The deepest longing of the human heart is to know and enjoy the glory of God. We were made for this.
John PiperI am not a missionary, but I have wanted my life to count for the unreached peoples of the world.
John PiperDo all things without grumbling. Why? You have a sovereign God who is on your side, who works everything together for your good.
John PiperSo you can see what is happening in the New Testament. Worship is being significantly deinstitutionalized, delocalized, de-externalized. The whole thrust is being taken off of ceremony and seasons and places and forms and is being shifted to what is happening in the heart - not just on Sunday but every day and all the time in all of life.
John Piper