John Piper

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  Jun 12, 2012

  Did the Death of Jesus Accomplish Anything for the Non-Elect?

  Frankly, I'm not sure how to answer the question. But I think in telling you why I'm not sure you'll be able to get a grasp on it. In one sense, as soon as we sin we should be punished eternally. We shouldn't get another breath.

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  Jun 4, 2012

  Is It Sin for Me Not to Like the Doctrine of Election?

  It's sin not to like the true doctrine of election. It's sin not to like what God likes. I want to say it like that because many people have conceptions of doctrines—all kinds of doctrines—that are inaccurate.

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  May 29, 2012

  Why Don't We Experience the Miracles the Apostles Were Capable of?

  Well, some people do. The assumption is, "Why don't we see it" — I guess — "regularly, as often as we'd like, or as often as they did?" And that's true, I think. I think that's true globally.

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  May 22, 2012

  Does Being Totally Depraved Mean We're Always Sinning No Matter What?

  When you become a Christian the depravity and the disinclination to do what is right, and to delight in what is holy and pure and good, and to be satisfied in God is not conquered perfectly.

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  May 13, 2012

  How Does the Command to Honor Father, Mother Relate to God?

  I think the reason there is such a thing as parents is so that children will learn what it means to have God as a parent. And the reason there should be reverence and awe for a mom or a dad is so that a child will learn what reverence and awe for God is like.

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  May 7, 2012

  How Does Your Narrower View on Divorce, Remarriage Affect Your Ministry to Congregants?

  Your view on divorce and remarriage is narrower than many other Christians even in your church. How does this affect your ministry to them?

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  May 1, 2012

  Some Complementarians Deny Women More Opportunities Than the Bible Does?

  It's a delicate thing when you're not dealing with the clear, black-and-white issues of elder and non-elder. What kind of Sunday school classes they teach, what ages of boys they teach — those are ambiguities

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  Apr 14, 2012

  After Death, Is There a Final Chance to Be Saved?

  There is no indication in the Bible that there's a purgatory or that there's a chance that God would let you be saved.

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  Apr 10, 2012

  What Do You Think of Using the Internet to Find a Spouse?

  The feeling it has made me feel is, "I wish the church would do this better. Why should people have to go to the internet, for goodness sakes, to find a spouse!?"

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  Apr 6, 2012

  How Does Suffering 3 Hours on a Cross Deliver People From Eternity in Hell?

  The answer is that the degree of suffering, indignity, reproach, degradation, and fall that Jesus endured is not simply determined temporally. And it's not simply determined by the exquisiteness of the pain of a nail cutting through a nerve in your wrist.