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" I am not a good example of an urban pastor. Because of the way I believe God calls me to use my time, I don't have significant relationships with most of my neighbors. "

John Piper

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" My mother, who grew up in Pennsylvania, literally washed my mouth out with soap once for saying, 'Shut up!' to my sister. She would have washed my mouth out with gasoline if she knew how foul my mouth was racially when she wasn't around. "

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

" 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. "

" 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! "

" Every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. "

" I want to learn from everybody. "

" The Gospel is not a theory; the Gospel is not a philosophy or an idea; the Gospel is not a way of thinking or feeling. The Gospel is an event in history. "

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

John Piper

Essence

God

" Supernatural does not mean methodological stupidity. "

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

" Life is in God's hand. "

" When people think about 'thinking,' they often think 'academia;' they think 'threat.' They think 'coldness.' I want to reverse all those images and say, 'No, the brain God gave you is intended to throw fuel on the fire of your affections for God. It's really good at it if you let it.' "

" Don't assume that all fat people are gluttons. And don't use the word 'fat.' There is a principle here. Learn from logic and experience not to associate things - especially in preaching - that don't necessarily go together. "

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

" 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. "

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

" The giving of the Quran is in Islam what the incarnation of Christ is to Christianity. If this is so, then Quran-burning is parallel to Christ-crucifying. "

" Early on, you talk about God because you consider Him to be most important. But later, you realize there are means by which God is known and portrayed. "

" I owe my life and hope to the gospel. Without it I would still be strutting with racist pride, or I would be suffering the moral paralysis of 'white guilt.' But the gospel has an answer to both pride and guilt. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I can be poor, I can lose a job, I can have a hospital bill that I don't know how to pay, for I can do all these things through Him who strengthens me. "