John Piper's Blog, page 72
June 19, 2021
Why Does Paul Pray After Teaching? Ephesians 3:14–19, Part 1
Prayer comes before and after teaching because God must reveal the truth to us for doctrine to have any lasting effect on us.
June 18, 2021
Plans for 2021 and Beyond
After a year unlike any other, Pastor John looks ahead to new books and renewed ambitions to spread Christian Hedonism farther across the globe.
June 16, 2021
How Not to Correct a Fellow Christian
How can Christians challenge and correct one another in a way that honors Christ and acknowledges our common neediness before him?
June 15, 2021
How Does Affliction Become a Glory? Ephesians 3:7–13, Part 9
When a man of God goes to be with the Lord, he is not to be pitied. We can rejoice for him as a man who made it home.
June 14, 2021
The Disabled Wife and the Proverbs 31 Woman
God expects faithfulness of all his people. But faithfulness for one Christian may look far different than faithfulness for another Christian.
June 12, 2021
Confident Access to God in Christ: Ephesians 3:7–13, Part 8
How do we increase our joy in the access we have to our holy God? Through increasing our faith in the crucified Christ.
June 11, 2021
Are Our Enemies Spiritual, Human, or Both?
Paul tells us that we do not wrestle against flesh and blood. But Paul himself had many human enemies. So, are our enemies spiritual, human, or both?
June 9, 2021
To Be Loved Infinitely
The essence of God’s love is not that he makes much of us, but that he frees us, at great cost to himself, to enjoy making much of him forever.
June 8, 2021
Even Demons Are Part of God’s Plan: Ephesians 3:7–13, Part 7
Nothing that transpired in history as part of God’s saving plan was decided within history. Whatever happens now was planned long ago.
June 7, 2021
How Do I Serve Dying Unbelievers?
Many medical professionals regularly find themselves around people only hours or minutes from hell. How would love call us to act in those moments?
