It was about six years ago that I was first introduced to the ministry of John Piper and Desiring God. I can remember the car ride and the conversation where it happened. And oddly enough, it was a conversation about the sovereignty of God in salvation. Through the simple question of a [...]

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My wife picked up a copy of this book for me at the True Woman Conference a couple of months ago and I’m extremely glad she did.  Ever since I was first exposed to Piper’s theology of suffering at the 2005 Desiring God National Conference - Suffering and the Sovereignty of God - I have [...]

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I’m almost finished with Piper’s new birth series and thought this was a great excerpt out 1John 5:1-5.  It’s interesting to ponder how this relates to a church’s role in a city.  For me, I think about how it relates to what Eternity will do in Jefferson City.

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Continuing to work through the new birth series which has been truly amazing.  Wanted to share this excerpt of Piper talking about John 1: 11-13.

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One of (and the most important) of our values at Eternity is the Gospel.  One of the great tragedies in Christianity today is the absolute abandonment of both the justifying and sustaining power of the Gospel.  I preached out of 1Corinthians 15 a few weeks ago on this very topic, but as I was going [...]

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I’m continuing to work through Piper’s new birth series and in his exposition of Titus 3: 1-11, (You can watch the whole message here) he has the following to say about how we are wired to think about our salvation and our part in it:

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I’m a huge fan of Pardon The Interruption on ESPN and as I was watching this message by John Piper in his series on the new birth, I thought these would be five good minutes for you to spend:

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If there is one heart cry (and there are many) that I have for Jefferson City and central Missouri as we begin Eternity, it is best captured in the following video clip. I don’t think you can say it any better.

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