Devotion, Criticism and the Bible …
The Opinion, v10 n1, p. 9
It's important to keep the intellectual study of Scripture together with heart application.
It's important to keep the intellectual study of Scripture together with heart application.
John Piper narrates his start-of-the-day fight for faith.
His work was successful, his marriage okay, his kids out of trouble—why get fanatical about Bible reading and prayer?
Discipline is not necessarily legalism. It may be, or it may be faith moving in the power of the Spirit.
The heart of any saint can be passionate for God. It happens through prayerful immersion in Scripture.
If the mailman brings you a love letter from your fiancé, don’t fall in love with the mailman.
Three recommended routines for keeping God's word central in your life.
“My prayer is that God might be pleased to take the short readings of this book and set a sentence or paragraph on fire in your mind” (p. 14).
“Yes, the Word pierces. And there is pain. But for those who trust in the living word, Jesus Christ, all the piercing will be pleasant in the end” (p. 11).
“Jesus Christ came into this world – this fleeting, fallen, fickle world – and did the greatest thing that will ever be done” (p. 12).
“I do love the Bible and try to steep my mind and heart in it year after year. So what I have written here is partly meditations on biblical reality and partly applications to contemporary life” (p. 11).
John Piper discusses the relationship between a Christian's heart and mind.
Listen to John Piper discuss the importance of taking breaks from the busyness of life.
Listen to John Piper talk about how we can honor and enjoy God more with our minds.
John Piper talks about the utter essentialness of personal communion with God.
John Piper gives his counsel on how to lead your family in worship together.
John Piper outlines the fundamentals of how we commune with God.
John Piper fights against becoming bored with the Bible with prayer.
John Piper thinks about the troubles of this world as a way to help stay prepared for the next.
John Piper says we should seek biblical proportions in how we relate to God.
John Piper takes doubts seriously and deals with them with the word of God and prayer.
John Piper urges Christians to memorize and review a cluster of helpful Scripture passages.
Jerry Bridges talks about the Christian spiritual disciplines, or means of grace.
“In this fiftieth year since he died, I offer this little book as a celebration of the influence of C. S. Lewis in my life. I hope I do so in humility. I know I do so with profound thankfulness” (p. xi).
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