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The Lord Is The LORD (Psalm 103:8-10)
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. ⁹He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger...

Jonathan Parnell
Feb 17, 2012


Talking to Yourself for Exhortation (Psalm 103:5-7)
Who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. ⁶The LORD works righteousness and justice for all who are...

Jonathan Parnell
Feb 10, 2012


Satisfaction, Justice, and Revelation (Psalm 103:5-7)
Who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. ⁶The LORD works righteousness and justice for all who are...

Jonathan Parnell
Feb 6, 2012


Serving: To Please Ourselves or Not to Please Ourselves?
John Piper defines love as “the overflow of joy in God that gladly meets the needs of others” (Desiring God, p. 119). Love, or serving...

Jonathan Parnell
Jan 27, 2012


The Christian in Christian Relationships (Romans 15:1-2)
We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let each of us please his...

Jonathan Parnell
Jan 23, 2012


Pleasures Forevermore—In God (Psalm 16:11)
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. —Psalm...

Jonathan Parnell
Jan 19, 2012


The Path of Life Made Known (Psalm 16:11)
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. —Psalm...

Jonathan Parnell
Jan 16, 2012
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Great Question, Glorious Calling (Romans 10:13-14 [15])
[For] "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." ¹⁴How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And...

Jonathan Parnell
Jan 11, 2012
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God Has Acted. The Word Is Here. (Romans 10:13-14 [15])
[For] “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” 14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And...

Jonathan Parnell
Jan 9, 2012
The Indestructibly Tough Testimony of Jesus (Isaiah 40:8)
The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. —Isaiah 40:8 There is an “indestructible toughness” to...

Jonathan Parnell
Jan 7, 2012


The Gospel Will Not Fail (Isaiah 40:8)
The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. —Isaiah 40:8 This passage is not about grass. We need to...

Jonathan Parnell
Jan 2, 2012


The Boundless Nearness of God (Psalm 23:3-4)
He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of...

Jonathan Parnell
Dec 19, 2011


When Psalm 23 Blocks the Road to Sentimental Morality
John Piper says: What [Psalm 23] did for me was to put a huge road block in the way of my tendency toward man-centeredness, my tendency...

Jonathan Parnell
Dec 16, 2011


In Jesus, the Lord Is Our Shepherd (Psalm 23:1-2)
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.” —Psalm 23:1-2 The...

Jonathan Parnell
Dec 12, 2011


Light Reveals Remaining Darkness
John Piper writes on 1 John 1:8, The claim to be without sin is self deception. And the reason we are so deceived is that the truth has...

Jonathan Parnell
Dec 8, 2011


How We Are Not Moved: Jesus in Psalm 125
Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the...

Jonathan Parnell
Nov 21, 2011


Do You Long for Jesus’ Return? (John 14:2-3)
In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and...

Jonathan Parnell
Nov 17, 2011


What is Discipleship?
Dietrich Bonhoeffer said of discipleship, Follow me, run along behind me! That is all. To follow in his steps is something which is void...

Jonathan Parnell
Nov 9, 2011


How the Puritans Preached the Gospel (Proverbs 19:11)
Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense. —Proverbs 19:11 In his book A Quest for Godliness, J. I....

Jonathan Parnell
Nov 2, 2011
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Does Tomorrow Make You Worry? (Proverbs 3:5-6 [7])
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make...

Jonathan Parnell
Oct 28, 2011
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