So we all know John Piper’s perspective on being a people who have a tendency to shrink back when trial comes. In this sound bite (about 3:10 long) he really puts this into perspective concretely. The whole sermon is very good, but I found this particularly challenging.
From the sermon What Faith Knows and Hopes For, [...]

Click here to read more from Matt Long

Heard Piper say this in a sermon this morning.
“For most people today, if there is a god, he exists to be thanked briefly after a close call, and questioned thoroughly after a tragedy.”
I think this is true for most Christians. We need to regularly be strengthening and refining our doctrine of suffering. God is not [...]

Click here to read more from Matt Long

The title says it all. Get Your Theologian Trading Cards While They’re Hot!!

Click here to read more from Matt Long

When I was in High School, I took a style of martial arts called Ishin-Ryu which means “half moon”. Every move you make is done in the shape of a half moon. If you block a punch coming to your face, your blocking hand starts down near your waist and is swung upward in a [...]

Click here to read more from Matt Long

Piper has a great blog post over at Desiring God:

Man is great. But compared to God’s greatness, “What is man that you are mindful of him?” The universe is designed to remind us of this distance between’s God’s infinite greatness, and man’s finite greatness. Man must reside on tiny planet earth in a seemingly infinite [...]

Click here to read more from Matt Long

Next time someone wants to reel you in and over-emphasize “cultural relevance” when it comes to sharing the gospel, remind them that the fads and trends we see today are no different from what Christians have seen throughout history. While it is possible to become irrelevant, presenting the gospel the way it has always been [...]

Click here to read more from Matt Long

Justin Taylor has a great post from guest blogger, David Powlison on Should We Really Call It A “Quiet” Time? over at Between Two Worlds. Go check it out. It’s a good biblical viewpoint of personal time spent with the Lord.

Click here to read more from Matt Long

Here’s a post from Fide-O. Interesting video from the Together For the Gospel conference. What Is The Gospel

Click here to read more from Matt Long

Chris Taylor pointed out this review which you all should check out: Personal Size Reference Edition (ESV). I just got one of these for my birthday and I like it for many of the reasons that this review mentions. It’s got he right size print, the right size in my hand, and the right translation. [...]

Click here to read more from Matt Long

It was the best of times it was the worst of times…
The lovely Mrs. Long (my wife) was at the Citadel Mall the other day. Sharing with me later, she related her feelings of uneasiness being there. There is a different class of people–a people we don’t usually surround ourselves with. She confessed feelings of [...]

Click here to read more from Matt Long