It’s Time for Some Risk
I just finished reading Piper’s short book Risk is Right. This is an excellent little book on what it truly means to live an unwasted life. Here is my response. One of the most frustrating…
Tenderizing the Heart
Although we may not get an immediate application from daily reading of Scripture, John Piper states that our devotional life will act like a marinade in order to tenderize our heart. Here are my thoughts…
Advent Day 6: Hope for the Hurting – A Poem by John Piper
For today, I leave you with this powerful video. John Piper is an incredibly gifted and inspirational man. He wrote a poem that brings a different perspective on Christmas. The original post can be found…
Preparing for Christmas
Lynn and I were discussing the meaning of Christmas one morning last week. My response was that the way we celebrate Christmas hardly represents what Christ’s birth should actually be about. Gift-giving is the centre…
Does Obedience Equal Love?
One of the most difficult balances in the Christian life is the understanding of salvation by means of obedience or by means of free grace. Piper points out what Christ meant when He said, “If…
Desiring God
John Piper makes an interesting observation relating to theology and glorifying God. In chapter two of his book titled, When I Don’t Desire God. He states, God is glorified in his people by the way…