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• Christ died that we might live. This is the opposite of abortion. Abortion kills that someone might live differently.

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  Opposites, Abortion, Might

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• Why does God bless us with abundance? So we can have enough to live on and then use the rest for all manner of good works that alleviate spiritual and physical misery. Enough for us; abundance for others.

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  Spiritual, Environmental, Doe

  John Piper (2011). “Desiring God, Revised Edition: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist”, p.203, Multnomah

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• There are a thousand needs in the world, and none of them compares to the global need for the gospel.

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  Needs, World, Compare

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• Here is a vocation that will bring you more satisfaction than if you became a millionaire ten times over: Develop the extraordinary skill for detecting the burdens of others and devote yourself daily to making them lighter.

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  Skills, Satisfaction, Burden

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• There will be no passion to draw others into our worship where there is no passion for worship.

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  Passion, Worship, Draws

  John Piper (2010). “Let the Nations Be Glad!: The Supremacy of God in Missions”, p.62, Baker Academic

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• At the heart of mature masculinity is a sense of benevolent responsibility to lead, provide for, and protect women in ways appropriate to man's differing relationships.

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  Heart, Responsibility, Men

  John Piper (1990). “What's the Difference?: Manhood and Womanhood Defined According to the Bible”

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• I wrote this poem called “The Calvinist” to capture a glimpse of God’s sovereign intersection with the life of a sinful man. There is no part of life where the greatness of God does not penetrate deeply. I want to help you feel that.

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  Greatness, Men, Glimpse

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• Jesus' teaching in general [implies] that happy and fulfilling sexual relations in marriage depend on each partner aiming to give satisfaction to the other. If it is the joy of each to make the other happy, a hundred problems will be solved before they happen.

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  Jesus, Teaching, Giving

  John Piper (2013). “This Momentary Marriage”, p.88, SPCK

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• It is evil to justify killing (unborn babies) by the happy outcome of eternity for the one killed. This same justification could be used to justify killing one-year olds, or any heaven-bound believer for that matter. The Bible asks the question: "Shall we sin that grace may abound?" (Romans 6:1) And: "Shall we do evil that good may come?" (Romans 3:8). In both cases the answer is a resounding NO. It is presumption to step into God's place and try to make the assignments to heaven or to hell. Our duty is to obey God, not to play God.

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  Baby, Years, Play

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• All that looks like reality to us is dependent on God. There is creation and Creator, nothing more. And creation gets all its meaning and purpose from God.

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  Reality, Looks, Purpose

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• It is unbiblical and arrogant to try to worship God for any other reason than the pleasure to be had in Him.

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  Trying, Arrogant, Worship

  John Piper (2011). “Desiring God, Revised Edition: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist”, p.18, Multnomah

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• We are not as Christ-centered and cross-cherishing as we should be, because we do not ponder the truth that everything good, and everything bad that God turns for the good, was purchased by the sufferings of Christ.

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  Suffering, Cherish, Christ

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• Adjust your doctrine - or just minimize doctrine - to attract the world, and in the very process of attracting them, lose the radical truth that alone can set them free.

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  Doctrine, World, Process

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• 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.

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  Strong, Biblical, Deep Love

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• He has made me wary of chronological snobbery. That is, he showed me that newness is no virtue and oldness is no vice. Truth and beauty and goodness are not determined by when they exist. Nothing is inferior for being old, and nothing is valuable for being modern. This has freed me from the tyranny of novelty and opened for me the wisdom of the ages.

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  Age, Vices, Novelty

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• Blind people don't decide to see. Jesus says, 'See!' and they see.

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  Jesus, People, Blind

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• God doesn’t waste anything for those who are yielded to him.

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  Waste

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• God aims to exalt Himself by working for those who wait for Him.

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  Waiting, Aim, Wait For Him

  John Piper (2011). “Desiring God, Revised Edition: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist”, p.170, Multnomah

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• The pursuit of joy in God is not optional.
  It is not an 'extra' that a person might grow into after he comes to
  faith. Until your heart has hit upon this pursuit your 'faith' cannot
  please God. It is not savng faith. Saving faith is the heartfelt
  conviction not only that Christ is reliable, but also that He is
  desirable.

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  Heart, Joy, Saving

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• We ought not speak too long about God with our minds before we turn and speak to God from our heart. We must stir a lot of prayer into the stew of our theology.

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  Prayer, Heart, Long

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• The way of the cross is the way of suffering. Christians are called to die, not kill, in order to show the world how they are loved by Christ.

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  Friday, Christian, Order

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• It has to do with seeing God. “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God” (Matthew 5:8).

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  Blessed, Heart, Purity

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• You have to decide what those issues are for you. What do you think disqualifies a person from holding public office? I believe that the endorsement of the right to kill unborn children disqualifies a person from any position of public office. It's simply the same as saying that the endorsement of racism, fraud, or bribery, would disqualify him - except that child-killing is more serious than those.

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  Children, Believe, Thinking

  John Piper (2009). “A Godward Life: Savoring the Supremacy of God in All of Life”, p.280, Multnomah

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• The best news of the Christian gospel is that the supremely glorious Creator of the universe has acted in Jesus Christ's death and resurrection to remove every obstacle between us and himself so that we may find everlasting joy in seeing and savoring his infinite beauty.

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  Christian, Jesus, Life Changing

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• The greatest stumbling block for children in worship is that their parents do not cherish the hour. Children can feel the difference between duty and delight. Therefore, the first and most important job of a parent is to fall in love with the worship of God. You can't impart what you don't possess.

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  Falling In Love, Jobs, Children

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