Saturday, February 14, 2009

John Piper - The Christian Life is Marked by Suffering, Not Prosperity

5 comments:

lisaqshay said...

Amen. Thank you for posting that clip.
Such "rich" truth.


Love the pics of the birthday boy and the new little guy. You have a beautiful family!!!

Momofboys said...

I love what he said, "live simply, give lavishly"...wow

Anonymous said...

a perfect refutation of the disease called the 'prosperity gospel'

Anonymous said...

I often wonder how we as Christians agonize over the 'why's' when suffering... did we forget that Jesus told us we'd have trouble in this life?... Jesus suffered more than we EVER will and yet somehow we feel treated wrongly by Him if we face some trials... hmmm, I wonder how He puts up with us! :)
Anyway, thanks for putting the truth out there for us and glad to 'be back' under Piper's teaching for a moment:)

Oh, and seriously... it makes my heart ache to see how big our nephews are getting!!!! We must arrange a visit soon!
Love,Andrea

Anonymous said...

I often wonder how we as Christians agonize over the 'why's' when suffering... did we forget that Jesus told us we'd have trouble in this life?... Jesus suffered more than we EVER will and yet somehow we feel treated wrongly by Him if we face some trials... hmmm, I wonder how He puts up with us! :)
Anyway, thanks for putting the truth out there for us and glad to 'be back' under Piper's teaching for a moment:)

Oh, and seriously... it makes my heart ache to see how big our nephews are getting!!!! We must arrange a visit soon!
Love,Andrea