Let’s just pretend for a moment you did not read the title of this blogpost. Let’s pretend that there was an anonymous Christian minister who explicitly affirmed the following: I am passionate about the glory of God above all things. I believe in the absolute sovereignty of God in all things, including sin and tragedy. [...]
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John Piper, Rick Warren, and the Purpose Driven Life
May 27, 2011Hope Loves Best to Live There Most
December 3, 2010Thomas Brooks, in his amazingly encouraging book, Heaven on Earth, writes about the nature of the Christian hope. He explains that the first property of our hope is that it “elevates and raises the heart to live above, where its treasure is.” He adds: This hope is from above, and it makes the heart to live [...]
Heaven – Home of Gospel-Embracing Repenters
October 13, 2009Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people. Because heaven is a prepared place, our Christian lives should be characterized by rejoicing and anticipating being with the Lord. Because heaven is for a prepared people our Christian lives should be characterized by repentance and turning away from ourselves. Therefore, the Christian life is both [...]
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