Dear Pastor Lawyer, I’ve been going to church all of my life, but some of the things you’ve been saying have me wondering if I’ve ever become a Christian at all. How can I tell if I’ve become a Christian? Thanks, Julie Dear Julie, Thanks for writing. It’s refreshing to hear someone actually question whether […]
Don’t Waste Your Cancer by John Piper February 15, 2006 I write this on the eve of prostate surgery. I believe in Gods power to heal by miracle and by medicine. I believe it is right and good to pray for both kinds of healing. Cancer is not wasted when it is healed by God. […]
I thought you might like to watch a sermon I preached a few weeks ago. You can find it here.
A little over a month ago I wrote a post called “Victims Cannot Heal.” I received a number of comments about it and didn’t discover until quite a long ways into fielding those comments that they were not actually about the post itself, but about the title. When I realized this, and the numbers of […]
I read this passage today and noticed that the king was talking with his young son and warning him against falling into grievous sin. He said, My son, keep my words, And treasure my commands within you. Keep my commands and live, And my law as the apple of your eye. Bind them on your fingers; Write them […]
As I sit in my chair and watch my wife sleep, I have a lot of time to think. One thing I think a lot about is how the saints have drawn together to honor and bless our family. There are a few things people should know, however. Ours is not the only suffering family […]
My recent post on divorce and remarriage prompted a few questions. Here are my answers: Would you consider an abusive marriage to fall into the category of desertion/abandonment? If so, would it follow that the abuser would be excommunicated and therefore be an unbeliever, and the wronged spouse would be free to biblically divorce and […]
God Hates Divorce The short answer is, No! There is never a time when God is pleased with an exploding family. God hates divorce (Mal. 2:16). He says that the man who divorces his wife is covering his garment with violence. He is stripping the land of a union that Biblically can only be torn […]
Last Thursday Eileen and I traveled to Seattle to visit with a gastric (stomach) cancer specialist. We met with him on Friday afternoon and had a very nice visit. Here’s the “hot skinny:” The doctor was very enthusiastic about the progress the chemo has had with reducing the size of the lesions on Eileen’s liver. […]
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