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Desiring God Conference for Pastors

February 2, 2011
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Pat Aldridge and I went up to the Desiring God Conference for Pastors, and of course immediately met up with Steve McCoy. The conference was exactly what I had hoped for. You can check out the audio here – all of which is worth your time, though I was most impacted by Dr. Joel Beeke. [...]

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Book Giveaway: Think

January 10, 2011
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Because you didn’t read it last year when you should have I’m giving away two copies of John Piper’s excellent book, Think, this week on the blog. This was one of my favorite reads last year, and I’ve encouraged everyone I know to pick up a copy. John helps the reader to understand the value [...]

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The New Birth

February 15, 2009

This morning I preached on the New Birth/Regeneration from 1 Peter Chapter 1. For this week’s “Relevant Read” I am recommending two books on the subject. One I’ve read and one (I never do this) I haven’t yet read. The first is a classic: Regeneration by J.C. Ryle. The second is John Piper’s newest, Finally [...]

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Piper on Relevance

February 11, 2009

As a preacher, I think a lot about relevance. That is, why should anyone listen to what I have to say? Why should anybody care? Relevance is an ambiguous word. It could mean more than one thing. It might mean that a sermon is relevant if it feels to the listeners that it will make [...]

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John Piper on Influences

September 4, 2008

Mark Driscoll interviews John Piper on the people he has known who have been most influential in his life (via theResurgence.com). Fantastic stuff. Wow.

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Moved

March 3, 2008

Somehow I missed this clip, but I came across it tonight and thought I would put it up here. Piper on the true gospel vs. a false gospel – in this case, the prosperity gospel. Great stuff. (via CWC)

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