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Jesus Christ as Denouement in the Theater of God

Calvin and the Supremacy of Christ in All Things
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wnwall If we are overwhelmed with the love of the world . . . it is impossible for us to go to heaven (Calvin). http://ow.ly/reTr #dgnc September 28, 10:01 am RT Reply
BjarkeRaabjerg Watching the last session by JP from DG 2009 National Conference http://bit.ly/F0yoF Is thankful for being able to watch it by video. #dgnc September 28, 10:00 am RT Reply
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ivanrouse RT @justdjgarcia: Whenever the knowledge of justification is taken away, the glory of Christ disapears from sight too. ---Piper. #dgnc September 28, 9:29 am RT Reply
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jrpevans RT @NoelPiper: May we make it our infinity-long goal to know Christ Jesus our Lord. Piper. #dgnc September 28, 9:08 am RT Reply
justdjgarcia RT @iamfeeblesaint Whenever the knowledge of justification is taken away, the glory of Christ disapears from sight too. ---Piper. #dgnc September 28, 8:41 am RT Reply
brannonmc Listening to Marvin Olasky's session while I get caught up on a few projects. such great content. http://tinyurl.com/ybpkbo4 #dgnc September 28, 8:32 am RT Reply
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EddieHarper1966 RT @iamfeeblesaint: May we make it our infinity-long goal to know Christ Jesus our Lord. Piper. #dgnc (RT @justdjgarcia: RT @NoelPiper) September 28, 8:27 am RT Reply
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thechrisroberts Glad to be back in Panama City, sad that #DGNC is over. September 28, 7:58 am RT Reply
adkLisaJ Great time at the conference! Don't want to love the gifts of Jesus more than Jesus! It was good to hug my kiddos back in NY today! #dgnc September 28, 7:34 am RT Reply
garycjr On the train back to the weekly grind. Watching doug wilson's message from #dgnc September 28, 7:08 am RT Reply
NoelPiper Jesus is the way God gives & he is the gift--the price & the pearl. To be one he must be the other. Piper. #dgnc September 28, 5:30 am RT Reply
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jaredpete RT @DGPF Jesus is the way God gives and what God gives. @JohnPiper at #DGNC September 28, 1:16 am RT Reply
softlysoaring ok world, you can expect marginally fewer tweets now that #DGNC is over. goodnight. September 28, 12:49 am RT Reply
MCOlson11 Home safe after a great weekend @ #DGNC now to bed and back to the daily grind. Thanks @desiringgod for a great weekend! Much learned. September 27, 10:47 pm RT Reply
jennmann my brain is full of #DGNC goodness & my heart is full of God's goodness. September 27, 9:44 pm RT Reply
TXPablo RT @NoelPiper Whenever the knowledge of justification is taken away, the glory of Christ disapears from sight too. Piper. #dgnc September 27, 9:21 pm RT Reply
marciw7 RT @thechrisroberts: The millenium is 1000 years of peace that Christians lk 2 fight abt. Doug Wilson #dgnc (via @ScottJIsAOk) September 27, 9:04 pm RT Reply
nickmcmaster <relieved sigh> Done with financial aid stuff for now. Relaxing/watching Julius Kim talk about John Calvin's life and why it matters. #DGNC September 27, 8:59 pm RT Reply
mmdewalt Reading a book in the NSBT series and watching some NFL as I fall asleep from a long weekend at #DGNC. Leaving in the AM back to MI. September 27, 8:55 pm RT Reply
dfarnworth โ€œA black hole is more awe inspiring than a crowd of pigs filled with demons running down a hill, done by cheap magic.โ€ C. Hitchens #dgnc September 27, 8:51 pm RT Reply
ScottJIsAOk That was fantastic. Signing off the #dgnc tag. It was fun folks, hope to see you next year September 27, 8:44 pm RT Reply
ScottJIsAOk I want this to go on for another 2 hours. I find myself affirming irreconcilable things from each view. May God lead us to truth. #dgnc September 27, 8:36 pm RT Reply
jrpevans Escatology is being filmed so it will be available to those not able to be here :). #dgnc September 27, 8:19 pm RT Reply
jrpevans Could we hear from Piper? #dgnc September 27, 8:18 pm RT Reply
glsather For those of us driving home from the #DGNC will we have access to the eschatology discussion going on tonight? September 27, 8:15 pm RT Reply
ScottJIsAOk A question with implications: Was Revelation written before or after the destruction of the temple? #dgnc September 27, 8:14 pm RT Reply
jrpevans "If I could come galloping in with some literalism....", Wilson. #dgnc September 27, 8:12 pm RT Reply
greg_amerson Just landed in DFW. Our trip has come to an end. It has been a great trip. On for the history books. Thanks #dgnc http://twitpic.com/jfsp5 September 27, 8:07 pm RT Reply
