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Tagged: John Piper

How to Awaken Amazement
Posted on Monday, January 13th, 2025 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Benefits of Living for today, Carol McClain, Clyde Kilby, Ecclesiastes 3: 4-5, how to live life with amazement, John Piper, joy in sorrow, Matt 6:34, Writing Redemption

“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble” Matt. 6:34, ESV. Life is hard. If you look around, there’s not a thing created that hasn’t been worn down by this earth. Rocks erode, bugs eat plants–find a tree without leaves …[ read more ]
Lost Joy Belittles Christ
Posted on Wednesday, January 8th, 2025 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: John Piper, joy, joy in Christ, mourning for sinners, Philippians 3:1

@carol_mcclain “If our joy is lost, Christ is belittled, and what then has love to offer the beloved sinner?” John Piper, Taste and See, pg. 4 In Philippi, the authorities locked Paul and Silas up in prison because they set a slave girl free from demons. Beaten, and whipped, the two were locked in a prison. …[ read more ]

How to Awaken Amazement

“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble" Matt. 6:34, ESV. Life is hard. If you look around, there's not a thing created that hasn't been worn down by this earth. Rocks erode, bugs eat plants--find a tree without leaves nibbled and frayed--those we love lose everything in floods and fires. Finally, all we love die. What a joyful start to my ruminations. However we go through pain, we have to rejoice in the moment we have. Clyde Kilby, an expert on authors such as… ...[ full story ]

Carol McClain