Friday is for Heart Songs
“I want to say loud and clear that when the Barna Group uses the term born again to describe American church-goers whose lives are indistinguishable from the world, and who sin as much as the world, and sacrifice for others as little as the world, and embrace injustice as readily as the world, and covet things as greedily as the world, and enjoy God-ignoring entertainment as enthusiastically as the world–when the term born again is used to describe these professing Christians, the Barna Group is making a profound mistake. It is using the biblical term born again in a way that would make it unrecognizable by Jesus and the Biblical writers.”
(Finally Alive, by John Piper)
This is the book that simply must be read, if you have been struggling to understand the gospel, if you know someone who is struggling to understand the gospel, if you have ever wondered why some people can “pray a prayer” of salvation and see no evidence of spiritual life, this is the book to read.
Find somebody who needs to hear the gospel and ask them if they will read it with you. Soon!


Ah, another “Piper cub!” Great quote. Thanks for the comment to my blog.
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