ScottJIsAOk This is an intense discussion. Pre- and A- are getting it on. Post- is getting in on the action. "It's his turn!" -Piper #dgnc September 27, 8:04 pm RT Reply
jrpevans Wilson, "We all agree in principle, the devil is in the details." #dgnc September 27, 7:56 pm RT Reply
jrpevans Hamilton to Storms, "That's not the Bible's problem, that's your problem." #dgnc September 27, 7:51 pm RT Reply
jrpevans Wilson,"I am not opposedto changing my theology in mid air." #dgnc September 27, 7:41 pm RT Reply
ScottJIsAOk Doug Wilson is way too quotable. #dgnc September 27, 7:36 pm RT Reply
ScottJIsAOk 2 arguments for postmil: it's a lot of fun and Edwards believed it. -Wilson #dgnc September 27, 7:35 pm RT Reply
thechrisroberts The millenium is 1000 years of peace that Christians like to fight about. Doug Wilson #dgnc (the eschatology thing) (via @ScottJIsAOk) September 27, 7:35 pm RT Reply
jrpevans Piper, when discussing if football will be in heaven, "Probably football...maybe, maybe golf." #dgnc September 27, 7:21 pm RT Reply
ScottJIsAOk "Heaven is not my home, I'm just passing through." Wilson on setting our hope on the resurrection #dgnc September 27, 7:18 pm RT Reply
jrpevans Piper to Wilson, "explain that if you will, if you rememer. If you don't, I will!" speaking of a quote from Wilson's book #dgnc September 27, 7:16 pm RT Reply
ScottJIsAOk The millenium is 1000 years of peace that Christians like to fight about. Doug Wilson #dgnc (the eschatology thing) September 27, 6:54 pm RT Reply
jrpevans Escatology tonight. Find out how the world will end, TONIGHT! Haha #dgnc September 27, 6:51 pm RT Reply
MCOlson11 I learned much about Calvin but much more about the glory of God this weekend #DGNC September 27, 6:49 pm RT Reply
mitchmajeski #dgnc heading home to Fort Collins, blessed and encouraged. Can't wait to see the fam! Christ is the price and the pearl! September 27, 6:49 pm RT Reply
anderson_scott http://twitpic.com/jfdne - Culvers Custard with the fam. Oh yeah! (with one foot raised!) #dgnc September 27, 6:29 pm RT Reply
thechrisroberts @anderson_scott thanks for your great work facilitating #DGNC September 27, 5:48 pm RT Reply
NoelPiper Whenever the knowledge of justification is taken away, the glory of Christ disapears from sight too. Piper. #dgnc September 27, 5:31 pm RT Reply
nathanleemiller Dropped Marvin & Susan Olasky @ airport. Relished their keen minds, soft hearts, & dry wit. 4 sons & life of writing make rich people. #DGNC September 27, 5:17 pm RT Reply
wnwall Talbot: Luther felt that his depression was necessary. So he was enabled to endure it with patience and hope. http://ow.ly/reSF #dgnc September 27, 5:00 pm RT Reply
kennyinnes RT @NoelPiper: Jesus Christ makes us think differently about almost everything. J Piper. #dgnc September 27, 4:59 pm RT Reply
anderson_scott RT @RogerServin: My first experience at a #dgnc was a great one! Christ was made to look supremely glorious. [Amen! So good to hear. S.A.] September 27, 4:58 pm RT Reply
Cypha23 Listening to John Piper's message from this morning...http://bit.ly/9mIS1 #DGNC September 27, 4:48 pm RT Reply
anderson_scott Thanks to all who attended and/or served at the #dgnc - 2 Cor. 4:7 - The Lord is good. September 27, 4:45 pm RT Reply
Sunny_smile09 Don't be the last person to visit #JCiL.| #andre #katieprice #religion #DGNC #world #dolphins #God #twurch #protests #obama #Pgh #H1N1 #flu September 27, 4:42 pm RT Reply
NoelPiper Jeus Christ makes us think differently about almost everything. J Piper. #dgnc September 27, 4:37 pm RT Reply
jerrybrown @johnpiper Thanks for a great message. #dgnc September 27, 4:33 pm RT Reply
Institutio the meaning [of Rom. 5:19] isโ€“by the sin of Adam we were alienated from God...by the obedience of Christ we are... http://bit.ly/7w355 #dgnc September 27, 4:08 pm RT Reply
RogerServin My first experience at a DG National Conference was a great one! Christ was made to look supremely glorious... Time to go home. #dgnc September 27, 4:00 pm RT Reply
greg_amerson #dgnc is over. God was glorified. Piper's last message may have been the beat I've ever heard. http://twitpic.com/jekz4 September 27, 3:40 pm RT Reply
anderson_scott @aaronmayfield Great meeting you to at the #dgnc. And yes, Texas, Lord willing! September 27, 3:34 pm RT Reply
ProgressiveKel watching the posted video of Julius Kim speaking on Calvin while the lasagna bakes #DGNC September 27, 3:15 pm RT Reply
paulvroom http://twitpic.com/je9kt - Nothing like a seven hour trip back from #DGNC with a napper (@Pabenski). September 27, 2:34 pm RT Reply
