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(Author: Josh Sowin)We have a new store special: We will include the Large Black DWYL Journal 3-Pack for free with orders over $20.
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(Author: John Piper) Soren Kierkegaard said, "When the age loses the tragic, it gains despair." This sounds profoundly right. The elements of life that make tragedy possible are the same as the ones that fight off despair. For tragedy to be real there has to be something hugely precious, and there has to be the capacity to feel a great emotion. When these are both present, tragedy can happen. Despair is the horrible blankness that settles over us when nothing is seen as precious anymore and there is no capacity to feel it anyway. As great as our tragedy may be, if we feel it to th... [read more]
add to discussion(Author: Abraham Piper) Here are 3 more Q&A videos from speakers at our upcoming conference. Bob Kauflin on Singing and Preaching Paul Tripp on Speaking the Truth in Love Mark Driscoll on the Life and Death Power of Words Learn more about this conference: John Piper's invitation Video Trailer Speakers Facebook Group Registration
add to discussion(Author: Tyler Kenney) You should consider inviting an international student to live with you. Perhaps you have an extra bedroom in your house, or maybe there's space in your apartment opening up soon. Why not purposefully seek to fill it with some of the most respectful, cultured, and eager-to-learn folks around? This kind of initiative in the heart of one of my roommates caused our apartment-family to grow this past year, adding a pair of delightful Saudi Arabian young men. Now I'm only more convinced of the idea. Here's why I'm persuaded: God loves the foreigner (Deuteronomy 10... [read more]
add to discussion(Author: John Piper) Our ninth grandchild was born on Friday: Morrow John Piper. The day was filled with evidences of God's tenderness to us. So I ask with the psalmist, "What shall I render to the Lord for all his benefits to me?" The psalmist answers, "I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord" (Psalms 116:12-13). The fact of the call defines the meaning of the cup. The cup is lifted for another filling. More, Lord, more! Show your inexhaustible Self! Which is to say, God will be most glorified in Morrow and me if we keep calling on him as the only all-sat... [read more]
add to discussion(Author: Lukas Naugle) "Serving the Voices" is the tag line for a new ministry that I've enjoyed getting to know over the past months. The RYFO Network seeks to holistically care for the unique physical and spiritual needs of touring musicians. Knowing about our mission to spread a passion for the supremacy of God in all things for the joy of all peoples and our commitment to give resources away, RYFO asked Desiring God to join them in serving this influential group of young people. One example of this partnership occurred this July at the Cornerstone Festival where RYFO's founder Ni... [read more]
add to discussion(Author: Abraham Piper) This is a guest post from a friend of ours who is a missionary doctor working with Muslims. It is the final part of his guest series, "Day-to-day Observations from Asia." * * * If our goal in sending Christians around the world is to see thriving indigenously led and supported, theologically accurate churches rapidly multiplying in unreached cultures, then it behooves us to think about the means that are most worthy of our support and effort. To have a church, one does not need a building or denomination or organization or even ins... [read more]
add to discussion(Author: Abraham Piper) Registration is open for our regional conference in Austin, TX this October. The topic is "Job: When the Righteous Suffer," and the cost is only $25 a person if you register this month.
add to discussion(Author: Josh Maloney)Lora Dobreva, from Varna Bulgaria, has translated eight John Piper sermons into Bulgarian, the first Desiring God material to be translated into that language. Some of the sermons address marriage and sexual purity, issues about which Lora believes Bulgarian Christians need clearer, more biblically-grounded teaching. Lora also wants to provide Bulgarian Christians with biblical instruction on church discipline, the new birth, and how believers never outgrow our need for the Gospel. Lora first encountered Pastor John when an author quoted him in a book she was readi... [read more]
add to discussion(Author: John Piper) Joseph Bottum, an editor at First Things, recently published an article called "The Death of Protestant America." Here are a few of his observations that give meaning to the title. By "Protestant America" he means the America that was once defined by the mainline churches—the more liberal expressions of the Northern Baptists, United Church of Christ, Episcopalians, Lutherans, Methodists, and Presbyterians. Take a deep breath and consider: In 1965 50% of the American population was in these churches. But today 8% of Americans belong to ... [read more]
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