"By nature, we get more pleasure from God's gifts then from Himself.












We would do our theology better if more was at stake in what we said.
More John Piper (theologian) quotes
"Don't make peace with the sin in your life.
"DOING is often God's remedy for despair.
"Salvation is the creation of new desires, not just new goodies.
"The fight for joy is first and always a fight to see.
"The only freedom that lasts comes from pursuing what we want when we want what we ought.
"Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't.
"Do you feel loved by God because you believe he makes much of you, or because you believe he frees you and empowers you to enjoy making much of him?
"It is better to lose your life than to waste it.
"We ascribe to God. We don't add to Him.
"God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him
"Tasks don't have to be high-impact to be worthy of high effort. Most things we do in any given day are relatively low impact. The cumulative impact of...
"Fight for us, O God, that we not drift numb and blind and foolish into vain and empty excitements. Life is too short, too precious, too painful to was...
"Woe to us if we get our satisfaction from the food in the kitchen and the TV in the den and the sex in the bedroom with an occasional tribute to the c...
"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.