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How to Understand Proverbs

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How to Understand Proverbs

Proverbs 26:7–9

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Spend Thirty Minutes in Heaven: Lessons on Meditation from Richard Baxter

Spend Thirty Minutes in Heaven

Lessons on Meditation from Richard Baxter

Some Christians would love God more ardently and the people in their life more selflessly, if they read fewer verses each day and thought more.

What Netflix Cannot Give — and Death Cannot Take

What Netflix Cannot Give — and Death Cannot Take

What Netflix Cannot Give — and Death Cannot Take

Joy is not a participation trophy in the Christian life. It is a prize to be won, an animal to be caught, a treasure we sacrifice whatever necessary to have.

Are We Adopted for Us or for God?

Are We Adopted for Us or for God?

Are We Adopted for Us or for God?

The more gladness we have in our Father, the more we bring glory to his name. Our happiness in him shows off his holiness in us.

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Why Do I Keep Sinning?

Why Do I Keep Sinning?

Why Do I Keep Sinning?

We don’t keep sinning because we have to, but because we want to. Holiness, in large measure, is a battle of pleasures.

A Marriage Made in Hell: How Satan Counsels Christian Couples

A Marriage Made in Hell

How Satan Counsels Christian Couples

Satan ruins marriages through lying, adultery, and abuse, but he also attacks in another sinister, more subtle way.

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Why Does Piper Avoid Politics and What’s Trending?

Why Does Piper Avoid Politics and What’s Trending?

Why Does Piper Avoid Politics and What’s Trending?

In general, Pastor John avoids talking about politics, breaking news, and hot trends. Why doesn’t he address such cultural issues more often?

His Wife Went Home Too Soon: How God Comforted Hudson Taylor

His Wife Went Home Too Soon

How God Comforted Hudson Taylor

Hudson Taylor’s wife died after twelve short years of marriage. But God’s love in her absence more than made up for the loss and grief.

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Philippians 2:19–24: Do You Live Worthy of the Gospel?

Do You Live Worthy of the Gospel?

Philippians 2:19–24

When pride tempts you, look to the cross. When self-pity beckons, look to the cross. When everything seems alright, look to the cross.

God Will Conquer All Your Sins

God Will Conquer All Your Sins

If you have tasted God’s grace in Christ, and long to enjoy more of him, but carry the awful weight of sin, know this: God will win the warfare he began.

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Why Does John Piper Journal?

Why Does John Piper Journal?

God does not require any of us to keep a journal. But journaling may help some of us see Christ, love Christ, and become like Christ.

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Marriage on the Edge of Eternity

Eternity changes how we love. It would be unloving to get my wife and kids so focused on this life that they are unprepared for the next.

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Fear and Hope in God’s Jealousy

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A Hunger for God

A Hunger for God

Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer

If we don’t feel desires for God, it’s not because we’ve drunk deeply and are satisfied. It’s because we’ve nibbled so long at the table of the world.