Tag Archive for 'John Piper'

“When I’m stumped . . . I go to Henry Alford.”

Dan Phillips, who blogs at Biblical Christianity and Pyromaniacs, emailed me about a month ago and asked me about making Henry Alford’s The Greek Testament: With a Critically Revised Text; a Digest of Various Readings; Marginal References to Verbal and Idiomatic Usage; Prolegomena; and a Critical and Exegetical Commentary available for Libronix. In that email [...]

More Thoughts on Regret

About two months ago I wrote a blog post on the subject of regret, in which I raised some questions about whether regret will be a part of the experience of the glorified in the new creation. I suggested with some uncertainty that I’m inclined to think that it will not be. My thoughts were [...]

Interview with N. T. Wright

Said at Southern points to a video interview with N. T. Wright that took place at Asbury Seminary in November of 2007. (Here’s the announcement about Wright’s visit.) Several minutes in Wright shares some brief thoughts on Piper’s book The Future of Justification: A Response to N. T. Wright.
The audio from Wright’s chapel talks is [...]

Is There Regret in Heaven?

John Piper is one of my favorite living theologians. His writings and preaching have had a profound impact on my thinking, and he is regularly a means of great encouragement and motivation. I rarely find myself disagreeing with him.
I recently picked up the 24-volume John Piper Collection from Logos and have been enjoying working through [...]

The Triune God ≠ A Non-Triune God

A couple of evenings ago I read Rick Love’s response to John Piper’s thoughts on “Loving God and Neighbor Together: A Christian Response to ‘A Common Word Between Us and You.’” (”A Common Word Between Us and You” is available at http://www.acommonword.com/.)
One portion caught my attention:

Free Piper & Sproul Sermon Tapes

I’m getting rid of all of my old sermon tapes and planning to donate them to Goodwill. Does anyone want them before I do? Here are the series that I have:
John Piper

Four Sermons on the Holy Spirit (4 Sermons on 2 Tapes)
Hallowed Be Thy Name: Eight Sermons on the Names of God (8 Sermons on [...]

Was Jerry Falwell Reformed?

Ben Witherington (Theopedia | Wikipedia) apparently thinks so. In his recent post “Mr. Falwell Moves On Up” he said, “Throughout his adult life he remained a committed Reformed Dispensationalist Baptist.” When I read that I did a double take, as you probably just did. Reformed?! In what sense?! It seems that he is using [...]

Praying Like Nehemiah?

A recurring theme stood out to me while reading through Nehemiah this time. Nehemiah continually asked God to remember (and respond accordingly to) the good deeds that he did.
5:19 Remember for my good, O my God, all that I have done for this people.
13:14 Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and do not wipe [...]

A Pauline Response to Voice

Greg Linscott of SharperIron asks, “What’s Wrong with This Picture?” in response to Curtis Allen’s presence at Piper’s Bethlehem Baptist Church. You can view the video on YouTube.com.
I don’t like rap. I don’t think it’s the best medium to use in worshiping God—primarily, though not exclusively, for associative reasons. That aside, I believe God is [...]

Loving God Supremely

I found these words from Piper to be convicting in that they reveal my all-too-idolatrous heart—my tendency to enjoy the gifts of God more than God the Giver:
The critical question for our generation—and for every generation—is this: If you could have heaven, with no sickness, and with all the friends you ever had on earth, [...]