God is not a killjoy; he just opposes what kills joy. John Piper More Quotes by John Piper More Quotes From John Piper There are a thousand needs in the world, and none of them compares to the global need for the gospel. John Piper compare world needs True worship comes from people who are deeply emotional and who love deep and sound doctrine. Strong affections for God rooted in thrush are the bone and marrow of biblical worship. John Piper deep-love biblical strong Many people are willing to be God-centered as long as they feel that God is man-centered John Piper men long people The cost of food in the kingdom is hunger for the Bread of Life. John Piper bread-of-life cost kingdoms Paradise will not be a hall of mirrors, it will be a display of majesty, and it won't be ours John Piper majesty paradise mirrors The ultimate meaning of true womanhood is this: It is a distinctive calling of God to display the glory of his Son in ways that would not be displayed if there were no womanhood. John Piper calling way son Sanctification is a community project. John Piper sanctification projects community 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 doctors medicine nurse Sin is what you do when your heart is not satisfied with God. No one sins out of duty. We sin because it holds out some promise of happiness. John Piper sin heart promise Marriage is not mainly about prospering economically. It is mainly about displaying the covenant keeping love between Christ and his Church John Piper covenant church love-is It isn't sex by itself that makes abortion. It is sex plus covetousness: desiring things that God does not will for us to have because we are not willing to find our satisfaction in him. Illicit sex and unencumbered freedom without children: for these we covet, and abortion is the result. John Piper abortion children sex God made us in His own image so that His image would be shown. John Piper would-be made So saving grace, converting grace, for Augustine, is God's giving us a sovereign joy in God that triumphs over all other joys and therefore sways the will. The will is free to move toward whatever it delights in most fully, but it is not within the power of our will to determine what that sovereign joy will be. John Piper joy giving moving God created us with sexual passion so that there would be language to describe what it means to cleave to him in love and what it means to turn away from him to others. John Piper passion would-be mean God is not an employer looking for employees. He is an Eagle looking for people who will take refuge under his wings. John Piper eagles god wings The Bible says he was raised not just after the blood-shedding, but by it. This means that what the death of Christ accomplished was so full and so prefect that the resurrection was the reward and vindication of Christ's achievement in death. John Piper life-changing mean blood Even on days when every cinder in our soul feels cold, if we crawl to the Word of God and cry out for ears to hear, the cold ashes will be lifted and the tiny spark of life will be fanned. For 'the law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul.' John Piper soul law perfect The whole world lives for pleasure. The only difference is theirs is fleeting, while ours is forever in Jesus. John Piper differences forever jesus In Colossians 2:12 and 1 Peter 3:21 baptism is an expression of the faith of the person being baptized. I [do] not see how an infant could properly receive this ordinance as an expression of his or her faith. John Piper peter baptism expression Boasting is the outward form of the inner condition of pride. John Piper boast form pride
