Isn't it a comfort to worship a God we cannot exaggerate?

We live in a relativistic culture, where people are more con- cerned with being liked than being truthful. In A Sweet and Bitter Providence, John Piper does an outstanding job of bibli- cally defending key truths that the church often ignores. He gives us an example of how to take a bold and educated stand on issues of race, purity, and God's sovereignty.

What is amazing is how we treat a meeting with God as ordinary or burdensome.

The world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me.

In the midst of our failed attempts at loving Jesus, His grace covers us.

God is calling you to a passionate love relationship with Himself. The answer to religious complacency isn't working harder at a list of do's and don'ts-it's falling in love with God.

It's much less demanding to think about God's will for your future than it is to ask Him what He wants you to do in the next ten minutes.