Sunday, May 29, 2011
Sunday, May 22, 2011
For the Lord's Day
“It is a great advantage to
be wise. Wisdom is different from mere knowledge of the facts. Some very wise
people have little formal education. And some very educated people, who know
many facts, are not wise. Wisdom is the
insight and sense of how to live in a way that accomplishes the goals for which
we were made: the glory of God and the good of man. And since glorifying
God involves delighting in God, and the good of man involves sharing our joy in
God, therefore wisdom is the only path to deep and lasting joy.” -- John Piper in When I Don’t Desire God: How to Fight for
Joy
Sunday, May 15, 2011
For the Lord's Day
“I believe in the doctrine of election, because
I am quite certain that, if God had not chosen me, I should have never chosen
Him; and I am sure He chose me before I was born, or else He never would have
chosen me afterwards; and He must have elected me for reasons unknown to me,
for I never could find any reason in myself why He should have looked upon me
with special love.”
-- Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Baptist
minister
Sunday, May 8, 2011
For the Lord's Day
“The
effort to repay God, in the ordinary way we pay creditors, would nullify grace
and turn it into a business transaction. If we see acts of obedience as
installment payments, we make grace into a mortgage… Let us not say that grace
creates debts; let us say grace pays debts… Past grace is glorified by intense
and joyful gratitude. Future grace is glorified by intense and joyful
confidence. This faith (confidence) is what empowers us for venturesome
obedience in the cause of Christ.” – John Piper in Future Grace
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Piper on Forgiveness:
The biblical motive for being
a forgiving person may be deeper than being forgiven. It is true to say: The
motive for being a forgiving person is that we have been forgiven by God when
we did not deserve it (Ephesians 4:32). The bottom of this motive is not God’s
forgiveness, but what God’s forgiveness gives. It gives us God. … God is the
goal of forgiveness. He is also the ground and means of forgiveness. It comes from him; it was accomplished through his Son; and it leads people
back to him with their sins cast into
the deepest sea. Therefore the motive for being a forgiving person is the joy
of being freely and joyfully at home with God. – Don’t Waste Your Life, John Piper
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