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John 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 [...]

Seeing Bathsheba bathing led to David’s adultery with her (2 Samuel 11:2-3).
David was a man after God’s own heart. David was born again. David wrote divinely inspired scripture. David was blessed with wisdom and power. David enjoyed an everlasting covenant relationship with God.
So what chance do you think you have to escape the effect of [...]

John 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 [...]

John Piper begins a 3-part sermon series on baptism and church membership with the question, How Important is Church Membership? Shannon and I watched this sermon last night, and it has given me a lot to think about, not only on the subjects of baptism and church membership, but also on leadership and shepherding the [...]

John Piper has been blogging about how we ought to use our “economic stimulus checks” in some Christ-glorifying way, which has led to a very good discussion about balancing the tension between the following two Biblical commands:
Matthew 5:14-16

14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do [...]

The essence of idolatry is the entertainment of thoughts about God that are unworthy of Him. It begins in the mind and may be present where no overt act of worship has taken place.
”When they knew God,” wrote Paul, “they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and [...]

John Piper makes a good point this morning, in a brief post (below is the whole thing) titled, It’s Good We Aren’t All Like Jesus:
Jesus never wrote anything. He hung out, and talked, and healed. But if his followers had only done that, we wouldn’t know even that about him. Both-And, not Either-Or. And some [...]

John Piper on Preaching As Concept Creation, Not Just Contextualization:
As we think seriously about contextualizing the message of the Bible, let’s remember that we must also labor to bring about, in the minds of our listeners, conceptual categories that may be missing from their mental framework. If we only use the thought structures they already [...]

Our church is going through the Way of the Master Basic Training course on Sunday nights. And it just so happens that John Piper preached on evangelism Sunday, in a sermon titled You Are God’s Midwife for the New Birth of Others. We downloaded and watched it last night, and I highly recommend it:
…Tell people [...]

Some good stuff in the blogosphere lately…

Dan Phillips answers, What if someone claims an angelic visitation [today]?
David Kotter at CBMW responds to Luke Timothy Johnson on homosexuality and the church
Paul Lamey tackles the tough subject of applying Old Testament law (and principles) today
John Piper posts an amazing poem from his son, Karsten (do yourself a [...]