FEEDBACK: "radical" christianity 

i’m getting tired of being interviewed for or asked to endorse books that are about “radical christianity.” especially when those books typically use that term to describe what should be garden variety, everyday christianity. it shouldn’t be the work of the “radical” to reach out to those who are…

@1 year ago with 148 notes

definition: idolatry

idolatry: desiring something so much that you lose your contentment in God. Or: losing your contentment in God so that you start to seek it elsewhere. - John Piper

@1 year ago
#John Piper #idolatry #contentment #God 

joy

“So there was much rejoicing in that city.” (v8)

Acts 8:6-8

@1 year ago
#joy #regeneration 

"There are church-attending people who believe that they are saved because they prayed to receive Jesus once, not realizing that the proof of the genuineness of that prayer is perseverance."

John Piper from him sermon: Battling the Unbelief of Covetousness.
@1 year ago
#perseverance #Jesus #salvation 
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@1 year ago
#grace 

"Pray often; for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan"

John Bunyan
@1 year ago
#John Bunyan #prayer #God #satan 

"The very highest worship of God is this, that we ascribe to him truthfulness, righteousness, and whatever else should be ascribed to one who is trusted."

Martin Luther, Freedom of a Christian, in Dillenberger collection, p. 52.
@1 year ago
#worship #God #righteousness 

waging battle

How are you putting to death the deeds of the body?

Romans 8:13

@1 year ago
#battle #death 

pursue

Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord.

Hebrews 12:14

@1 year ago
#peace #Jesus #sanctification 

pursue

A man of God pursues: Righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance and gentleness.

1 Timothy 6:11

@1 year ago
#Scripture #faith #love #perseverance