This excerpt from John Piper begins as the 10:52 mark of this week's sermon.

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Same-sex desires and same-sex orientation are part of our broken and disordered sexuality owing to the God’s subjection of the created order to futility because of man’s sin.

In Genesis 2 we read about the catastrophic moment when the first man and woman rebelled against God. The effects on them and on the world are described in chapters 2 and 3, and then illustrated in the sin-soaked and death-ridden history of the Old Testament, indeed all of history.

The apostle Paul gives the key interpretation of what happened there and its effect on us. Here's his key word from Romans 8:20–21:…

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"Let marriage be held in high honor among all," the writer of Hebrews tells us.

And that is the goal of this week's sermon, for God's glory and our good.

John Piper gives eight points about the biblical vision of marriage in relation to homosexuality and the proposed Marriage Amendment in Minnesota, including a closing word on the church's role in this issue.

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Before it ever referred to a book or organization, "Desiring God" was the name of a sermon series preached by John Piper in the Fall of 1983.

The common theme in the series is what Piper controversially called "Christian Hedonism," a philosophy of life based on the biblical conviction that God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him. Piper wrote and preached the series in order to define Christian Hedonism and demonstrate how it is essential to the way Christians worship, pray, approach missions, handle money, and more.

Alongside the original English manuscripts, we now have translations of the entire "Desiring God" sermon series available in three additional lang…

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As Mathis says, "Octavius Winslow ain't pretty, but he changed Tony's life." In this episode of Behind the Blog, we talk about Tony's recent post at The Gospel Coalition, awkwardness in sharing the gospel, and some upcoming resources, including a new eBook and Pastor John's revisions to Brothers, We Are Not Professionals (due out in January 2013).

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Mentioned in this episode —

• Jay and Katrina Didn't Waste Their Lives
• The Page That Changed My Life
• That Awkward Moment When We Speak the Gospel
• The Gospel Coalition National Women's Conference

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In this special edition of Behind the Blog, David and Tony sit down with Rachel Jones to talk about her posts in the new "Grace at Home" column (you'll soon understand the title).

Rachel and her husband Tom live in East Africa where she writes and mommies their three children. She has written several articles, including one published in the New York Times earlier this year.

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Posts from Rachel:

• Are You Mom Enough? (Mommy Wars)
• Flee to the Cross
• Desperate, Breathless, Dependent Parenting
• Fearfully and Wonderfully Drawn
• Diapers, Nursing, Clinging to Christ

Last week David Mathis sat down with John Piper to catch up on his recent travel and ministry in Europe.

In this special edition of Behind the Blog, Pastor John shares about the messages he preached and how he was encouraged by God's work in Romania, Germany, and Switzerland.

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We return to the studio to look back at a few blog highlights from the last week and open with Russell Moore’s post, Fake Love, Fake War, and the story of how the post originated in a bumpy bus on an iPhone in the hills of Italy.

Go behind the blog in five minutes or less.

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Blog posts mentioned in this episode:

• Fake Love, Fake War: Why So Many Men Are Addicted to Internet Porn and Video Games (Russell Moore)
• DG National Conference, “Act the Miracle”
• How Summertime Helps Us Pray (Jonathan Parnell)
• Summers Are for Seeking Christ (Tony Reinke)
• Are You Mom Enough? (Rachel Pieh Jones)
• The En…

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If you've explored our Resource Library, you've likely discovered our Online Books section, which contains over 60 John Piper titles available in English as free downloads.

What you may not have discovered is the tab that enables you to sort them "By Language," which ultimately reveals a list of 25 other languages in which you can find free ebooks.

One of the most popular titles between these languages is Piper's book Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die, which is currently available for download in 8 different tongues:

1. English – Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die

2. German – Fünfzig Gründe, warum er kam, um zu sterben

3. Hindi – पचास कारण की यीशु क्यों मरने आया

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Josh Etter joins today's episode of Behind the Blog for the background of how we learned about the amazing story of Ian & Larissa. Tony talks about why superheros matter, I discuss tweeting through 1 Corinthians, and David gives the rundown on our upcoming National Conference in September.

"Five-minutes or less" turned into seven minutes this week.

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Blog posts mentioned in this episode:

• The Story of Ian & Larissa by John Piper
• The Avenger by Tony Reinke
• The Book of 1 Corinthians in 40 Tweets by Jonathan Parnell
• Announcing Our 2012 National Conference by Scott Anderson

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Why does John Piper believe the Bible is true? When recently asked this question he responded that it is first because his mother had taught him it was so.

Grateful for his mother's influence, Pastor John gave a message last month at the Bethlehem Women's Conference on the indispensable priority of the Bible. He explained, "Nothing is more crucial for being the woman God made you to be and knowing how to make your life count than being saturated with the Bible."

Stream or download the hour-long message, The Sum of God's Word Is Truth.