Christmas: the Son of God expressing the love of God to save us from the wrath of God so we could enjoy the presence of God.
John PiperThe greatest stumbling block for children in worship is that their parents do not cherish the hour. Children can feel the difference between duty and delight. Therefore, the first and most important job of a parent is to fall in love with the worship of God. You can't impart what you don't possess.
John PiperEvangelicals are distraught over the state of America because they have not been taught that we're aliens here.
John PiperIf grace is to be free - which is the very meaning of grace - we cannot view it as something to be repaid.
John PiperSin is what you do when your heart is not satisfied with God. No one sins out of duty. We sin because it holds out some promise of happiness. That promise enslaves us until we believe that God is more to be desired than life itself (Psalm 63:3). Which means that the power of sin's promise is broken by the power of God's.
John Piper