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The heart that loses God as its greatest desire becomes a cauldron of desires for sensuality.

Underneath every rejection of Christianity is a hardness of heart and rebellion of life.

The reason God gave us reason was so that we might know God. When we refuse knowledge of him, we are left with futility.

Christianity is not just a worldview to be believed in, but it is a way to live by.

The church is the corporate representation of Christ to the world. This privilege is great, and the task of maturity is serious.

In the church, the redeemed build one another up in love into the dwelling place of God.

Every part of the Church needs to function as God made us to function in order for the church to grow into maturity.

Pastors and teachers are given to the church so that we might stop being children and grow up in Christ, so are you growing?

Immaturity in the Christian life is often exposed by us being easily swayed by new and false teaching.

In order for the church to stand mature before God, each child of God needs to grow up into Christian maturity.

We often say that Jesus is the “Son of God,” but what exactly does that name mean?

Right now, our faith is imperfect, our churches are imperfect, our love is imperfect. When Christ comes, the imperfect will be made perfect.

When we only unify over an intellectual assent to truth, we miss out on the true beauty and benefit of biblical unity.

When the pastors equip the saints and the saints do the work of ministry, the body of Christ builds itself up into maturity.

Pastors have the challenging task of teaching and inspiring their people to maturity in the faith for the health of the church.

Is there a call to the ministry? Does God still appoint pastors to specific local churches?

Apostles and prophets are different from evangelists, shepherds, and teachers. Do you know how?

Who we each are in Christ, with our specific giftings, matters. And who we are as members of the wider church also matters. One does not cancel the other.

Christ fills all things by dying and giving grace and gifts to his church. He is the head, and we are the body. As he reigns, so will we.

The same Jesus that came to earth, lived, taught, died, and rose, is the same Jesus interceding for us now in heaven.

When the Old Testament was written, was it written in light of what would be said in the New Testament?

God gives different gifts in different measures to different people, and he gives them to unite us, not divide us.

We long to belong. We long to be secure. We long for purpose. We long for riches. And all of these are satisfied in God as our Father.

What do you do when you are reading a tough text and not getting much help from commentaries? John Piper models his approach from Ephesians 4:1–6.

We must be eager to keep the unity that Christ purchased with his own blood.

Do you have a quick temper? Do you get angry and find it hard to forgive? If Christ has saved you, he calls you to a long-suffering love.

If biblical meekness does not just mean talking quietly or being soft, what does it mean?

Lowliness isn’t something that we should want just enough of to get by. We should desire “all humility” to glorify Christ.

Lowliness is fitting for the Christian because our redemption cost Christ his life. This should level any and every thought of boasting.

A heart worthy of our calling is lowly, meek, long-suffering, and willing to endure others in love — in other words, it is a heart like Christ’s.

When we are commanded to walk worthily, are we ultimately responsible or does God do this in us?

What does it mean to walk worthily of our calling? Does it mean we finally become deserving of our salvation?

The hope of the Christian calling is precious beyond measure. We walk toward a glory we can’t rightly imagine.

God calls us out of the tomb, out of death, out of condemnation, and out of slavery to sin. We are called into life and joy and freedom in Christ.

The radical life change that Paul calls for in Ephesians is built upon radical truths about God.

Join John Piper as he walks through the first three chapters of Ephesians, showing how the main points relate, all in under twelve minutes.

Do you have moments when you pause from your work, your studies, your responsibilities, your conversations to praise God? Oh, for hearts of worship.

We need more than descriptions of God’s love for us. We need the Spirit to help us know and feel God’s love for us.

Go wide with Christ, go long with Christ, go high with Christ, go deep with Christ. Ask God to immerse you in the love of Christ.

If every Christian already has the Spirit of God, why does Paul pray that the Spirit would dwell in believers’ hearts through faith?

The strength we need for the Christian life is not a strength we possess naturally. We need to be strengthened in the inner man through the Spirit.

How do you determine what a phrase like “the riches of his glory” might mean? Join John Piper as he walks through how he draws truth and reality out of Scripture.

O God, give us strength to comprehend the fullness of your love, that we might be filled with your fullness.

Believers everywhere and throughout time are a new family called by a new name: children of God.

Prayer comes before and after teaching because God must reveal the truth to us for doctrine to have any lasting effect on us.

When a man of God goes to be with the Lord, he is not to be pitied. We can rejoice for him as a man who made it home.

How do we increase our joy in the access we have to our holy God? Through increasing our faith in the crucified Christ.

Nothing that transpired in history as part of God’s saving plan was decided within history. Whatever happens now was planned long ago.

As the church preaches the gospel, demons are forced to watch and relive the glory of God’s triumph over evil.

We use the word “church” over and over in the Christian life, but what exactly does the word really mean?