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Lessons from Lisa A 9/11 Widow Trusts in the Sovereign Goodness of God On Sunday, September 8, 2002 John Piper preached from Romans 8:35-36 with a focus on the commemoration of the calamity of 9/11. "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, ‘For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.’" He argued that Jesus Christ is mightily loving his people with omnipotent, moment-by-moment love that does not always rescue...

A Summary Theology of Prayer June 2002 Below are five statements from John Piper as a summary theology of prayer. An assumption behind these statements is that to know more of God’s purpose will deepen our commitment to pray and help us glorify God for why he does what he does. 1. God created the universe and all that is in it to display the riches of the glory of his grace. Isaiah 43:6-7: Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the end of the earth, 7 everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for...

The Sweet Commands of God: To Demons, Wind, Ravens, and LoveJune 19, 2002 If, by God’s grace, you are assured that God is for you and not against you, then the more evidences you find of God’s sovereignty, the happier you are. And the wider the scope of God’s sovereignty, the more secure you feel in all the perils of love. And he is for us. The gospel is the good news that, because of Christ’s blood and righteousness, we are justified by faith alone, and God is for us forever. In Romans 8:31-33 Paul says, “If God is for...

The Leaven of SynergismA commentary on the Sovereignty of Grace  Throughout the centuries since God covenanted to save man through the sacrifice of his Son, Jesus Christ, whereby He provided a full, perfect, and sufficient satisfaction for our sins, one aberration of the Gospel has recurrently threatened the truth. It is the view that man must make some contribution himself in securing his salvation. It is not the size of this contribution that is the important factor, but the necessity of it.It is as though healing is promised to a terminally ill patient if only he will prepare himself in...