John Piper’s latest Taste and See article is a meditation on 1 Corinthians 12, and it really moved me.  I will share an excerpt of the article below, then some further observations.  You can read the whole article here.
Here is an excerpt:
God may intend to give us the blessing… through the spiritual gifting of another believer. [...]

Passover was the day in which the Jews celebrated their release from slavery in Egypt, and it was customary for the Romans to release and pardon one Jewish prisoner every year at this time. The Jews themselves chose which prisoner the Romans were to pardon. Jesus had been imprisoned during Passover, without charge, [...]

I love to listen to good live music.  The energy of a tight band and a poetic singer who becomes a part of their music.  It is a beautiful experience.  There is something in the air that elicits a response from me, especially if there is a groove.  My heart rises up into my throat [...]

Propositions are important, but they depend on the stories out of which they arise for their power, meaning, and application.  Imagine having all the propositions of faith but none of the stories.  They would be true, but we wouldn’t know what to do with them.
Propositions are shorthand for story.  They stand in for stories that [...]

The Story of Zac Smith from NewSpring Media on Vimeo.
(HT: Justin Taylor)

I was reading through the first few verses of Titus in Greek today when I noticed this.
Titus 1:2-3a
…ἐλπίδι ζωης  αἰωνίου ἣν ἐπηγγείλατο ὁ ἀψευδὴς  θεὸς πρὸ χρόνων αἰωνίων ἐφανέρωσεν δὲ καιροις ἰδίοις τὸν λόγον αὐτου ἐν κηρύγματι ὃ ἐπιστεύθην ἐγὼ κατ’ ἐπιταγὴν του σωτηρος ἡμων θεου…
My Translation
…hope of eternal life, which the lie-less God promised [...]

My wife had exploratory surgery on Friday morning to determine whether or not she has endometriosis.  The symptom: a considerable amount of consistent pain.  When she woke up from the anesthesia after surgery, she heard the diagnosis, or lack thereof.  No endometriosis, and a clean bill of health.  Reason to rejoice?  Absolutely.  Yet, in another [...]

Take the time to think through this.  You won’t regret it.
You are made of cells.  I am made of cells.  My cells are built on molecules.  My molecules make use of atoms.  My atoms are mostly space, but the bits that aren’t are called quarks…
Here is the moment of my amaze.  The olive that I [...]

In some sense the most benevolent generous person in the world, seeks his own happiness in doing good to others; because he places his happiness in their good. His mind is so enlarged as to take them, as it were, into himself. Thus when they are happy he feels it, he partakes with them, and [...]

John Piper’s recent sermon at Mars Hill in Seattle for Resurgence will make you wrestle, think, and hopefully worship. I highly recommend that you listen to it. Here are some of the self-examining questions that are posed in this sermon:

Is my discovery that God made me in his image and undertaken extraordinary lengths [...]