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John Piper | God’s sovereignty means that he ordains everything that happens — including the fall of mankind.

The New Testament gives no hint that worship services and classes are the sum total of what church was supposed to be.

To give is not to buy. And that weekly crisis is utterly important to maintain.

John Piper | Providence is not just a doctrine for theologians to argue about, but an all-encompassing truth that ignites the joy of God’s people.

It dishonors God to treat him as a master in need of slave labor. What honors God is not slave labor, but childlike faith in his all-sufficiency.

God eagerly waits for his lost children to come home. When they do, he receives them with open arms and a glad heart.

Jesus eating with and receiving tax collectors and sinners displays God’s heart to seek and save the lost.

Jonathan Edwards was used powerfully by God in the First Great Awakening both to promote and assess the revival in New England, as well as to leave behind a fruitful legacy of theological works that have greatly impacted the church.

The Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost. He sought them, he received them, he ate with them, and he saved them.