Oh, how rare are the Christians who speak with a tender heart and have a theological backbone of steel.
John PiperWe make a god out of whatever we find most joy in. So find your joy in God and be done with all idolatry.
John PiperThere is no other way the world is going to see the supreme glory of Christ today, except that we break free from the Disneyland of America and begin to live lifestyles of missionary sacrifice that looks to the world like our treasure is in heaven and not on the earth.
John PiperThe infinite reservoir of future grace is flowing back through the present into the ever-growing pool of past grace. The inexhaustible reservoir is invisible except through the promises. But the ever-enlarging pool of past grace is visible; and God means for the certainty and beauty and depth to strengthen our faith in future grace.
John Piper