God loves to show mercy . . . His anger must be released by a stiff safety lock, but His mercy has a hair trigger.
John PiperFaith begins with a backward look at the cross, but it lives with a forward look at the promises
John PiperWhat is the essence of evil? It is forsaking a living fountain for broken cisterns. God gets derision and we get death. They are one: choosing sugarcoated misery we mock the lifegiving God. It was meant to be another way: God's glory exalted in our everlasting joy.
John PiperI recall hearing one of my professors in seminary say that one of the best tests of a person's theology was the effect it has on one's prayers.
John PiperThe point is not that the resurrection is the price paid for our sins. The point point is that the resurrection proves the death of Jesus is an all-sufficient price. If Jesus did not rise from the dead, then his death was a failure, God did not vindicate his sin-bearing achievement, and we are still in our sins.
John Piper