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Five Counseling Missteps and the Holy Spirit’s Help

Five Counseling Missteps and the Holy Spirit’s Help

Assumptions of Unhealthy Churches

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The Tyranny of Preferences

Clinton Manley
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Can’t You Just Love Everyone?

Jeremy Walker
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Can’t You Let Me Just Attend?

David Mathis

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The Tyranny of Preferences

The Tyranny of Preferences

How Unhealthy Desires Make Unhealthy Churches

Our preferences might seem minor, especially when disguised as simple requests. But left alone and unexamined, our desires can become tiny tyrannies in our lives and in the church.

Can’t You Just Love Everyone?

Can’t You Just Love Everyone?

Assumptions of Unhealthy Churches

The world tells the church to tolerate everyone and everything, and it calls this posture love. But God intends something far more radical when he calls Christians to love.

Can’t You Let Me Just Attend?

Can’t You Let Me Just Attend?

Assumptions of Unhealthy Churches

Anxiety plagues our generation, but what if one of our greatest fears proves our greatest remedy? God designed covenant commitment to bring strength and stability to his church.

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‘Young Man, You Look Miserable’

‘Young Man, You Look Miserable’

How God Saved a Great Preacher with a Poor One

God changed the heart of a young “prince of preachers” all with a single, simple verse: Look to Jesus and live.

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1 Corinthians 3:10–11: The Foundation Dictates How We Build on It

1 Corinthians 3:10–11: The Foundation Dictates How We Build on It

The Foundation Dictates How We Build on It

1 Corinthians 3:10–11

How did Paul see his role as the first preacher a church might hear? He laid the groundwork for generations of faithful preaching.

Wisdom the World Cannot Receive

Wisdom the World Cannot Receive

Wisdom the World Cannot Receive

What blinds us to God’s wisdom in Christ? John Piper opens 1 Corinthians 2:6–13 to show how craving power and acclaim keeps us from seeing Jesus as the Lord of glory.

The Heart of a Missionary Sender

The Heart of a Missionary Sender

The Heart of a Missionary Sender

Learning from Captain Benjamin Wickes

Sometimes joining the missionary cause as a sender means visiting fields of service yourself. The example of Captain Benjamin Wickes helps senders rethink our paradigm.

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How Evil Works

How does Satan influence the world, and where do we see his work most clearly? Pastor John describes Satan’s power and limits under Christ’s victorious work.

Wisdom Sustains the Weary

Wisdom Sustains the Weary

Wisdom Sustains the Weary

How does wisdom nourish the soul? John Piper shows from Proverbs 20:15 how the knowledge of God’s will strengthens us.

Is Missions Too Costly for Kids?

Is Missions Too Costly for Kids?

Following the call to share Christ across the globe requires much of families. But the God who can draw your children to himself can also sustain them.

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1 Corinthians 3:5–9, Part 2: Fellow Workers of God Are a Single Force in God’s Hand

Fellow Workers of God Are a Single Force in God’s Hand

1 Corinthians 3:5–9, Part 2

Why should Christians resist unduly elevating our leaders or pitting them against each other? Because God uses all leaders as a single means to bless his church.

Better Than Gold

Better Than Gold

Why is wisdom more satisfying than wealth? John Piper opens Proverbs 24:13 to show how wisdom leads to everlasting happiness that riches cannot buy.

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Peace for Second-Guessers

Peace for Second-Guessers

How do we know when we’ve worked hard enough? Pastor John offers six ways to fight anxiety and rest in the grace of Christ.

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