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Philippians 4:4–7, Part 1: Can Anyone Really Rejoice ‘Always’?
18 februari 2020
How could we possibly, in our world full of sin and death, “rejoice always”?
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Matthew 11:25–30, Part 7: Is His Yoke Really Easy?
15 februari 2020
Countless ways exist to ruin your eternity and go to hell. Only one Way leads to eternal life: Jesus Christ.
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Matthew 11:25–30, Part 6: What Kind of Rest Does Jesus Give?
11 februari 2020
Sin’s burden breaks the soul’s back. Jesus’s burden strengthens the soul and leads to rest.
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Matthew 11:25–30, Part 5: The Sweetest Invitation in the New Testament
8 februari 2020
Christ invites you to lay down self-sufficiency and come find rest for your soul in him, a rest that can never be taken.
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Matthew 11:25–30, Part 4: We Cannot See Jesus Without God
4 februari 2020
Thousands saw Jesus, but did not see him. Millions read the Bible and do not worship Jesus. Salvation belongs to the Lord.
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Matthew 11:25–30, Part 3: Only God Can Reveal God
1 februari 2020
The pride of man is eternally humbled by the simple fact that unless God reveals himself to us, we could never have repented or believed.
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Matthew 11:25–30, Part 2: God Must Give Spiritual Sight
28 januari 2020
If God does not reveal himself to us, even the wisest, the strongest, the richest will not find him.
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Matthew 11:25–30, Part 1: God Hides Salvation from the Proud
25 januari 2020
God has hidden works from some that if performed would have caused them to repent. Why?
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Matthew 11:20–24, Part 2: Will Hell Be Worse for Some?
21 januari 2020
Some cities, Jesus says, are worse than Sodom. How they responded to him increased their judgment.
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Matthew 11:20–24, Part 1: Miracles Are Meant to Drive Repentance
18 januari 2020
Even healing can be dangerous, if we do not reckon with the purpose of our healing: repentance.
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Philippians 4:2–3, Part 4: Why Does It Matter That Their Names Are in the Book of Life?
14 januari 2020
The frustrations and grievances we carry against other Christians would feel different if we could see their names written in the book of life.
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Philippians 4:2–3, Part 3: Eight Ways Paul Encourages Euodia and Syntyche to Come to One Mind
11 januari 2020
Pastors are not called to create unity in the body of Christ. They are called to help their people maintain it.
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Philippians 4:2–3, Part 2: The Bible and the Sermon Are Not Always Enough
7 januari 2020
Reconciliation between believers in our churches will require more than the pastor’s preaching or our private Bible reading.
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Philippians 4:2–3, Part 1: How Pervasive Is Paul’s Concern with Conflict in the Church?
4 januari 2020
Christians share more than the same worldview. They share the same heart, the same mind, the same body, and the same Savior.
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Micah 5:2, Part 4: How the Priests and Scribes Abused the Bible
31 december 2019
Some people who teach the Bible should not be teaching the Bible. Here is an example from the Bible.
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Micah 5:2, Part 3: The Global Majesty of the God-Man
28 december 2019
Jesus is not a small Savior for small sins against God. Jesus is the global Savior for a world full of children of wrath.
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Micah 5:2, Part 2: The Lowly, Ancient Origins of the King
24 december 2019
From the small and lowly city of Bethlehem came the great ruler of the whole world.
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Micah 5:2, Part 1: How Did Prophets See the Future?
21 december 2019
The prophecies of the Bible can be confusing. One way to help us interpret them is to understand how prophets saw the future.
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Isaiah 9:1–7, Part 4: God’s Zeal to Enthrone His Son on Earth
17 december 2019
If men and women and children could see rightly, they would fall over themselves to enter the kingdom of a King like ours.
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Isaiah 9:1–7, Part 3: What Kind of Government Will God Bring?
14 december 2019
Only he whose hands bear the scars of nails, hands strong enough to bear our wrath, can hold the scepter over the redeemed people of God.
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Isaiah 9:1–7, Part 2: Yoke Broken, Joy Soaring, Enemies Serving
10 december 2019
When God came to conquer his enemies, he prevailed so thoroughly that they became useful for his purposes and our good.
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Isaiah 9:1–7, Part 1: Gloom to Glory by a Great Light
7 december 2019
The Bible is beautifully coherent. Join John Piper as he studies the great prophecy given of Jesus in Isaiah.
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Four Obstacles in Bible Reading, Part 4: ‘My Emotional Response Is Weak’
3 december 2019
If you read the Bible and don’t feel anything, cry out to God, “Satisfy me in the morning with your steadfast love.”
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Four Obstacles in Bible Reading, Part 3: ‘I Am Distracted and Divided’
30 november 2019
We are so prone to distraction. Has the prayer “Unite my heart to fear your name” ever been more relevant?
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Four Obstacles in Bible Reading, Part 2: ‘I Don’t See Wonders’
26 november 2019
God must give us both eyes to see his glory in the word and hearts to love that glory.
