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.

Tyler Kenney joins this Friday's edition of Behind the Blog with updates from the frontlines of Desiring God's translation efforts, including how to access the ten different language options of our site.

Among other things mentioned are Tony's post on John Newton, new video resources on The Pleasures of God, and a few posts coming up next week.

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Blog posts mentioned in this episode:

• I Don't Think So, Doug by John Piper
• What the Lilac Preached to Me by Jon Bloom
• The Pleasures of God Discussion: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
• 15 Tips on Blogging from John Newton by Tony Reinke
• Who Are the Wicked Jesus Will S…

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In the final session of The Pleasures of God Discussion, John Piper interacts with questions on chapters 7–9:

• The Pleasure of God in Doing Good to All Who Hope in Him
• The Pleasure of God in the Prayers of the Upright
• The Pleasure of God in Personal Obedience and Public Justice

Stream or download Part 3. Also, check out Part 1 and Part 2.

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For the second discussion on The Pleasures of God, Pastor John interacts with questions on chapters 4–6, the pleasure of God in his fame, election, and the crushing of his Son.

Stream or download Part 2 (chapters 4–6). Also, check out Part 1 (chapters 1–3).

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"The worth and excellency of a soul is to be measured by the object of its love," Henry Scougal writes in his 17^th-century work, The Life of God in the Soul of Man. And if this is true of humans, might it also be true of God?

In 1989, John Piper started a sermon series building on this wonder. This series later became the book, The Pleasures of God, which is a litany of meditations on the worth and excellency of God's soul, namely, himself.

John Piper recently gathered with the Bethlehem Seminary students over three weeks to discuss this book and its implications for ministry. This video features the Part 1 discussion on chapters 1–3:

Stream or download Part 1.

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It's been a long time since our last update on what translations we've been adding to this website. But God has continued to provide us resources, and we wanted to announce at least a few of those that have come in recently.

As always, you can visit our language index to see all the resources we have in any particular language.

Oh, and don't forget the translated versions of our website (we added Persian just this week!). You can access all eight of them by mousing over the "International" button at the top right of our website.

Here's just a sampling of what we've posted recently:

• Albanian sermons, like Triumfi i Ungjillit në Qiellin e ri dhe Tokën e re ("The Triumph of the Gospe…

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The Puritans on motherhood only go so far. And Charles Spurgeon and Octavius Winslow have great things to say, but after a while it's good for moms to hear from other moms on believing the gospel in the home.

In this episode of "Behind the Blog" — the new five-minute audio behind the scenes of the Desiring God blog — Tony gives the backstory to the "Grace at Home" series. More in this episode includes some thoughts on God, dreams, and giftedness related to John Stott's godly ambition, as well as a word about Salt and Like, and Pastor's John recent update on future ministry.

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Get the revised edition of The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God's Delight in Being God.

For a limited time WTS Books is offering a $5 off coupon to DG readers. To apply the coupon, enter the code "DGBOOKS12" into the coupon code field at the top of the Shopping Cart page (in the box next to "ENTER SPECIAL OFFER COUPON CODE(S)").

In this episode of Theology Refresh, Tony Reinke discusses the role of reading in the Christian life, including some practical tips to become a better reader.

Stream or download the 11-minute audio.

Recommended resources:

• How to Read a Book, Mortimer Adler
• Realms of God: The Classics in Christian Perspective, Leland Ryken
• Reading Between the Lines: A Christian Guide to Literature, Gene Veith
• Lit!: A Christian Guide for Reading Books, Tony Reinke

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Recent Theology Refresh podcasts —

• Patrick Lai on the Doctrine of Vocation
• Don Carson on the Wrath of God
• David Platt on the Doctrine of Hell