We have decided on a name for our little girl. Madeline Piper. We realize that Piper isn't a popular name, and you may not even like it. My hope is that you come to know the man that we are naming her after very well in the next few months and by the time she is born adore her middle name. We are naming her after one the the greatest theologians of our time. He screams from the pulpit the things that bring our hearts the most joy. Namely,Jesus Christ and him crucified. Here are a few quotes and a short video to get you acquainted.
"I cannot escape the exceeding wonder that not only does God look upon a guilty person in the court room and exercise clemency and forgive him and say, 'You're guilty, I forgive you, go and sin no more', but he also, beyond all imagination, looks upon this guilty sinner and does not just say 'You're guilty, I forgive you' he says 'You're not guilty.' I mean forgiveness is understandable --just a little bit understandable. We kind of had some way to get our hands around forgiveness: you let it go; you don't hold it against them. But this looks me right in the face, right in the face, sinner that I am, and says "Righteous."
"The climax of God's happiness is the delight He takes in the echoes of His excellence in the praises of His people."
SIN IS:
The glory of God not honored
The holiness of God not reverenced
The greatness of God not admired
The power of God not praised
The truth of God not sought
The wisdom of God not esteemed
The beauty of God not treasured
The goodness of God not made sacred
The faithfulness of God not trusted
The commandments of God not obeyed
The justice of God not respected
The wrath of God not feared
The grace of God not cherished
The presence of God not prized
The person of God not loved
-- John Piper
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