"God is the greatest thing that exists, ever has existed or ever will…for us to glory in anything else, would be sin, as there is nothing greater than ...
We ascribe to God. We don't add to Him.
~ John Piper (theologian) ~
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We ascribe to God. We don't add to Him.
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"The horror of Hell is an echo of the infinite worth of God's glory.
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"The most precious gifts you can think of are not ends in themselves. They all lead to God. Ultimately, that is what all His gifts are for.
"We ascribe to God. We don't add to Him.
"God created us for this: to live our lives in a way that makes him look more like the greatness and the beauty and the infinite worth that he really i...
"...childlike wonder and awe have died. The scenery and poetry and music of the majesty of God have dried up like a forgotten peach at the back of the ...
"The aim of the climb is not intellectual satisfaction. The aim is worship. God gets more honor when we worship on the basis of what we know about him ...
"Long looking with admiration produces change. From your heroes you pick up mannerisms and phrases and tones of voice and facial expressions and habits...
"If we are cut loose from the anchor of God's Word, we will not be free. We will be slaves of personal passions and popular trends.
"We would do our theology better if more was at stake in what we said.
"The Apostle “Paul’s antidote for wimpy Christians is weighty doctrine. . . .everything that exists—including evil—is ordained by a holy and all-wise G...
"The task of all Christian scholarship—not just biblical studies—is to study reality as a manifestation of God’s glory, to speak and write about it wit...
"Desire for and delight in God's Word are inseparable.
"By nature, we get more pleasure from God's gifts then from Himself.