Servanthood does not nullify leadership; it defines it. Jesus does not cease to be the Lion of Judah when He becomes the lamblike servant of the church.
John PiperOur deeds are not the basis of our salvation, they are the evidence of our salvation. They are not foundation, they are demonstration.
John PiperSeek to see and feel the gospel as bigger as years go by rather than smaller. Never let the gospel get smaller in your heart.
John PiperWe embrace the hand we've been dealt, because we know the Dealer, and he never deals badly.
John PiperIt was becoming clearer and clearer that if I wanted to come to the end of my life and not say, “I’ve wasted it!” then I would need to press all the way in, and all the way up, to the ultimate purpose of God and join him in it. If my life was to have a single, all-satisfying, unifying passion, it would have to be God’s passion.
John Piper