The Privilege of Preaching In this message John Piper wants to ". . . give you ten reasons why persevering in Christian preaching — expository exultation — is a great privilege. By privilege, I mean the straightforward dictionary definition:
“By love serve one another.”—Gal. 5:13. I shall begin by addressing a few words to you, my brother, the pastor of this church. The text expresses your duty—to “serve” the church; and the manner in
The Power of Preaching In this message you can read or listen to, John Piper aims, "Our theme in this message is the power of preaching. My aim is that, because of hearing this message, you
In respect of the first of these statements, it is true that justification, and every other spiritual blessing, was included in that purpose and grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world
The Missing Heart in AI-Generated Sermons "Nowadays, a frequent conversation among pastors concerns the use of AI platforms—like Gemini or ChatGPT—for sermon preparation. Everywhere I turn, church leaders are wowed by these tools’ generative capability,
Further, The success of the gospel in the times of the apostles is ascribed to the influence of the Holy Spirit, as its first or primary cause. That the truth of the doctrine, and even
Three Levels of Sermon Introduction "Though every sermon necessarily needs a beginning, it does not necessarily need a formal introduction. Though it has to begin somewhere, there is no rule that it must begin with
Answer to an anonymous Letter from “An Observer,” on his Objections to Foreign Missions I should not have thought it necessary thus publicly* to notice an anonymous letter, had it not afforded me an opportunity
The Creational Goodness of Sports and Competition in the Biblical Story "Here, I will consider sports and competition primarily as a good gift of creation. Much could also be said about the way sin has
True religion is a narrow way. We are in danger of missing it, not only in what we do, but in the end for which, or why we do it. The apostle had been dissuading