, Part 8
Those who are eternally secure still need a helmet, a sword, and a shield. They still need to put on armor and fight the war.
May 9, 2022
How Do I Make Christian Hedonism My Own?
Some teachers influence us so deeply that we find ourselves imitating them without trying. So how can we move past imitation to make biblical truth our own?
May 8, 2022
Christ Died to Make Us Holy: And Why Some Preachers Avoid It
There is a kind of unhealthy preaching that fails to make plain the effective connection between the sin-bearing work of Christ and the sin-killing work of the Christian.
May 7, 2022
How the Shield of Faith Blocks Satanic Arrows: Ephesians 6:14–17, Part 7
If you are a Christian, you have a supernatural enemy who every day aims his arrows at you. Do you know how to use your shield?
May 6, 2022
Why Dead Men Must Die
Paul says we all were dead apart from Christ, but he also says we died when we were united to Christ. In what sense, then, do dead men die?
May 5, 2022
What Kind of Spiritual Armor Are Shoes? Ephesians 6:14–17, Part 6
The apostle Paul commands us to wear the readiness of the gospel of peace on our feet. What is the readiness of the gospel and why our feet?
