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" As much as we can, let's defend the truth by pointing to what the apostles taught, and let's call out sin by pointing to the inconsistencies between what we say we believe and what we do. "

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" Jesus Christ... came into the world to vindicate the infinite worth of God's holiness which had been desecrated by our sin and which seemed... to be taken lightly because it was being passed over for nothing more than the blood of bulls. "

John Piper

World

Worth

Nothing

" You can't make yourself saved. This is very threatening to people, even Christians, because of what it seems to say about freedom. "

" God is not beholden to us at all. He doesn't owe us anything. "

John Piper

Anything

Owe

" Few things give rise to imprecise rhetoric like the issue of race. It's understandable, but damaging. "

" I know God's voice. I've seen God's hand. If the Lord is my helper, why should I be afraid? "

" God gives life and he takes life. Everybody who dies, dies because God wills that they die. "

John Piper

Because

Life

" Little hearts, little souls give little lusts big power. Big hearts give little lusts little power. "

" As a child and a teenager, my attitudes and actions assumed the superiority of my race in almost every way without knowing or wanting to know anybody who was black, except Lucy. Lucy came to our house on Saturdays to help my mother clean. I liked Lucy, but the whole structure of the relationship was demeaning. "

" God wills to be displayed and known and loved and cherished and worshiped. "

" Homosexual behavior has been exploited, and reveled in, and celebrated in art, for millennia. "

" There are two basic restrictions on marriage in the Bible: Number one, she should marry a man. Number two, he should be a Christian. "

" Not all single women want to be married. Not all boys like football. Not all homemakers like to cook. Not all messy people are lazy. And not all the obese are gluttons. There are glands and diabetes and a dozen conditions you never heard of that may account for things. Put your sermon through the counter-stereotype sieve. "

" God tests His people through hardship. "

" The most dangerous thing in the world is the sin of self-reliance and the stupor of worldliness. "

" You do the hundreds of things that a Christward heart does in the hope that God will put a match to those little sparks to cause it to become a conflagration in a community or in a nation. "

" I believe God has a future for ethnic Israel. "

" Woe to us if we get our satisfaction from the food in the kitchen and the TV in the den and the sex in the bedroom with an occasional tribute to the cement blocks in the basement! "

" My prayer is that the good news of Jesus, the crucified and risen Messiah, would flood Jewish communities around the world, that the veil would be lifted, and that we would see a massive turning of Israel to the Lord Jesus. "

" We look at life from the back side of the tapestry. And most of the time, what we see is loose threads, tangled knots and the like. But occasionally, God's light shines through the tapestry, and we get a glimpse of the larger design with God weaving together the darks and lights of existence. "

" God has ordained that Satan have a long leash with God holding on to the leash because he knows that when we walk in and out of those temptations, struggling with both the physical effects that they bring and the moral effects that they bring, more of God's glory will shine. "

" The Bible is the ultimate authority and infallible, not the pastor and not the elders. And it doesn't mean that you believe everything he says without examining it. "

" Do all things without grumbling. Why? You have a sovereign God who is on your side, who works everything together for your good. "

" The essence of faith is being satisfied with all that God is for us in Jesus. "

John Piper

Essence

God

" You don't give God authority over your life. He has it, totally. "

" God is infinitely valuable. I can't think of anything that would have a greater impact on your life than for you to believe that. "

" I just want to preach so bad I can hardly stand it. I love what I do. "

" If a tornado twists at 175 miles an hour and stays on the ground like a massive lawnmower for 50 miles, God gave the command. "

John Piper

Miles

Tornado

" It's amazing how many introverts go into the ministry. It's amazing how many people go into the ministry who don't really like to be with people. "

John Piper

People

Amazing

" We are all responsible to Jesus first, and then, under him, to various other persons and offices. Discerning the path of love and obedience when two or more of these submissive relationships collide is a call to humble, Bible-saturated, spiritual wisdom. "

" I have tried to devote my life - with all my husband failures, father failures, pastor failures, friend failures, any other possible failures I'm sure I've done them - to the God-centeredness of God and my aspiring, yearning to join Him in that activity. God is passionate about hallowing the name of God. "