생명의 말씀/John Piper6 God Created Us for His Glory July 27, 1980 Isaiah 43:1-7 If there is a God, as I believe there is, and if he rules the world in his sovereignty, as the Bible says he does, and if he will bring human history to a close according to his plan and appoint to every person his eternal destiny, as Jesus taught that he will, then two of the most important questions for any human being to answer are these: 1) What is God's goal in .. 2010. 5. 31. Delighting in the Law of God Psalm 1 For some people the word "argument" only means "dispute" or "haggling" or "wrangling." But I want to use the word "argument" in its more positive sense of the giving of reasons and the drawing of inferences. I don't like haggling and wrangling but I love to ponder the arguments in Scripture—the way the inspired writers give reasons for their assertions and the way they draw inferences.. 2010. 1. 20. The Wisdom We Speak 1 Corinthians 2:6-13 Last week our text was 1 Corinthians 2:1-5, and the main point was that we should make it our aim to base our own and other's faith not on the wisdom of men but on the power of God. I came down really hard on the "wisdom of men" or as Paul calls it in 1:20, "the wisdom of the world." One of our visitors last week was a former student and a friend of mine, Paul Widen, and hi.. 2010. 1. 4. Life Is Not Trivial Isn't it the extremely high and the extremely low occasions of life that trigger in us a hunger that life not be so trivial most of the time? Every human being now and then feels a longing that life not dribble away like a leaky faucet. You've all tasted the desire that day-to-day life be more than a series of trifles. It can happen when you are reading a poem, when you are kneeling in your clo.. 2009. 12. 30. The Wisdom of Men and the Power of God 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 In coming to you brothers and sisters, I come proclaiming to you the testimony of God not according to excellence of word or of wisdom. For I decided not to know anything among you but Jesus Christ and this one crucified. I come to you in weakness and in much fear and trembling. My word and proclamation are not in persuasive words of human wisdom but by the demonstration of .. 2009. 12. 29. John Piper's Candidating Sermon at Bethlehem Baptist January 27, 1980 Philippians 1:12-14, 19-26 I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel. 13 so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ. 14 And most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, are much more bold to speak the word without .. 2009. 12. 25. 이전 1 다음