In What Ways Do You Hope the Church Will Grow During Your 8 Month Leave? …
John Piper says that he is hoping for revival, and for the church to become less dependent on him and more dependent on God.
John Piper says that he is hoping for revival, and for the church to become less dependent on him and more dependent on God.
John Piper says that there are at least three ways that we can do spiritual warfare today.
John Piper says that in all of our work our aim should be to show Christ as supremely valuable.
In Luke 19, Zacchaeus the tax collector was converted. He vowed to give back fourfold to anyone he had defrauded. Imagine a conversation he might have had when returning the money.
“I define spiritual leadership as knowing where God wants people to be and taking the initiative to use God’s methods to get them there in reliance on God’s power (p. 3).”
“The kind of obedience that glorifies God is free and joyful, not constrained and cowering. Even when the cost is supreme, the joy is triumphant, because the cause of Jesus cannot fail” (p. 27).
The Lord's Prayer teaches us to go to God for every need, especially our need to hallow him above all things.
“What ‘scholarly’ would mean for me is that the greatest object of knowledge is God and that he has revealed himself authoritatively in a book; and that I should work with all my might and all my heart and all my soul and all my mind to know and enjoy him and to make him known for the joy of others” (p. 67).
Francis Chan discusses the sovereignty of God, highlighting some important biblical texts and commenting on its practical impact.
Paul Miller discusses the importance of prayer in the life of the pastor. He explains that we pray not out of discipline, but out of desperation.
Jerry Rankin discusses unreached and unengaged peoples, the dynamics of mission strategy, and international church planting.
Justin Taylor discusses the sanctity of human life and why pastors cannot ignore this important doctrine.
“The supreme demonstration of God’s love was the sending of his Son to die for our sins and to rise again so that sinners might have the right to approach God and might have the pleasure of his presence forever” (p. 14).
Kevin DeYoung discusses the role of the Holy Spirit in our understanding of the Bible and our assurance of salvation.