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1.000 afleveringen, van nieuw naar oud
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Escape the World’s Infatuation with Sex
7 april 2021 · 10 min
The deepest cure for lust never comes from strategies or accountability. The deepest cure comes from seeing the soul-staggering grandeur of God.
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How Will Heaven Change Our Joy?
5 april 2021 · 12 min
Joy isn’t just a nice byproduct of the Christian life, but an essential part of it. From propitiation to glorification, joy animates our life in Christ.
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How Does Easter Change Us?
2 april 2021 · 14 min
Christ’s resurrection secures our future hope that we too will rise one day. In the meantime, it also grants us spiritual power for everyday life.
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What You Need More Than Self-Confidence
31 maart 2021 · 14 min
Everything good in the Christian life grows in the soil of rich, deep, and happy humility.
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What Didn’t Christ Accomplish?
29 maart 2021 · 13 min
The cross of Christ accomplished everything we need to glorify God by being eternally happy in him. But is there anything the cross didn’t accomplish?
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How Can I Serve the Dying?
26 maart 2021 · 13 min
When you have the privilege of caring for dying people, how can you minister to their souls in addition to meeting their physical needs?
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What Is the Gospel For?
24 maart 2021 · 10 min
Forgiveness, justification, adoption, and eternal life are all a means to something even greater: enjoying God himself.
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How Can I Fight Sin Without Losing Sight of Christ?
22 maart 2021 · 14 min
Christians rest on Jesus not only for justification, but also for sanctification. Both are blood bought. Both are certain.
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I Feel Called to Missions — Should I Date Someone Who Doesn’t?
19 maart 2021 · 12 min
If I feel called to missions, should I be open to dating a Christian who doesn’t share the same calling?
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Finding Hope in God’s Unfolding Plan
17 maart 2021 · 13 min
God determines the direction of history down to the smallest detail. But what is his ultimate goal in all his providence?
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Who Is God?
15 maart 2021 · 18 min
God is the most important and most valuable reality in the entire universe. Who has he revealed himself to be?
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How Can We Know God?
12 maart 2021 · 13 min
Before we can ask who God is, we need to know where to find the answer. Where can we go to learn the truth about who God reveals himself to be?
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The Courage We Need for Mission
10 maart 2021 · 12 min
God’s providence isn’t an obstacle to evangelism and missions. It is, instead, our only hope to see the good news of the gospel reach all nations.
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Do We Dishonor God by Neglecting His Gifts?
8 maart 2021 · 13 min
We dishonor God when we love the gifts more than the Giver. But we also dishonor him when we forget all the gifts he has given.
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John Piper’s Big Book on the Providence of God
6 maart 2021 · 1 uur 26 min
John Piper’s newest book, ‘Providence,’ celebrates the all-embracing, all-pervasive, invincible providence of God.
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Why Did Jesus Choose Judas?
5 maart 2021 · 11 min
If Jesus knew that Judas would betray him in the end, why did Jesus choose Judas as a disciple to begin with?
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Finding the Confidence to Pray
3 maart 2021 · 13 min
The doctrine of God’s all-governing providence is not a problem for our prayers. It is our only hope for our prayers coming to pass.
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I’m Likely Going to Prison — Now What?
1 maart 2021 · 11 min
Where is God when I face life-changing consequences for my sin? Can he really work for my good, even in a punishment as severe as prison?
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Should I Ever Pursue My Dreams?
26 februari 2021 · 11 min
Can we pursue our own dreams while also obeying God? Or do we need to give up our dreams in order to follow what Jesus is really calling us to?
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Protected from False Teaching
24 februari 2021 · 11 min
Joyful faith in the all-governing providence of God immunizes us against false teaching that exalts man and detracts from the glory due to God alone.
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Who Wrote the Bible?
22 februari 2021 · 11 min
The question “Who wrote the Bible?” has a double answer: God and man. Humans held the quill, but God ultimately inspired their words.
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What Is the Meaning of Life?
19 februari 2021 · 15 min
When life just doesn’t seem to make sense, or even when it seems void of any meaning at all, what can help us to know our purpose again?
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Sustained Through the Hardest Suffering
17 februari 2021 · 13 min
God’s providence not only governs all things, but it gives us hope in our suffering. We can trust that our all-good God will turn every sorrow to joy.
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Why Is Baptism Important?
15 februari 2021 · 14 min
Jesus commands the church not only to make disciples, but also to baptize them. But why is baptism so important?
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My Teen Is Sexually Active — What Can I Do?
12 februari 2021 · 14 min
What can Christian parents do if they discover that one of their children is living in serious sexual sin? Pastor John offers counsel on where to begin.
