John Piper
Thank you, John Piper: 70 reasons on your 70th birthday
Today — January 11, 2016 — John Piper turns 70. I ‘met’ John Piper in 2000 when I was 19 years old and my summer mission trip leader had us read The Pleasures of God together. I was transfixed, and transformed. Never had I encountered such an explicitly God-centered worldview or such compellingly clear theological…
Contending for Christ Contra Mundum: Exile and Incarnation in the Life of Athanasius
How to have a rich seminary journey
**This article was originally posted in March of this year. If seminarians will learn the habit of thinking about God’s truth as a means of enjoying him, then they will not waste their theological education, said John Piper during a special, pre-convocation chapel service, Jan. 23, at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. “[tweetable]God gave you…
Equipping the Generations: Pornography: The New Narcotic
The new narcotic. Morgan Bennett just published an article by this title. The thesis: Neurological research has revealed that the effect of internet pornography on the human brain is just as potent — if not more so — than addictive chemical substances such as cocaine or heroin. To make matters worse, there are 1.9 million cocaine users,…
How to have a rich seminary journey
If seminarians will learn the habit of thinking about God’s truth as a means of enjoying him, then they will not waste their theological education, said John Piper during a special, pre-convocation chapel service, Jan. 23, at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. “[tweetable]God gave you doctrine for delight[/tweetable],” he said in the beginning of…
Don’t Waste Your Theological Education
A Word-Centered Culture Instead of a Man-Centered Culture
The danger is that we will become man-centered instead of Word-centered, so that we prize the preacher more than what is preached.