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What the Bible Says About Sanctification
Sanctification is important. It's deep (as in cosmic), and it's personal (as in it's about God's work in you). But what exactly does it mean?Sam Storms helps us with this short...
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Our Most Practical Conference Yet
We're getting down and dirty this fall. And we want you to join us.Get off your theological high horse, get level with the gravel, and let's talk how sanctification really happens in the trenches of...
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Send Us a Quote, Win Some Books
Books don't change lives, sentences do. In an early sermon at Bethlehem, John Piper explains that sometimes the most life-altering insight from reading is concentrated in a sentence or two. It happens...
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100 Quotes from You on Sanctification
Without further ado . . . the randomly selected winner of the quote contest is Andrew Donth, who shared some Spurgeon with us. Here's the quote:Charles Spurgeon: "If he gives you the grace to make you...
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Teach Children the Bible Is Not About Them
When I go into churches and speak to children I ask them two questions: First, how many people here sometimes think you have to be good for God to love you? They tentatively raise their hands. I raise...
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A Conference Focusing on the Power of Paradoxes
This fall the Desiring God National Conference will wrestle with paradoxes. Not contradictions. Things like Philippians 2:12–13, “You work . . . for God is at work in you to will and work.” And 1...
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The Effects of Aging on Sanctification
In this five-minute video John Piper shares about some expected and unexpected ways that aging has worked in his experience of sanctification.John Piper, along with Kevin DeYoung, Jarvis Williams,...
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Self, Doubt, and Writing
I used to think my self-doubt and insecurity about writing were signs of my profound humility. It felt noble and heroic to be this full of agonizing self-doubt. It felt lowly and meek to be so tortured...
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Some Proven Weapons in the Fight for Holiness
When Paul says to put to death the deeds of the body “by the Spirit” (Romans 8:13), I take him to mean that we should use the one weapon in the Spirit’s armor that is used to kill. Namely, the sword....
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The Foundational Action of God
God’s action for us and in us through Christ is the foundation underneath our pursuit of practical maturity in the gospel of Jesus Christ.God’s design for us to pursue practical maturity in the gospel...
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Jumpstart Your Stalled Sanctification
Has it ever seemed like your sanctification is plateauing? Ever felt like you were spinning your spiritual tires?In such times—relax, we’ve all had them—you may run through the typical means-of-grace...
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Sanctified By Doing Your Job
It is all too common for Christians to think that service to God is something that takes place either in the context of the local church — teaching Sunday school, shoveling the church sidewalks,...
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Work to Rest for Sanctification
R W Glenn is one of the seminar speakers at our upcoming National Conference. Read his latest post and learn more about the conference at the events page.________Recent posts related to our National...
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Sanctification in the Everyday (Free eBook)
How does the cross and victory of Jesus affect your everyday sanctification?Over the past 30 years John Piper has preached several messages that equip listeners to apply the Bible in their daily lives....
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Do We Ignore the Bible?
I can remember it clearly. I was at a conference on how to make places of worship more accessible to people with disabilities when a woman asked a panel of religious leaders, “what should we do with...
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The Sanctifying Job
I once worked at a ministry where I was evaluated on both specific work goals and on five character traits. My annual review addressed how well I did on achieving certain production targets and whether...
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How Does Physical Exercise Relate to Sanctification?
Exercise, sleep, and diet — how do they relate to our sanctification? Over 40 years ago John Piper was confronted with this issue after realizing the relationship between patience and sleep. Basically,...
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What It Means to "Act the Miracle"
God's grace is catalytic. To truly experience it is to be changed for the better.The Christian gospel floods our life with God's gracious provision, both outside of us and inside. Sins forgiven....
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How to Attend a Conference
Speaking of our upcoming National Conference, John Piper explains, What we're really after is to know God better, and love him more, and serve him more fully, not just to get away and hear some more...
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Sanctification: So Why the Long Word?
It's such a long word — sanctification. And it has such a churchy ring to it. No one uses this language outside the church.So why not adopt a simpler term from the secular world and freight it afresh...
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