On the Possibility of Saying “I Love You, But I Don’t Like You” …
The Opinion, v10 n2, pp. 5-7
The command to love is a call to the deepest and most thoroughgoing sanctification.
What We See When the Spirit Reigns: Love …
If we are unmerciful, unforgiving people, if we hold grudges or cherish resentments or plan revenge, then what we are saying in effect to God is, "This is the way I prefer life to be." And so he will give us what we have preferred at the day of judgment; no mercy, no forgiveness, but only vengeance. If Christ has not changed us (and I don't mean perfection, but only significant change), then probably we have never known him.
"Only Wounded Soldiers Can Serve" …
When a person strikes rock bottom with a sense of helplessness he may find that he has struck the Rock of Ages.
"As Yourself" …
How can I admit that I am a worm and yet “love my neighbor as myself”?
Freed to Love …
Freedom flows forth in love just as surely as a bubbling spring flows forth in a mountain stream.
The One Who Loves Lives in Light …
Hate is the evidence of blindness to the light of God. Love is the evidence that sight has been given to the blind.
Love One Another for Love Is of God …
The evidence of being indwelt by the Spirit of God is the experience of loving Jesus the way the Father loves him.
Be Kind to One Another …
Christian kindness is not merely an external change of manners; it is an internal change of heart.
The Labor of the Christian Leader …
Sanders Christian Foundation
South Hamilton, MA
Savoring God by Serving the Saints …
Serving and loving and helping and encouraging and supporting the saints is the way we show our love for the name of God.
Finding Joy Through Loving Others (with Portuguese Interpretation) …
FIEL Conference for Pastors and Leaders
São Paulo, Brazil
"The Greatest of These Is Love" …
Thoughts on the New Sermon Series
Something tremendous is at stake in the practical unity of love in the body of Christ.
The Greatest of These Is Love: An Introduction to the Series …
God is love. The implications of this for the way we live are big.
Faith: The Link Between God's Love for Us and Ours for Others …
How does Christ's love for us turn into our love for others?
Doing Well and Doing Better …
Even inside perfection, there is good, better, and best. And understanding this will help us love as we ought.
Love Your Neighbor as Yourself, Part 1 …
All of Scripture hangs on two great purposes: that God be loved with all our heart, and that we love each other as we love ourselves.
Love Your Neighbor as Yourself, Part 2 …
Loving God sustains us through all the joy and pain and perplexity and uncertainty of what loving our neighbor should be.
But I Say to You, Love Your Enemies, Part 1 …
Becoming a child of God and being transformed on the inside precedes and enables love, not vice versa.
But I Say to You, Love Your Enemies, Part 2 …
Jesus is calling us not just to do good things for our enemy; he is also calling us to WANT their best.
The Limits of Love …
More Thoughts on Sunday’s Text
Love One Another with Tender Affection …
God intends for us not merely to do to others as we would have them do to us, but he wants us to feel toward other believers a certain way.
Be Inspired By Aristeides …
To See and Show Christ this Summer
Dying as a Means of Loving, Part 1 …
Is there something in your life that is hindering your fruitfulness in Christ—something that you need to die to?
Dying as a Means of Loving, Part 2 …
We simply cannot love the way Paul describes until we die.
Find a New Way to Love …
God is wakening people to the astonishing reality that they can be different and better in the way they love others.
Can Christians Be Held Hostage by the Sins of the Beloved? …
Should the sins of others keep us captive in a prison of sorrow?
Our Pursuit of Others' Enjoyment of God …
Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in BC & Yukon Convention
If You Want to Love, You Must Die to the Law …
The law is not our primary means for bearing fruit. It serves mostly to teach us that we don't bear fruit apart from the gospel.
Surrendering and Demanding Rights: Two Kinds of Love …
Thoughts on Mercy and Justice in 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15
Thoughts on mercy and justice in 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15.
Doing Mercy to the Brothers of Jesus and the Broken Neighbor …
If we are true Christians we will want to show mercy to suffering people.
Let Love Be Genuine …
You can be a liberal hypocrite, and you can be fundamentalist hypocrite. But love is not that way.
Consider How to Stir Up One Another to Love …
Don’t be a loner in the Christian life. God did not design it that way.
Commending and Welcoming Radical Risk-Takers for Christ …
What can we learn from how Paul sends his greetings?
Carry My Love to My Beloved …
Christians are precious to each other when they feel deeply what they have been saved from.
What Does Love Look Like In Conflict? …
Listen to John Piper talk about how we should be different than this culture in the way we offer and receive criticism.
What Love Does and Does Not Do …
Anniversary Thoughts on 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Paul isn't abstractly defining love 1 Corinthians 13. He is showing how it applies to the church.
Welcome One Another for the Glory of God …
JAMA New Awakening Conference
Philadelphia, PA
The Mind of Christ: Looking Out for the Interests of Others …
4 examples from Philippians 2 of people who put others' interests before their own.
The New Commandment of Christ: Love One Another As I Have Loved You …
What's new about Jesus' new commandment?
What to Say to the Depressed, Doubting, Skeptical, Confused, Angry …
How to interact with those who are struggling in their faith.
Joyful, Serious Church Life Together …
Thoughts on Bethlehem Baptist's new relational commitments.
What I Said to the Pastoral Staff About Unity Amid Differences …
Six biblical guidelines for loving each other.
When Should You Confront Someone About Their Sin? …
John Piper says that it takes spiritual wisdom and discernment to determine whether you should confront someone over sinful behavior.
Our Passion for Others’ Joy …
Rezolution
Johannesburg, South Africa
God’s Passion for Other’s Joy …
Engage 2011
Katoomba, Australia
Love Your Enemies …
Jesus' Love Command in the Synoptic Gospels & the Early Christian Paraenesis
“Our only hope for loving our enemy is to be a new creation in Christ. And our only hope for being a new creation in Christ is to be reconciled to God through the death of his Son” (p. x).
How Can I Help My Friends Stay Satisfied in God? …
“The greatest ministry you can have to me is for you to enjoy Christ. Turn that around and ask, ‘How can I be the greatest blessing to the people around me?’ The answer: Get up in the morning, go to the word of God, and, like George Mueller said, ‘Get your heart happy in God’ before you meet other people.”
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