“I am wired by nature to love the same toys that the world loves. I start to fit in. I start to love what others love. I start to call earth "home." Before you know it, I am calling luxeries "needs" and using my money just the way unbelievers do. I begin to forget the war. I don't think much about people perishing. Missions and unreached people drop out of my mind. I stop dreaming about the triumphs of grace. I sink into a secular mind-set that looks first to what man can do, not what God can do. It is a terrible sickness. And I thank God for those who have forced me again and again toward a wartime mind-set.”

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About John Piper

Reformed Baptist theologian and pastor from the United States, active since the 1980s. He is best known for his influential writings on biblical theology, particularly his emphasis on the glory of God in all things, and his long tenure as senior pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis. His work often explores the intersection of Christian doctrine and practical godliness.

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