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Four Obstacles in Bible Reading, Part 1: ‘I Don’t Want to Read the Bible’
23 november 2019
What can I do when I don’t want to read my Bible?
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2 Timothy 2:1–7, Part 4: Single-mindedness, Integrity, and Diligence Through Grace
19 november 2019
When Paul thought of Christian ministry, he thought of a soldier, an athlete, and a farmer. Do you?
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2 Timothy 2:1–7, Part 3: Teaching the Bible Takes Supernatural Strength
16 november 2019
You do not need new curriculum to disciple someone in the Bible; you need supernatural strength from God.
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2 Timothy 2:1–7, Part 2: Grace Is Power, Not Just Pardon
12 november 2019
If you think you have received grace but have no new power to seek God and kill sin, you may not have received God’s grace.
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2 Timothy 2:1–7, Part 1: Is Spiritual Insight a Product of Thinking or Praying?
9 november 2019
Those who expect to have spiritual insight without thinking hard do not know how God gives understanding.
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Foundations of Christian Hedonism, Part 11: God Glorified, Man Satisfied
5 november 2019
If you desire God to get glory from your life, take your joy in him very seriously.
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Foundations of Christian Hedonism, Part 10: Love for People as the Overflow of Joy
2 november 2019
Pursuing greater, deeper joy in God increases, not diminishes or hinders, our love for other people.
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Foundations of Christian Hedonism, Part 9: Joy in Suffering Shows the Worth of God
29 oktober 2019
Suffering with joy in this world is one of the greatest advertisements for the reality of the next.
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Foundations of Christian Hedonism, Part 7: The Severing of Boasting and Self-Pity
22 oktober 2019
Joy in Christ is not passive or timid. It severs, with holy aggression, all boasting and self-pity still within us.
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Foundations of Christian Hedonism, Part 6: Is Joy Essential to Saving Faith?
19 oktober 2019
If our faith in Jesus does not involve an enjoying of Jesus, it is not saving faith.
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Foundations of Christian Hedonism, Part 5: Conversion to Christ — and Joy
15 oktober 2019
The essence of genuine conversion to Christ is awakening to Christ as supremely valuable.
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Foundations of Christian Hedonism, Part 4: What Is the Essence of Evil?
12 oktober 2019
We should pursue our fullest and most lasting satisfaction in God because to find that satisfaction anywhere else is the essence of evil.
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Foundations of Christian Hedonism, Part 3: If You Refuse to Be Happy
8 oktober 2019
It is our duty, not just our opportunity, to pursue God. And he underlines this reality by threatening judgment if we will not seek happiness in him.
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Foundations of Christian Hedonism, Part 2: God Demands Our Delight
5 oktober 2019
God cares more about your happiness than you do. He is so serious about your joy that he threatens hell if you refuse to find it in him.
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Foundations of Christian Hedonism, Part 1: The Duty of Delight
1 oktober 2019
Christian Hedonism: A life devoted to pursuing the fullest and longest pleasure in God through Jesus Christ.
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Philippians 4:1, Part 4: Stand Firm in the Strength of God
28 september 2019
God does not call us to stand firm in our own willpower, relying on our own strength. He calls us to stand firm in the Lord.
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Philippians 4:1, Part 3: What Crown Will Christians Receive?
24 september 2019
Other Christians will stand as evidence on the last day that you truly loved the Lord Jesus during your lifetime.
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Philippians 4:1, Part 2: Can We Love Christians Too Much?
21 september 2019
How can the apostle Paul call other believers “my joy” when he just said that he counts everything as loss compared to knowing Christ?
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Philippians 4:1, Part 1: Love and Long for One Another
17 september 2019
The apostle Paul expressed a deep love and longing in his letters. How often do you express that kind of love to other Christians?
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1 Corinthians 10:13, Part 2: What Is the Way of Escape in Temptation?
10 september 2019
How can God say he will provide us with an escape in our tests and trials while also saying he will help us endure them?
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1 Corinthians 10:13, Part 1: Is Every Temptation a Test from God?
7 september 2019
Don’t limit the word “temptation” to something that lures us into sin. Anything that tries to pull us away from God is a temptation. Anything.
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Philippians 3:18–21: Our Bodies Will Shine Like the Sun
3 september 2019
When this life comes to an end, when our frail bodies sputter for the last time, God will raise us from the dead and give us glorious bodies.
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Philippians 3:18–21: What Will My New Body Be Like?
31 augustus 2019
Someday soon we get to exchange our crippled and lowly body for a glorious and heavenly one.
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Philippians 3:18–21: Live Like You Belong in Heaven
27 augustus 2019
If you are Christ’s, you don’t belong here. This is not your home. Your citizenship is in heaven.
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Philippians 3:18–21: How to Be an Enemy of the Cross
24 augustus 2019
Even though Paul could outdo every Pharisee in law-keeping, he had no confidence in the law. But he had full confidence in the cross.