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Christian, God is working in your suffering. He is working Christlikeness, working trust, working to draw you closer to himself.

God gives us power — not to escape or avoid suffering — but to endure suffering while looking to Christ.

In this life, we will suffer. And through that suffering, we will know Christ in a way nothing else can provide.

Prosperity preachers not only twist and mangle the Bible’s message. They twist and mangle their hearers.

Faith is the experience of Christ as our surpassing worth and all else as rubbish by comparison.

When we gain Christ, we get a right standing before God that depends upon Christ and not ourselves.

A Christianity that never inconveniences us, never discomforts us, never costs anything, is not Christianity.

We can feel safe before a holy God and boast of a sure eternity. But we cannot do that by looking to ourselves.

The right parents, religious fervor, even good deeds will not save. We could have thousands of confidences, but all will fail unless it is Christ.

We act out miracles when we do ordinary tasks — attending a work meeting, eating dinner with our family, talking to a neighbor — relying on Christ.

Paul had an impressive résumé and a lifetime’s worth of accolades — but none of them could save him, and none of them could compete with gaining Christ.

A longing for heaven can’t help but eclipse longings for worldly pursuits because a longing for future glory produces in us a pursuit of glory today.

Our hope does not rest on ourselves, our neighbors, our politicians, or our kings, but on the one and only true and coming King.

Those who say they know grace while refusing to pursue holiness do not know God’s grace as taught by Paul.

God’s grace didn’t appear in a note from heaven telling sinners not to worry about it. God’s grace came in the person of Jesus Christ.

God rules over sin, but never sins. This truth does not come from John Piper’s ideals, but from the Bible.

Where was God when the worst evil in history took place? Right where he’s always been: seated on his throne, ruling over all.

The silent begin to speak, the timid become courageous, the army begins to march when the church prays for boldness.

A sovereign God reigns over suffering. Therefore, we have a place to go for help, healing, and hope.

We all must decide how we are going to fill the hours of our week. But how do we know what to commit to?

Missions exists because God’s glory deserves global recognition.

If Christ is not your treasure, you can search the whole globe and you will never find what you’re looking for.

If you are in Christ, you have a new family, a new inheritance, a new identity.

Loving others will be costly, uncomfortable, and countercultural. But he gives more grace in our times of need.

A culture of fast food and insta-everything has nearly made biblical meditation extinct.

Does the Bible teach that atheists, members of other religions, and others who never followed Christ will be saved in the end?

We have no promise that our sorrows will go away. But we have the promise that God will give us grace to make it through.

Many of us desire to genuinely love others better than we do now. But are we willing to pay the price?

Most of the decisions we make in life are not based upon direct commands from the Bible. But that does not mean we cannot make biblically informed, wise decisions.

No time spent learning how to study the Bible more faithfully is wasted.

Every temptation rendered powerless, every sickness eradicated, every tear banished — this is only the start of what eternity with God will be like.

Judas believed. The demons believe. And if we believe in the same way, we’ll share their fate. Faith must believe in and treasure all that God is for us in Christ.

Soldiers take bullets for one another. Parents sacrifice daily for their kids. But who dies for their enemies? God did.

As a sinner, you can’t afford to ignore the good or the bad news in John 3:16.

Heaven will be full of sexual sinners who repented and fought against lust with God’s help. It will not be full of those who refused to fight.

Preach God’s promises to your sadness. And keep preaching — for days, months, years, a lifetime. However long it takes.

How can I let go of the bitterness I still carry and treat people who hurt me better than they deserve?

Our coveting problem is really a worship problem. We want what we cannot have because we believe that God is not enough.

Whether it’s crawling through rush-hour traffic or suffering through years of loneliness, God has given us what we need to have patience.

Not all shame is created equal. Some shame should be heeded and some shame should be defeated. Here’s how to fight misplaced shame.

Most of us have spent our lives fighting the bulletproof tanks of pride with a pea shooter. Here is what you actually need to kill it.

If we fully believed what God has promised in the Bible, anxiety would have no place in our lives.

The never-ending rewards of heaven give us never-ending reasons to love others today.

What does saving faith feel like? Like water to a thirsty soul. Like finding a treasure you cannot live without.

Even though we are not saved by works, none of us will make it to heaven without actively killing our sin. Either we kill our sin or it will kill us.

Much is at stake in our fight against unbelief. Without love, holiness, and sin-killing, no one will see the kingdom of God.

There is a comfort that heals and a comfort that kills. Do you know the difference?

Give wisdom to a wise man, and he will grow wiser. Give wisdom to a fool, and he will hurt himself and others.

When pride tempts you, look to the cross. When self-pity beckons, look to the cross. When everything seems alright, look to the cross.

Christian self-denial constantly says “no” to that which threatens to steal joy forever.