Piper and Racism

Look at John Piper's racist past, repentance & then family - YouTube

“Every aspect of the way God views and saves sinners is designed to undermine racism and lead to a reconciled and redeemed humanity from every people group in the world.” John Piper

'Opening his mouth, Peter said: "I most certainly understand now that God is not one to show partiality, but in every nation the man who fears Him and does what is right is welcome to Him."' Acts:34-35

Articles to read….

Teacher 'serenaded' by 400 students amid cancer battle dies - CNN.com,  Ben Ellis - Student Worship (R.I.P) - YouTube, Singing Man: The Story Behind the Viral Video of Ben Ellis
Here are some of Ben Ellis last words, 'I love you. I believe now more than ever that God is good, and that He is with us. I am full of hope, peace and joy. I wish all this for you. Look to Jesus to know, to believe, and to be filled.'

Same-Sex Marriage vs. the Real Thing: A Gay Man’s View of the Big Picture | Public Discourse

Evangelicals, Republicans, and a More Excellent Way on Refugees | The Exchange | A Blog by Ed Stetzer

1 Cor 12:31, " And I will show you a still more excellent way…" Chapter 13, real "love."

Hikikomori….

According to a Japanese cabinet survey released Wednesday, there are currently 541,000 young Japanese aged between 15 and 39 who lead similarly reclusive lives.

These people are known as hikikomori -- a term the Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry uses to define those who haven't left their homes or interacted with others for at least six months.

Read more Why won't 541,000 young Japanese leave the house? - CNN.com

Watch: Hikikomori - YouTube

"Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you." Ephesians 5:14

Other social needs int Japan. 'Children's Cafeterias' Combat Poverty, Neglect in Japan - ABC News

The Cleaned Soul

Listen to Sinclair Ferguson preach from Psalm 51, The Cleaned Soul « TGC | The Gospel Coalition

“As the early church fathers delighted in saying, Christ took what was ours so that we might receive what was His.” Sinclair B. Ferguson

Psalm 51:1, "Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions." 

'No, I didn't!'

Kayla Mueller Defended Christian Faith to ISIS Executioner 'Jihadi .. | abc7.com



Here is how firm Kayla stood for Jesus and sacrificed herself for others.



Former hostage Daniel Rye, a Danish freelance photographer, recalled how Mueller turned the tables on the men in black. 

"One of the 'Beatles' started to say, 'Oh this is Kayla and she has been held all by herself. And she is much stronger than you guys. And she's much smarter. She converted to Islam.' And then she was like, 'No, I didn't,'" Rye told ABC News.

"Julia" has revealed in a "20/20" interview how Mueller -- who was frequently raped by al-Baghdadi -- passed up a chance at an escape in order to increase the odds for the Yazidi teens who were able to sneak out of the ISIS kingpin's house late one night in a flight to freedom.

"I told Kayla we want to escape and I asked her to come with us. She told me, 'No, because I am American, if I escape with you, they will do everything to find us again'," Julia told ABC News.

"It is better for you to escape alone. I will stay here," Mueller told Julia, according to the Yazidi girl.

2 Timothy 2:12a, "If we endure, we will also reign with him…."

"Don’t you dare think you can ever destroy my plan for your life." God

Here is the conclusion of Tim Keller's sermon "Healing of Sin - Part 2", from Psalm 51. Keller refers to Matthew 1:6, "And Jesse the father of David the king. And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah…."

"Yet, of all of the wives David had and of all of the children David had, why did God choose Solomon, the child of David and Bathsheba, to be the joy of David’s life and to be the one who kept on the messianic line and through whom comes Jesus? Why is it that David and Bathsheba, still called Uriah’s wife, is in the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew 1?

"It’s God’s way of saying, 'If you sin, my dear children, there will be consequences, and maybe very long-term ones, but you never, ever, ever go on to plan B. I am so wise and so sovereign, and I love you so much, I will weave even your failures into plan A. I will continue to work through you, even in greater ways, after your sin. Don’t you dare sin. It wrongs me, and it will hurt you, and there will be consequences, but on the other hand, don’t you dare think you can ever destroy my plan for your life. There is no plan B.' Solomon!

"To paraphrase the Westminster Confession, 'As there is no sin so small but it deserves destruction, so there is no sin so great that it can bring destruction upon those who truly repent.'”

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life by Timothy Keller on iTunes, Free Sermon Resource | Gospel in Life - Sermons, Books and Resources from Timothy Keller and Redeemer Presbyterian Church

Engaging people in the sex crazed culture of the USA: Keller, Moore, DeYoung on How to Speak to Our Culture About Sex

"By his wounds you have been healed."

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My pastor (my senior year high-school), Jacob DeSazer, returned to Japan to love his enemies, much like my father, Calvin F. Junker. A Doolittle Raider's Story | Return of the Raider

Exclusive Video Premiere: Churches Take on the Billion-Dollar Industry Making the Poor Poorer | Christianity Today Churches in Texas are fighting the predatory loan industry.

Trump needs to take note of Bushes attitude toward people who disagree with him. Why George W. Bush stood there and took the wrath of a soldier's mom. Listen up, Donald Trump. - Chicago Tribune

1 Peter 2:23-25, "When he (Christ) was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls."