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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 Do You Know What Is Right and True?

Carol McClain The world is hungry for happiness, and it is starving. Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds prosperity and honor. Pr. 21:21 If we look at the world around us today, we see the truth of the above. Everyone touts, "I'll living my truth." Like Pilate, who asked, "What is truth?" they set about to redefine it. In the process, only Orwellian doublespeak works. A few contemporary examples Maybe someone believes in a pro-abortion. They define the conceived child as only a fetus (which actually originates from the Latin fētus, meaning "offspring," "bringing forth," or "hatching of young"). The… ...[ full story ]

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