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The Root of Beautiful Patience
10 februari 2021 · 13 min
God’s all-pervasive providence is the key that unlocks enduring patience. He is always working more good than we can ever see.
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Do My Sins Hinder My Prayers?
8 februari 2021 · 12 min
Peter tells us that a husband’s prayers are hindered if he dishonors his wife. Is this just a marriage principle, or does sin always obstruct our prayers?
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Is My Happiness Moral or Not?
5 februari 2021 · 14 min
Does the presence or absence of happiness say anything about us morally, or is happiness simply a nonmoral state of affairs?
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Escaping the Fog of Triviality
3 februari 2021 · 13 min
In a culture filled with silliness and superficiality, seeing and savoring the providence of God protects our hearts from trifling with divine things.
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Has Porn Already Broken My Future Marriage?
1 februari 2021 · 14 min
Pornography distorts our souls. But with the transformation of the Holy Spirit and a hard, honest fight, there is still hope for godly intimacy in marriage.
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Before You Tweet Criticism: Six Considerations
29 januari 2021 · 13 min
Social media feeds are often infernos of insults and anger. How can Christians engage online in ways that make much of Christ?
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Everything Made Meaningful
27 januari 2021 · 12 min
Even the tiniest details of history move forward under the providential care of our sovereign, all-good God. Nothing is random. Nothing is meaningless.
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Why Did God Create Us?
25 januari 2021 · 14 min
If God doesn’t need anything in this world in order to be who he is, then why did he create the world at all?
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Am I Too Hard on Myself?
22 januari 2021 · 12 min
God has given us a high and holy calling in Christ. But can a Christian ever be too hard on himself as he strives to live up to that calling?
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Trembling at Sin, Marveling at Grace
20 januari 2021 · 11 min
Seeing and savoring God’s providence in our redemption fills us with wonder and trembling joy. We owe everything to his grace.
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Martin Luther King and His Partner in the Cause
18 januari 2021 · 14 min
Christian citizenship expands far beyond the country on our passport. We share a citizenship with those from every nation who call upon the name of Jesus.
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Is an Audio Bible Sufficient for Devotions?
15 januari 2021 · 11 min
Is listening to the Bible just as good as reading it? Or do we risk missing something if our Bible intake comes mainly through listening?
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Confronting Lukewarm Worship
13 januari 2021 · 11 min
When we see and savor the providence of God, lukewarm worship gives way to wonder, awe, and holy reverence before our majestic God.
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How Do I Bear with Immature Christians?
11 januari 2021 · 11 min
Faithful pastors long to see their churches grow up in faith, hope, and love. So, how does a pastor bear with those who seem to be going backward?
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How Often Should I Question My Salvation?
8 januari 2021 · 10 min
The Bible instructs believers to examine themselves, but does it tell us to what extent or how often we should question our salvation?
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What Difference Does Providence Make?
6 januari 2021 · 12 min
What difference does seeing and savoring the providence of God make? Pastor John explains why providence overflows with practical implications.
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Can I Take a Vaccine Made from Aborted Babies?
4 januari 2021 · 12 min
Several vaccines in current use are developed from the cells of aborted babies. Can Christians use these vaccines in good conscience?
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How Do I Become Passionate About Bible Reading?
1 januari 2021 · 14 min
Regular, disciplined Bible intake is not optional for God’s people. It is God’s plan for preserving us and bringing us safely to glory.
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Eight Years of APJ, and What’s Ahead
30 december 2020 · 10 min
At the end of another year, Pastor John reflects on 2020, the world of Ephesians, and the need for a new tidal wave of God-centered teaching.
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Should We Talk More About ‘Following Jesus’?
28 december 2020 · 13 min
In the Gospels, Jesus repeatedly tells people to follow him. But why doesn’t that call ring out in the rest of the New Testament?
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Is Christmas Too Pagan for Christians?
25 december 2020 · 15 min
Christmas offers an opportunity to look upon the incarnation with fresh amazement. But does the timing of our celebration just reflect pagan tradition?
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Why Did Christ Need a Body?
23 december 2020 · 11 min
In the person of Jesus Christ, we encounter incarnate Deity. But why did he have to take on flesh that first Christmas?
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Do We Have the Exact Words of Christ, or a Paraphrase?
21 december 2020 · 13 min
Do the Gospels give us the exact words that Jesus spoke, or do they give us a paraphrase that captures his meaning?
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Does Joy Come After Suffering, Or in It?
18 december 2020 · 16 min
Faith does not shield us from waves of sorrow. But it does plant our feet on a rock of immovable joy. And when the waves leave, the rock remains.
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The Sweetness of Christ in 2020
16 december 2020 · 17 min
As 2020 draws to a close, Pastor John describes the one reality that shaped everything else for him: the experience of sweeter fellowship with God.