Why I Love the Apostle Paul Quotes

“God’s pervasive rule in the world gives us hope that nothing is meaningless. Nothing is merely random. All is part of God’s infinite, and often inscrutable, wisdom.”
― John Piper, Why I Love the Apostle Paul: 30 Reasons

“So, in Paul’s understanding, the universe is created and held in being by a personal God. There is no whiff of materialistic fatalism—as if the cosmos were an infinite expanse of nothing but matter and energy and time. For him the universe is radiant with an intelligent Person’s handiwork. It is telling the glory of God (Rom. 1:20).”
― John Piper, Why I Love the Apostle Paul: 30 Reasons

“there is no intelligent being behind the cosmos, then the question is not whether God governs the will of man, but whether the will of man has any meaning beyond the mere movements of molecules.”
― John Piper, Why I Love the Apostle Paul: 30 Reasons

“The point of Romans 8:32 is that this love of God for his one and only Son was like a massive, Mount Everest obstacle standing between God and our salvation. Here was an obstacle almost insurmountable. Could God—would God—overcome his cherishing, admiring, treasuring, white-hot, infinite, affectionate bond with his Son and hand him over to be lied about and betrayed and denied and abandoned and mocked and flogged and beaten and spit on and nailed to a cross and pierced with a sword, like an animal being butchered and hung up on a rack?”
― John Piper, Why I Love the Apostle Paul: 30 Reasons

“The reason I use the word reflex to describe these traits of selfishness is that there is zero premeditation before they happen. When these responses happen, they are coming from my fallen nature, not from reflection and resolution. I don’t sin out of duty. I sin spontaneously. They are the reflexes of my original, unmortified sinfulness.”
― John Piper, Why I Love the Apostle Paul: 30 Reasons

“The Beauty of Single-Mindedness in a Great Cause I love single-mindedness. I love to see an entire life devoted to one great thing. To me it is beautiful when a human soul, instead of flitting from one interest to another, sets a course of life and stays on it till the end. Of course, this is praiseworthy only if the goal is worth a lifetime of focus. In a few places, Paul distills the passion of his life into a sentence. For example: I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God. (Acts 20:24)”
― John Piper, Why I Love the Apostle Paul: 30 Reasons