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If grace is to be free - which is the very meaning of grace - we cannot view it as something to be repaid.

If grace is to be free - which is the very meaning of grace - we cannot view it as something to be repaid.

John Piper

Views, Grace, Very Mean

John Piper (2012). “Future Grace, Revised Edition: The Purifying Power of the Promises of God”, p.43, Multnomah

I recall hearing one of my professors in seminary say that one of the best tests of a person's theology was the effect it has on one's prayers.

John Piper

Prayer, Tests, Hearing

John Piper (2012). “The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God's Delight in Being God”, p.107, Multnomah

If a tornado twists at 175 miles an hour and stays on the ground like a massive lawnmower for 50 miles, God gave the command.

John Piper

Twists, Tornadoes, Hours

It's amazing how many introverts go into the ministry. It's amazing how many people go into the ministry who don't really like to be with people.

John Piper

People, Ministry, Introvert

For the mind of faith, a promised act of God is as good as done.

John Piper

Mind, Done

Not grace to bar what is not bliss, Nor flight from all distress, but this: The grace that orders our trouble and pain, And then, in the darkness, is there to sustain.

John Piper

Pain, Order, Grace

The point is not that the resurrection is the price paid for our sins. The point point is that the resurrection proves the death of Jesus is an all-sufficient price. If Jesus did not rise from the dead, then his death was a failure, God did not vindicate his sin-bearing achievement, and we are still in our sins.

John Piper

Jesus, Easter, Achievement

God has an inexhaustible enthusiasm for the supremacy of His name among the nations.

John Piper

Names, Missionary, Ministry

John Piper (2010). “Let the Nations Be Glad!: The Supremacy of God in Missions”, p.62, Baker Academic

I do not appeal to you to screw up your courage and sacrifice for Christ. I appeal to you to renounce all you have to obtain life that satisfies your deepest longings.

John Piper

Sacrifice, Screw Ups, Longing

John Piper (2011). “Desiring God, Revised Edition: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist”, p.251, Multnomah

Now unto him who is able to strengthen you … be glory.

John Piper

Able, Glory

O that we would so love the gospel and have so much compassion for lost people that tribulation and distress and persecution and famine and nakedness and danger and sword and gun and terrorist would turn us not into fearful complainers, but bold heralds of good news.

John Piper

Gun, Compassion, People

Isn't it ironic that today people say, 'If you know the love of God, you don't have to worry when you go on in sin.' But the apostle John said, 'If you know the love of God, you won't be able to go on in sin.'

John Piper

People, Worry, Ironic