Spectacular Sins Quotes

“It isn't the size of the window that determines how much you see. It's which way the window is facing, and how close you are, and whether the glass is clear.”
― John Piper, Spectacular Sins: And Their Global Purpose in the Glory of Christ

“It is only a matter of time till the reality of the rest of the world comes home. And all the while we are called by Christ to go to them, love them, sacrifice for them, bring the gospel to them. The Great Commission is not child’s play. It is costly. Very costly.”
― John Piper, Spectacular Sins: And Their Global Purpose in the Glory of Christ

“It seems to me that Christians in the West are being coddled. We suffer little in the name of Christ. Therefore, we read the Bible not with a desperate hunger for evidences of God’s triumph in pain, but with a view to improving our private pleasures.”
― John Piper, Spectacular Sins: And Their Global Purpose in the Glory of Christ

“Christians in the West are weakened by wimpy worldviews. And wimpy worldviews make wimpy Christians.”
― John Piper, Spectacular Sins: And Their Global Purpose in the Glory of Christ

“God did not just overcome evil at the cross. He made evil serve the overcoming of evil. He made evil commit suicide in doing its worst evil.”
― John Piper, Spectacular Sins: And Their Global Purpose in the Glory of Christ

“The Apostle “Paul’s antidote for wimpy Christians is weighty doctrine. . . .everything that exists—including evil—is ordained by a holy and all-wise God to make the glory of Christ shine more brightly. We don’t make God. He makes us. We don’t decide what he is going to be like. He decides what he is going to be like. He decides what we are going to be like. He created the universe, and it has the meaning he gives it, not the meaning we give it. If we give it a meaning different from his, we are fools. . . . our eternal joy and strength and holiness depend on the solidity of this worldview putting strong fiber into the spine of our faith. Wimpy worldviews make wimpy Christians. And wimpy Christians won’t survive the days ahead.”
― John Piper, Spectacular Sins: And Their Global Purpose in the Glory of Christ

“Therefore, we read the Bible selectively. We pick a text here and there to fit our felt needs. This is like a doctor who forgets how to write prescriptions for the best antibiotics because every- body seems healthy, and he has spent the last decades tweaking good health with hip-hop exercise videos, unaware that pestilence is at the door. It’s like the soldier who forgets how to use his weapons because the times seem peaceful, and he has spent the last decades doing relief work and teaching the children how to play games.”
― John Piper, Spectacular Sins: And Their Global Purpose in the Glory of Christ

“He died for me, who caused His pain--
For me, who Him to death pursued?
Amazing love, how can it be
That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me”
― John Piper, Spectacular Sins: And Their Global Purpose in the Glory of Christ

“The cure for wimpy Christians is weighty doctrine!”
― John Piper, Spectacular Sins: And Their Global Purpose in the Glory of Christ

“The gospel of the glory of Christ spreads better and flourishes more because of 6,500 languages, not in spite of them.”
― John Piper, Spectacular Sins: And Their Global Purpose in the Glory of Christ

“I exist to magnify Jesus Christ. That is, I am on this planet for one ultimate reason: to do whatever I can to make Jesus Christ known and treasured—a knowing and a treasuring that accords with his infinite beauty and immeasurable worth.”
― John Piper, Spectacular Sins: And Their Global Purpose in the Glory of Christ

“So when I say that everything that exists—including evil—is ordained by an infinitely holy and all-wise God to make the glory of Christ shine more brightly, I mean that, one way or the other, God sees to it that all things serve to glorify his Son. Whether he causes or permits, he does so with purpose. For an infinitely wise and all-knowing God, both causing and permitting are purposeful. They are part of the big picture of what God plans to bring to pass.”
― John Piper, Spectacular Sins: And Their Global Purpose in the Glory of Christ

“And Christ "will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him." (Heb 9:28). And "on his robe and on his thigh he has a name written"---not king of the Jews, but "King of all kings and Lord of lords." (Rev. 19:16). Amen. Come, King Jesus.”
― John Piper, Spectacular Sins: And Their Global Purpose in the Glory of Christ

“When you are tempted to forsake God because of the greatness of evil and misery in the world, may you remember that the BIble has prepared us for this temptation.”
― John Piper, Spectacular Sins: And Their Global Purpose in the Glory of Christ

“May our light shine in this world
so that people see you in our sacrificial deeds of love
and our compromising words of truth
and give glory to your hallowed name,
Father”
― John Piper, Spectacular Sins: And Their Global Purpose in the Glory of Christ

“Put the ballast of biblical truth
in the belly of our little boats,
lest the crashing waves of calamity
of these changing times
cause us to capsize in the sea of trouble”
― John Piper, Spectacular Sins: And Their Global Purpose in the Glory of Christ

“That is not just the story of Israel. It's the story of humanity. It's the story of my life and your life.”
― John Piper, Spectacular Sins: And Their Global Purpose in the Glory of Christ