An abstract design for the ox with bright red & blue colouring.
Church of St Andrew, Plymouth, Devon
Detail of the ox of St Luke from a stained glass window, designed by John Piper & made by Patrick Reyntiens (1958)
#StainedGlassSunday
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The Bible is too woke for Christians, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social
Anti-immigrant theology is a perfect catch-22 of absurdity.
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#evangelicals #bible #immigration #johnpiper
For reference – not endorsement nor irreverence – this is a John Piper 2-minute audio/answer about immigrants from 2008:
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The freak outs about #JohnPiper show a reality we already knew. That for many, seeing Scripture use the word Stranger, Foreigner, Oppressed, Poor, imprisoned, or hungry, will immediately initiate a response. Because they cant comprehend how God would care about those they do not.
Most preaching highlights that Christ died only to secure our forgiveness. But, that’s not true! 1 Peter 2:24 doesn’t get its fair shake: “[Christ] bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness.” #JohnPiper
“We weren’t meant to be somebody—we were meant to know Somebody” #JohnPiper
“Do you want to hear God speak? Read your Bible out loud” #JohnPiper
“Marriage is not mainly about staying in love. Marriage is mainly about keeping a covenant” #JohnPiper
“Grace is not simply leniency when we have sinned. Grace is the enabling gift and power of God not to sin. Grace is power, not just pardon” #JohnPiper
“Being raised from the dead is never boring. Therefore every Christian has a stunning testimony” #JohnPiper
“Reading the Bible has zero effect on our lives apart from the Holy Spirit” #JohnPiper
When someone asks, “How can I know the will of God for my life?“ I love to say, “I know the will of God for your life.“ 1 Thessalonians 4:3: “This is the will of God, your sanctification” #JohnPiper
“I’m not coming as an authority but with an Authority [God’s Word: the Bible]. And if I can’t show you what’s here [in the Bible], there’s no reason why you should pay any attention to me” #JohnPiper
Are you satisfied in the Lord? #sermon #revival #advent #repentance #joy #atheist #johnpiper #salvation
As a preacher, “my words have authority only insofar as they are the repetition, unfolding, and proper application of the words of Scripture. I have authority only when I stand under authority” #JohnPiper
“God’s love for you in such a way that makes Him your supreme treasure is a greater love for you than if He made you your supreme treasure” #JohnPiper
“The problem with the world is not lack of light but love of dark” (John 3:19) #JohnPiper
“Satan devotes 168 hours a week trying to deceive you. Do you think you can maintain a renewed mind with a ten-minute glance at God’s book once a day?” #JohnPiper
“If God wore a coat with pockets, He would carry the universe in one of them like a peanut. To ponder the meaning of that peanut, without reference to God’s majesty, is the work of a fool” #JohnPiper
“Grace doesn’t respond to worth; it gives worth. It finds us treasonous and dead, and makes us children of God” #JohnPiper
“Suffer whatever you must in order to win the war with lust” #JohnPiper
“Every day be in the Bible. Breathe the Bible. Don’t try to hold your breath from Monday to Wednesday. Breathe every day” #JohnPiper
“God is not a killjoy. He just opposes what kills joy” #JohnPiper
“Prosperity cannot be a proof of God’s favor, since it is what the devil promises to those who worship him” (Matt. 4:9) #JohnPiper
“Jesus fixed his gaze on the completion of his joy. That gaze sustained the greatest act of love that ever was. The same gaze — the completion of our joy in God — will sustain us as well. The pursuit of that joy doesn’t contradict suffering — it carries it” #JohnPiper
Really enjoyed "Echoes of Yorkshire" at the museum gardens last night. At times like a technicolour John Piper painting... #York #JohnPiper
“Satan devotes 168 hours a week trying to deceive you. Do you think you can maintain a renewed mind with a ten-minute glance at God's book once a day?” #JohnPiper
“Jesus was indeed tested or tempted outwardly, and enticed by the devil, but he was never tempted inwardly by being dragged by his own desires into sin. He was a perfect, sinless sacrifice” #JohnPiper
“If God is our pleasure, then pleasure can't be in competition with God” #JohnPiper
“God is without beginning, without ending, and without becoming. He is absolutely self-sufficient” #JohnPiper
