Note: these are devotional posts based on John Piper’s new book What Jesus Demands from the World.
This post is number 11, because I started the series a while ago. If you like this post, check out the other posts in the series. But most importantly get the book (it’s also available to read [...]
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Note: these are devotional posts based on John Piper’s new book What Jesus Demands from the World.
Note: For this chapter, I would highly recommend reading it online (pg. 84), since it is so good. It brings together much of John Piper’s teachings regarding joy and delight together in an accessible and highly helpful 8 pages [...]
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Note: these are devotional posts based on John Piper’s new book What Jesus Demands from the World.
Demand #9 — Love God with All your Heart, Soul, Mind, and Strength
Jesus answered, “The most important [commandment] is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with [...]
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Demand #8 — Take Up Your Cross and Follow Me
If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. (Matt. 16:24-5)
Follow me, and I will make [...]
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Demand #7 — Abide in Me
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears [...]
Note: these are devotional posts based on John Piper’s new book What Jesus Demands from the World.
Demand #6 — Listen to Jesus
He called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand.” (Mark 7:14)
As he said these things, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let [...]
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Note: these are devotional posts based on John Piper’s new book What Jesus Demands from the World.
Demand #5 — Love
Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. (Matt. 10:37)
Jesus said to them, “If God were your [...]
Note: these are devotional posts based on John Piper’s new book What Jesus Demands from the World.
Demand #4 — Believe
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn [...]
I have started blogging through Jesus’ Demands as discussed in John Piper’s latest book What Jesus Demands from the World. On now to demands #2 & 3.
Demand #2 — Repent
From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” (Matt. 4:17)
I have not come to call [...]
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Introduction
Blogging can be so much more than mere fun. It can become a discipline. And it can even provide a measure of accountability.
That said, I plan to embark on a new venture with this blog. I intend to blog through the 50 demands that make up What Jesus Demands from the World, the new book [...]
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Thanks for the kind words, JJ. What I mean is that because we were ordained to eternal life, we ...
Nicely done, Bob! I think I agree with 95% of it... and I don't usually agree with 95% of ...
Thanks Matt. Good thoughts.
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