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" There are two basic restrictions on marriage in the Bible: Number one, she should marry a man. Number two, he should be a Christian. "
John Piper
Marriage
She
Bible
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" I owe my life and hope to the gospel. "
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" Life is in God's hand. "
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Life
God
" There are many pointers in the Bible concerning the rightness, the goodness, the beauty, the justice, the preciousness of racial harmony and diversity. "
John Piper
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Many
Bible
" Whenever the strength of God is not recognized as the source of our strength, we are breaking the First Commandment: Do not have any gods before me. "
John Piper
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First
Strength
" 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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Truth
" 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. "
John Piper
Together
Experience
Logic
" 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
God
Time
Me
" God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him. "
John Piper
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Glorified
God
" I know God's voice. I've seen God's hand. If the Lord is my helper, why should I be afraid? "
John Piper
Voice
Why
Afraid
" 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. "
John Piper
Hospital
I Can
Job
" I want to learn from everybody. "
John Piper
Everybody
Want
Learn
" Few things give rise to imprecise rhetoric like the issue of race. It's understandable, but damaging. "
John Piper
Rhetoric
Give
Race
" Neither Muslims nor anyone else truly worships the true God if they reject Jesus as he really is in the Gospels. "
John Piper
Really
God
He
" The Bible does not oppose or forbid interracial marriages but sees them as a positive good for the glory of Christ. "
John Piper
Glory
Bible
Positive
" God wills to be displayed and known and loved and cherished and worshiped. "
John Piper
Known
Cherished
God
" 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. "
John Piper
Good News
Prayer
World
" 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. "
John Piper
Pride
Suffering
My Life
" God gives life and he takes life. Everybody who dies, dies because God wills that they die. "
John Piper
Because
Life
He
" 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. "
John Piper
Bible
Believe
Authority
" 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. "
John Piper
Shine
God
Moral
" I believe God has a future for ethnic Israel. "
John Piper
Believe
Future
God
" 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
Go
Amazing
" 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
Like
" Do all things without grumbling. Why? You have a sovereign God who is on your side, who works everything together for your good. "
John Piper
Why
You
Without
" God is not beholden to us at all. He doesn't owe us anything. "
John Piper
Anything
Us
Owe
" I just want to preach so bad I can hardly stand it. I love what I do. "
John Piper
Love
Stand
Bad
" The essence of faith is being satisfied with all that God is for us in Jesus. "
John Piper
Essence
Us
God
" Reading and understanding the Bible involves lots and lots of interpretation. Not just in light of the world and culture around us, but in reference to other parts of the Bible. "
John Piper
Reading
World
Culture
" 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. "
John Piper
You
Realize
Early
" The most dangerous thing in the world is the sin of self-reliance and the stupor of worldliness. "
John Piper
Dangerous
World
Sin