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God gives life and he takes life. Everybody who dies, dies because God wills that they die.
- John Piper
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The Bible is the ultimate authority and infallible, not the pastor and not the elders. And it doesn't mean that you believe everything he says without examining it.
- John Piper
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The bloodline of Jesus is thicker, deeper, stronger than the bloodline of race, ethnicity and family.
- John Piper
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It's amazing how many introverts go into the ministry. It's amazing how many people go into the ministry who don't really like to be with people.
- John Piper
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We are all responsible to Jesus first, and then, under him, to various other persons and offices. Discerning the path of love and obedience when two or more of these submissive relationships collide is a call to humble, Bible-saturated, spiritual wisdom.
- John Piper
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The Bible does not oppose or forbid interracial marriages but sees them as a positive good for the glory of Christ.
- John Piper
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There are two basic restrictions on marriage in the Bible: Number one, she should marry a man. Number two, he should be a Christian.
- John Piper
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God is not beholden to us at all. He doesn't owe us anything.
- John Piper
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You don't give God authority over your life. He has it, totally.
- John Piper
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God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.
- John Piper
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It's amazing how many introverts go into the ministry.
- John Piper
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God tests His people through hardship.
- John Piper
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Not all single women want to be married. Not all boys like football. Not all homemakers like to cook. Not all messy people are lazy. And not all the obese are gluttons. There are glands and diabetes and a dozen conditions you never heard of that may account for things. Put your sermon through the counter-stereotype sieve.
- John Piper
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#Football
#Lazy
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#Women
God has levels of willing and delighting. He wills and delights in things in different ways so that approval and disapproval can coexist without being contradictory, without canceling each other out. I am making the case here for infinite complexity.
- John Piper
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I know God's voice. I've seen God's hand. If the Lord is my helper, why should I be afraid?
- John Piper
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God revealed himself through the Law, which pointed to Christ as its end and goal, commanded the obedience that comes from faith, increased transgressions, and shut the mouths of all humans because no one has performed the righteousness of the Law so as not to need a substitute.
- John Piper
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The essence of faith is being satisfied with all that God is for us in Jesus.
- John Piper
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When people think about 'thinking,' they often think 'academia;' they think 'threat.' They think 'coldness.' I want to reverse all those images and say, 'No, the brain God gave you is intended to throw fuel on the fire of your affections for God. It's really good at it if you let it.'
- John Piper
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If a tornado twists at 175 miles an hour and stays on the ground like a massive lawnmower for 50 miles, God gave the command.
- John Piper
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Whenever the strength of God is not recognized as the source of our strength, we are breaking the First Commandment: Do not have any gods before me.
- John Piper
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Redemption is not perfection. The redeemed must realize their imperfections.
- John Piper
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God has ordained that Satan have a long leash with God holding on to the leash because he knows that when we walk in and out of those temptations, struggling with both the physical effects that they bring and the moral effects that they bring, more of God's glory will shine.
- John Piper
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The best news of the Christian gospel is that the supremely glorious Creator of the universe has acted in Jesus Christ's death and resurrection to remove every obstacle between us and himself so that we may find everlasting joy in seeing and savoring his infinite beauty.
- John Piper
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We look at life from the back side of the tapestry. And most of the time, what we see is loose threads, tangled knots and the like. But occasionally, God's light shines through the tapestry, and we get a glimpse of the larger design with God weaving together the darks and lights of existence.
- John Piper
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#Life
#Time
#Together
There are many pointers in the Bible concerning the rightness, the goodness, the beauty, the justice, the preciousness of racial harmony and diversity.
- John Piper
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Darkness comes. In the middle of it, the future looks blank. The temptation to quit is huge. Don't. You are in good company... You will argue with yourself that there is no way forward. But with God, nothing is impossible. He has more ropes and ladders and tunnels out of pits than you can conceive. Wait. Pray without ceasing. Hope.
- John Piper
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The most dangerous thing in the world is the sin of self-reliance and the stupor of worldliness.
- John Piper
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