Giving in a regular, disciplined, generous way-up to and beyond the tithe-is simply good sense in view of the promises of God.
John PiperWe need God in ways we do not know. Don't limit your experience of God to what you can think to ask. Ask for the unknown joy.
John PiperWe do not smirk at the misery or the merrymaking of immoral culture. We weep. Being pilgrims does not mean being cynical. The salt of the earth does not mock rotting meat. Where it can, it saves and seasons. And where it canโt, it weeps.
John Piper