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John Piper writes about a conversation with his wife, Noël, when he was preaching a series on marriage a few years ago. After a couple ...
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Does God Really Want a Team to Have a Senior Leader?
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From Filthy Rags to Robes of Righteousness
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Jesus Wants to Trade
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Atheists Need Your Help
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Four Reasons Why Marriage Is God’s Doing
The most foundational thing we can say about marriage is that it is God's doing. John Piper explains, "A glimpse into the magnificence of ...
Why Your Self-Image Won’t Make You Happy
http://cdn.theresurgence.com/files/2012/05/21/Are_You_Happy.jpg We are all concerned about our images. Hipsters work hard to look like they ...
My Response to the Vote on Jason Meyer
http://dwynrhh6bluza.cloudfront.net/photos/images/4402/original.jpeg?1337612181Last night, in a special All-Church-Strategy Meeting, 792 of ...
This Changes Everything
http://cdn.theresurgence.com/files/2012/05/21/This_Changes_Everything.jpeg Have This Mind I’ve often said that there’s one passage of ...
How Zephaniah Helps Us Feel the Glad Love of God
http://dwynrhh6bluza.cloudfront.net/photos/images/4393/original.jpeg?1337548154John Piper says it's almost too good to believe. Hear Zephaniah's ...
Safe and Uncondemned for the Glory of God
http://dwynrhh6bluza.cloudfront.net/photos/images/4389/original.jpeg?1337468015It was almost nine years ago when Owen Shrameck died. His parents, ...
Why the Church and the Community Need Shepherds
http://cdn.theresurgence.com/files/2012/05/20/shepherds.jpg What do you see when you walk around your city? What do you feel? How will you ...
Got Music?
http://cdn.theresurgence.com/files/2012/05/19/gotmusic.jpeg How many of you were around back in the day during the old school Mars Hill bands? How ...
“Fifty Reasons” eBook – Free in Eight Languages
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Your Problems or Your Purpose: Where Is Your Focus?
http://cdn.theresurgence.com/files/2012/05/18/whereisyourfocus.jpeg How you approach your job or your ministry makes a difference in how effective ...
Behind the Blog: We Have Thor
Josh Etter joins today's episode of Behind the Blog for the background of how we learned about the amazing story of Ian & Larissa. Tony talks ...
5 Things Mentors Should Model
http://cdn.theresurgence.com/files/2012/05/17/5_Things.jpeg Dave Kraft writes about his early mentor Warren Myers, what he learned from this man ...
Far Too Easily Pleased
Americans, Daniel Boorstin once observed, suffer from extravagant expectations. In his much quoted 1962 book The Image, or What Happened to the ...
Announcing Our 2012 National Conference
http://dwynrhh6bluza.cloudfront.net/photos/images/4376/original.jpg?1337006716We invite you to join us for our 2012 National Conference, September ...
Far Too Easily Pleased
Americans, Daniel Boorstin once observed, suffer from extravagant expectations. In his much quoted 1962 book The Image, or What Happened to the ...
Should Christians Believe in Evolution?
http://cdn.theresurgence.com/files/2012/05/16/Evolution.jpeg In the previous post in this series we examined the concept of a worldview and how, ...
Letter to a 12-Year-Old Girl About the Eternal Destiny of Those Who Have Not Heard the Gospel
http://dwynrhh6bluza.cloudfront.net/photos/images/4387/original.jpeg?1337181273Dear [Sarah], You asked what happens to people who live far away ...
“I Can’t Get No Satisfaction”
http://cdn.theresurgence.com/files/2012/05/16/I_Cant_Get_No.jpg Sin isn’t just a personal thing—it’s a cosmic thing. While the ...
The Avenger
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Jesus Loses No One
http://cdn.theresurgence.com/files/2012/05/16/jesuslosesnoone.jpeg “All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I ...
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