Are my children also called to this? As a mama missionary, I wonder about our fitness for the task when our family of eight clogs airport security and labors in language study and ministry like a well-meaning circus. Will my kids catch a deadly virus from the airport carpet? Will beans be lunch ever
Why should Christians resist unduly elevating our leaders or pitting them against each other? Because God uses all leaders as a single means to bless his church.Watch Now
Why is wisdom more satisfying than wealth? John Piper opens Proverbs 24:13 to show how wisdom leads to everlasting happiness that riches cannot buy.Watch Now
How do we know when we’ve worked hard enough? Pastor John offers six ways to fight anxiety and rest in the grace of Christ.Listen Now
Desires are funny things. They drive everything we do, and yet, like the engine in a car, we rarely look at them. As the Book says, man’s heart is deep water and all that. But wise men, like C.S. Lewis, pop the hood and force us to inspect the desires that move us. In The Screwtape Letters, he shows
Although Paul’s evangelistic work and Apollos’s ongoing teaching were essential to the Corinthians’ faith, only God could make that faith grow.Watch Now
A member of your small group confesses, seemingly out of the blue, that he’s been attending Mass. Next, you hear a deacon wonder aloud if we really needed to break with Rome. Then a family member announces that she has “crossed the Tiber,” meaning she has converted to Roman Catholicism.Such conversa
If you’re a faithful follower of Jesus today, try this experiment: Imagine that in five years you have completely walked away from Jesus.You’re not questioning or struggling or arguing anymore. You’re not wrestling with whether to stay or leave the church. You never open the Bible. You have almost n
What keeps us from seeking happiness in substitutes? John Piper opens Proverbs 4:1–13 to show that wisdom leads us to lasting joy in God.Watch Now
In 1980, Bethlehem Baptist Church hired 34-year-old John Piper as lead pastor. Pastor John reflects on the life experience and biblical worldview that prepared him for ministry.Listen Now
