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The word that describes us before Christ: Dead. The word that describes us after Christ meets us with mighty grace: Alive.

We need to see God’s truth not only as our theology, but as our great treasure. For that, God needs to open the eyes of our hearts.

The church is the body of Christ, and he is the Head. He makes the decisions, he rules, and the body carries out his will.

Jesus is superior to every kind of rule, authority, and dominion that you will find in any culture, any nation, among any people, anywhere in the world.

When we pray, when we talk to our children, when we speak to our neighbors or argue with our spouse — we speak in the sight of God.

Although real evils exist in this world, our King is seated far above them all.

The power God exerts toward us who believe is greater than any force imaginable. The fiercest tornadoes are but gentle breezes in comparison.

Lord, open the eyes of our hearts to see the value of the truths contained in your word.

The unthinkable promise of the new covenant tells us not only that we are God’s people, but that he is our God.

If God has called you by his grace into glory, he will never revoke that calling.

If you have not been growing in your love for God, your eyes may have become dull to him. Ask God to show you more of Christ.

Knowing God is to love God — the real God. If we do not love him, we do not know him.

If you have seen glory in the Bible, be assured, you can see more. Do not settle for what you’ve already seen.

Why is God called the Father of glory? What does that phrase mean, and how does it shape and inspire our prayers?

Why are faith and love so tied together in the Bible? Because they are tied together as a summary of the Christian life.

When you look at your life and notice greater devotion to Christ, greater obedience to his word, greater love for God and for neighbor — thank God.

Do you still pray for God to show you more of himself? No matter what you have seen so far, there are still worlds to see.

How could God be loving and do everything he does for his own praise?

The human heart is dead, fleshly, blind, natural, unable to believe the word of God — without the Holy Spirit.

We are God’s possession. Sealed with his Spirit. Adopted. Redeemed. Yet awaiting our full adoption and redemption.

What does it mean to be sealed with the Holy Spirit? And how does his sealing affect the Christian life?

What is involved in saving faith? The devils, for instance, believe but are not saved. What is different for us?

How do we win our elect neighbors, friends, and family members to Christ? What do we say?

According to Scripture, what exactly is the gospel?

Some define it too narrowly, and others too broadly. So, what exactly is the gospel?

The mystery of Christ is that former enemies — Jews and Gentiles — are now united as one in Christ and share one inheritance.

If God is absolutely sovereign over everything, is there anything truly meaningful for us to do?

The sovereignty of God is explosively relevant for all of life. Come study his power and authority over all things, including you.

Why does the apostle Paul spend so much time drilling down into the realities and importance of predestination?

The glory of adoption is that we now receive an inheritance from God, and the best inheritance he could give us is himself.

The grand climax of God’s plan in history, indeed the very point of all creation, is summed up in one word: Christ.

God has a joyful plan and has worked it out in history, and the climax of that plan is the person and work of his Son.

Nothing can be clearer about the nature of grace than to realize our life in Christ is owing to nothing in us. We were dead.

Have you begun to take the Bible for granted? Even knowing God’s will is an immense grace from God.

“To the praise of the glory of his grace” summarizes the purpose of Ephesians, your life, and history.

Christ’s blood not only purchases our forgiveness, but our obedience. We were not only redeemed from guilt, but from our futile ways of living.

The blood of Christ not only frees us from just wrath; it frees us from the depths of the grave.

God does not sweep our sins under the rug. He sent his Son to hang on a tree to satisfy his hatred against our crimes.

What does redemption in Christ mean, and why is it important for every person on the planet?

Travel from eternity to eternity with John Piper as he submerges himself in the boundless oceans of Ephesians 1:3–6.

What is the distinction between election and predestination? Are they the same thing?

Some of the shiniest gold lies ready to be discovered in the mines of Scripture. Will we take the time to dig for and uncover them?

Before the stars lit up the night sky. Before the sun blazed in the heavens. God planned for his people to be radiantly holy forever before him.

God chose his people in his Son, before the foundation of the world, to put an end to all boasting and to secure eternal praise of the glory of his grace.

Why did God choose anybody for eternal life? And as he did choose some for eternal life, how did he choose those he chose?

When God chose us before the foundation of the world, did he consider us blameless or sinful?

Did God choose his people because he saw their faith ahead of time?

Did God really choose individuals to be saved before the foundation of the world?

God did not look at our works and consider us worthy of eternal life. Before the foundation of the world, he blessed us in his Son by grace alone.

If we knew what awaits us in Christ, we would hold to this world with a far weaker grip.