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- The God Over Geopolitics. On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper answers the question “I think I used to understand God’s relationships to the rulers of superpowers of the world as predictive. He was sovereign in that he foreknew what global rulers would freely do. Then I encountered Revelation 17:17. This verse stopped me in my tracks. Everything has changed for me. Can you explain the meaning of this text, whether it generally explains how things work today? If so, what role is God playing in geopolitics right now?”
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- The Spiritual Battles in Your Bible Reading. On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to the question “In the year ahead, I hope to read my Bible from cover to cover for the very first time, using the Navigators Bible Reading Plan that you use. I feel a little excited and a lot intimidated and enormously unprepared for the year ahead. I’ve never done anything like this before. What’s your advice for me? And what obstacles must I expect to overcome to pull this off in 2025?”
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- If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation. John Owen
- The one attribute of God that should inform our thinking about worship more than any other is His holiness. R.C. Sproul
- There will be a day when God will dry the last tear from our eyes, and we will never weep again. Paul Tripp
- God’s promises are not fortune cookies. We do not use them in order to get a spiritual “fix” for the day. Sinclair Ferguson
- Without the gospel everything is useless and vain. John Calvin
- We have to determine our theology from the Word of God, not from what we feel. R.C. Sproul
- Spiritual resurrection means that we are, in a sense, living in heaven while still on earth, living in the future while still being in the present. Tim Keller
- We have plenty of troubles and trials, and if we like to fret over them, we can always do that; but then, we have far more joys than troubles, so our songs should exceed our sighs. Charles Spurgeon
- Creeds are not straitjackets or chains that restrict us; they are guardrails that keep us safe. Stephen Nichols