Posts Tagged ‘Desiring God’
Piper on the Lakeland Revival and Discernment
Saturday, August 16th, 2008John Piper discusses the Lakeland Revival and discernment:
Discernment is not created in God’s people by brokenness, humility, reverence, and repentance. It is created by biblical truth and the application of truth by the power of the Holy Spirit to our hearts and minds. When that happens, then the brokenness, humility, reverence, and repentance will have [...]
What Is Baptism, and How Important Is It?
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008John Piper continues his sermon series on baptism and church membership with a look at Bethlehem Baptist’s Elder Affirmation of Faith on baptism:
We believe that baptism is an ordinance of the Lord by which those who have repented and come to faith express their union with Christ in His death and resurrection, by being immersed [...]
Desiring God: 12 Sins We Blame on Others
Thursday, June 26th, 2008The first man, caught in the first sin, turns to blame his wife. And he extends the blame to God as well! He implies that he would have remained innocent if God hadn’t put Eve in the garden with him.
The blame-shifting in the Garden continues today. Our proud hearts send us desperately looking for someone [...]



