Christianity is fundamentally convalescence.. .God is not only the doctor who prescribes, He is the nurse who lifts up our powerless head and puts the spoon in our mouth...And He is the medicine. John Piper More Quotes by John Piper More Quotes From John Piper Every experience in life is designed to magnify the cross of Christ. John Piper crosses life-is christ What could be a greater privilege than to listen to the voice of God, and be granted by God himself the ears to hear? John Piper privilege voice ears Avalanches of evil begin with a single pebble of sin. John Piper pebbles avalanches evil The gospel of God and the love of God are expressed finally and fully in God's gift of himself for our everlasting pleasure. "In your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore." John Piper worship joy hands The Gospel is the news that Jesus Christ, the Righteous One, died for our sins and John Piper rose believe jesus The further you go in the revealed thoughts of God, the clearer you see that God's aim in creating the world was to display the value of his own glory. John Piper creating glory world The line of lovelessness is not drawn between speaking and doing, but between speaking and doing in the truth, and speaking and doing in emptiness. Truth turns word-love into deed-love. John Piper emptiness lines deeds John's baptism...was a radical act of individual commitment to belong to the true people of God, based on personal confession and repentance... This is one of the main reasons that I do not believe in baptizing infants, who cannot make this personal commitment or confession or repentance. John's baptism was an assault on the very assumptions that give rise to much infant baptism. John Piper believe people commitment The call of God does what the call of man cannot. It raises the dead. John Piper raises doe men The rich fruit of spontaneity grows in the garden that is well tended by the discipline of schedule. John Piper schedules discipline garden Mission exists because worship doesn't. John Piper missions worship If we were made to watch a doctor pull off the little baby's legs and arms one by one and place them on the table like a dentist removing cotton from your mouth - if all Americans were made to see what it really is, the pro-life goal of abortion being unthinkable (not just illegal) would be much nearer. John Piper doctors goal baby Bad theology dishonors God and hurts people. Churches that sever the root of truth may flourish for a season, but they will wither eventually or turn into something besides a Christian church. John Piper hurt christian roots Being infinite, God is inexhaustibly interesting. It is therefore impossible that God be boring. John Piper boring impossible interesting The offspring of the woman, Jesus Christ, came into the world to save women who have dethroned God, taken His place, defined personhood as tissue, and willed the death of their own child. It can't be reversed, but it can be forgiven. That is why Christ died. John Piper taken children jesus Not going to God because your faith is weak is like not going to the doctor because you feel sick. John Piper doctors sick weak The point is not that the resurrection is the price paid for our sins. The point point is that the resurrection proves the death of Jesus is an all-sufficient price. If Jesus did not rise from the dead, then his death was a failure, God did not vindicate his sin-bearing achievement, and we are still in our sins. John Piper achievement easter jesus There is a war going on. All talk of a Christian's right to live luxuriously "as a child of the King" in this atmosphere sounds hollow - especially since the King himself is stripped for battle. John Piper kings christian children Faith is born and sustained by the Word of God, and out of faith grows the flower of joy. John Piper born flower joy We give glory to God when we trust him to do what he has promised to do-especially when all human possibilities are exhausted. Faith glorifies God. That is why God planned for faith to be the way we are justified. John Piper exhausted giving way
