• The Left is Colonizing the Calendar. Denny Burk writes “For the truth is this. Whoever owns the calendar, and our annual observances owns the narrative and imagination of a people.”
• 4 Reasons Why the Bible Does Not Support Transgenderism. Kevin DeYoung writes “God has created each of us as either male or female, and he desires that we live our lives—in appearance, in attitude, and in behavior—according to our biological sex.”
• Should the Church ‘Bless’ Same-Sex Relationships? On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to a question asking him to comment on how would he would respond to the pope and the president of Burundi?

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• “Death is Yours” – What Does Paul Mean? On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to the question “Today we read about death in the Navigators Bible Reading Plan. It comes in the context of Paul talking about division and jealousy in the church, in 1 Corinthians 3:1–23. And there Paul gives us this amazing motivation for not getting jealous in this life. And that motive is the gift of death. He says, “Death is ours.” And that has led to many emails over the years asking what in the world Paul means that death is a gift to us, specifically there in 1 Corinthians 3:22. How, Pastor John, would you explain the divine gift of death here in this context?”
• Why Does Jesus Teach Us to Pray, “Lead Us Not Into Temptation”? James 1:13 teaches that God tempts no one to sin. Why does Jesus teach us to pray, “Lead us not into temptation”? From the 2023 Ligonier National Conference, Robert Godfrey, Harry Reeder, and Burk Parsons discuss this petition in the Lord’s Prayer.
• Am I Abusing Caffeine? On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to the question “How should we think about energy drinks, and how would we know if we are abusing our bodies with caffeine?”
• How Can I Glorify God as I Pray for Myself? On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to the question that reads in part “How do I pray for things that would benefit me and the people I know and love and would also glorify God at the same time in answer to those prayers?”

• Coram Deo Pastors Conference. You can now watch all of the sessions from the 2024 Coram Deo Pastors Conference. Speakers include John Piper, H.B. Charles Jr., Kevin DeYoung and more.
• Ask Ligonier Live with Derek Thomas. Derek Thomas recently joined Nathan W. Bingham to answer theological questions on Ask Ligonier Live.
• TGC Announces New List of ‘Best Commentaries’. Jared Kennedy writes “In the spirit of Don Carson’s New Testament Commentary Survey, TGC Council members, staff, and expert writers have worked together to compile an annotated list of the best commentarieson each Bible book.

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• The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope. Tim Keller
• In creation, God did all the work and rested. In redemption, God did all the work so we could rest. Tim Keller
• We don’t belong here. Our citizenship is in Heaven. Sinclair Ferguson
• Jesus says the infallible test of spiritual integrity is your private prayer life. Tim Keller
• My dear friend, I am a poor sinner still; and I have to look to Christ every day as I did at the very first. Charles Spurgeon
• Evil is an edged tool which cuts the man who uses it; a kind of cannon which is most dangerous to those who fire it, both in its discharge and in its recoil. Charles Spurgeon
• Sin is looking to something else besides God for your salvation. It is putting yourself in the place of God, becoming your own savior. Tim Keller
• The more we grow in the grace and knowledge of Christ, the more we pray for his return on good days rather than just on bad days. Burk Parsons
• In the resurrection we have the presence of the future. The power by which God will finally destroy all suffering, evil, deformity, and death at the end of time has broken into history now and is available—partially but substantially—now. When we unite with the risen Christ by faith, that future power that is potent enough to remake the universe comes into us. Tim Keller