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A Little Help Here

My soul has been helped throughout the last few days by the following quotes: On preaching: The pulpit calls those anointed to it as the sea calls its sailors. And like the sea, it batters and bruises and does not rest. (Bruce Thielemann) On prayer: A pastor who feels competent in himself to produce eternal fruit — which is the only kind […]

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Discerning Repentance

One’s attitude does not produce discernment, like sadness can’t diagnose disease. On the other hand, the right attitude should be one of the results of discernment, like an accurate diagnosis may cause sorrow. As always, discernment flourishes only when energized by the light of doctrine. Discernment is not created in God’s people by brokenness, humility, reverence, and […]

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A Vision for Young People

Here’s a great start to a new series on a gospel vision for the rising generation of young people. From someone who’s in the thick of parenting and pastoring youth: living for the glory of Christ is not on hold until you are eighteen or twenty-one. There is a way for six-year-olds to make much of Christ […]

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Serving the Next Generation

The church is responsible to serve the next generation. For example, we must “relentlessly extol the maturing and strengthening effects of the only infallible life charter for young adults, the Bible.” Here’s even more about A Church-Based Hope for “Adultolescents.”

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Putting Wounded Egos Out of Their Misery

Pride is bad. What’s more, pride is sickeningly ugly. It is a frightful thing to find in the mirror and a hideous thing to see in someone else. It introduces itself in inopportune situations. It is no respecter of persons. It is enough to damn a man to everlasting wrath. Pride also takes assorted shapes and sizes […]

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Betrayal, Desperation, and Glorious Deliverance

Piper’s final message on Spectacular Sins and Their Global Purpose in the Glory of Christ is the most worshipful message I’ve ever heard that deals with Judas Iscariot, the Suicide of Satan, and the Salvation of the World.

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