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John Piper on church planting

Church planting is definitely ‘in’. It seems to be the ‘now thing’.  All you need to do is check out the websites of some of the most popular Christian denominations and movements and you will see just how ‘in’ church planting is. The websites of Mark Driscoll’s Mars Hill, New Frontiers, Tim Chester’s Crowded House, [...]

Older believers need to introduce younger believers to the written works of men and women of God

I’m really not that old, honest! I became a Christian around the age of 18/19 and I am now 28. Since coming to Christ I have devoured books, particularly books written by men and women who knew the Lord in a deep way and who were used by God powerfully. Sometimes I stumbled across these [...]

What is the Gospel? John Piper

The following outline of the gospel was written by John Piper. I would recommend John Piper’s ministry to everyone both Christian and non-Christian.
Christianity and the gospel are in effect the same thing. The Gospel is the good news about Jesus Christ, and Christianity is also supposed to be a representation of the message of Jesus [...]

  

    "Worldly peace provides quiet enjoyment of life and possessions. But in affliction, particularly in the hour of death, the grace and peace of the world will not deliver us. However, the grace and peace of God will. They make a person strong and courageous to bear and to overcome all difficulties, even death itself, because we have the victory of Christ's death and the assurance of the forgiveness of our sins."
    Martin Luther