I read an endorsement recently that really grabbed my attention. A well-known individual described a book that is not very well known in these terms: This book is much better than any other book in the world, excepting the Bible, in my opinion. The individual was Jonathan Edwards. The book was Peter Van Mastricht’s A […]
John Piper
Piper on the Election
Good stuff. John Piper shares his heart on womanhood, race, abortion, the prophetic perspective, the sovereignty of God, and the gospel as they relate to the election. https://youtube.com/watch?v=YGjGbZNyIBY HT: JT
“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 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 […]
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: Q: The Yale Response seems to imply that […]
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 […]