jonathonsawyer Departing Minneapolis airport after #dgnc. Grateful to God for a fresh reminder of His eternal love & grace. Jesus is the price & the pearl September 27, 2:30 pm RT Reply
jamesctaylor @wewalsh #DGNC Can't wait to hear it. But there were emtpy seats! If only travel from London was easier... September 27, 2:26 pm RT Reply
mmdewalt done at #DGNC & now resting today before I head out early in the AM. September 27, 2:18 pm RT Reply
jasonbrubaker Follow @NationsBeGlad. They are bringing theological famine relief to the world! Praise God! #DGNC September 27, 2:05 pm RT Reply
jamesdevenish RT @abrahampiper: You can listen to John Piper's #dgnc message now. http://twurl.nl/lg1t5x September 27, 2:02 pm RT Reply
mheitland Driving home and watching the vikings play after an amazing weekend #DGNC. Thank you DG Ministries for all you do. http://pic.gd/01344e September 27, 1:48 pm RT Reply
wewalsh 41 cases of books going to 31 different nations so far. Thank you #DGNC attendees! (via @NationsBeGlad) September 27, 1:22 pm RT Reply
vince_honeycomb The highest point of the glory of God is his Grace.All other revelations of God make Grace shine more brightly. Piper #dgnc (@BarnabasPiper) September 27, 1:18 pm RT Reply
Missus_Be BIG thank you to Desiring God for giving me an opportunity to hear conference messages from home. #dgnc September 27, 1:18 pm RT Reply
SusanBell54 There has only ever been one unbroken person and he gave his life to make us whole. Talbot. #dgnc (via @NoelPiper) September 27, 1:14 pm RT Reply
wnwall RT @desiringgod: Calvin didn't want to produce Calvinists, he wanted to produce biblical Christians. -Julius Kim #DGNC September 27, 1:00 pm RT Reply
kennicon So thankful to God for a wonderful conference and fellowship. Now I'm ready to be home with my girls to rejoice in Christ together! #DGNC September 27, 12:59 pm RT Reply
andrewrennie Downloading the messages from With Calvin in the Theater of God from #DGNC 2009 now and can't wait to listen to them. http://bit.ly/3DUqX1 September 27, 12:16 pm RT Reply
TheIndyWilsons RT @PiperTravel: Jesus makes us think differently about everything. #dgnc September 27, 12:14 pm RT Reply
jonathonsawyer After a message by John Piper exalting our infinitely satisfying God and Savior, we sang Crown Him With Many Crowns. Jesus is LORD! #dgnc September 27, 12:07 pm RT Reply
wewalsh http://twitpic.com/jdiyg - Some our great crew from DG Int'l Outreach. What a great weekend at #DGNC. September 27, 11:58 am RT Reply
BenTerry going to Passion conference? make sure to check out @desiringgod international outeach booth, Who aid in healing theological famine! #DGNC September 27, 11:41 am RT Reply
DGPF Tear-down time at the #DGNC - so thankful for our volunteers! http://twitpic.com/jdf2k September 27, 11:35 am RT Reply
abrahampiper You can listen to John Piper's #dgnc message now. http://twurl.nl/lg1t5x September 27, 11:31 am RT Reply
thepipers Following #dgnc thread: when is @johnpiper done? and when'll @abrahampiper be HOME! Not that I don't love JP, I just love AP more. September 27, 11:27 am RT Reply
DGPF Make sure to use the prayer room if you want before you leave the #DGNC: http://twitpic.com/jddvo September 27, 11:27 am RT Reply
jerrybrown HEAVEN: "I don't want you to get excited by eternal golf."- John Piper #dgnc September 27, 11:25 am RT Reply
cvanderford Listening to Sam Storms message from #DGNC. Off to the park for a picnic afterwards. September 27, 11:24 am RT Reply
BenTerry Desiring God national conference has come to an end! It has been an unbelievable blessing and I've truly lived the dream! #DGNC September 27, 11:20 am RT Reply
mmdewalt http://twitpic.com/jdcry - Last hour to sell books at #DGNC September 27, 11:20 am RT Reply
jennmann "its like a mac fest in here" - woman behind me. yes, yes it is :D #DGNC September 27, 11:18 am RT Reply
Be_FullyAlive Follow the tweets at #dgnc for more from the Desiring God Nat Conf. Get the content at www.theaterofgod.org! A wealth of wisdom. September 27, 11:18 am RT Reply
StickDeWire Bought one last book for good measure: http://twitpic.com/jdc43 + http://twitpic.com/jdc5i #DGNC September 27, 11:16 am RT Reply
BarnabasPiper Jesus is the way God gives and what God gives. For either to be true so must be the other. - Piper #dgnc September 27, 11:13 am RT Reply
Bloom_Jon I gave up trying to tweet the glory @JohnPiper was pointing us to this AM. Do not miss this message @ www.theaterofgod.org. #dgnc September 27, 11:12 am RT Reply
thechrisroberts An excellent ending to #DGNC September 27, 11:08 am RT Reply
justinmannhardt That was without question THE BEST and most helpful God glorifying sermon I have EVER heard. Thank You God. #DGNC September 27, 11:06 am RT Reply
HannahAnderson RT @NationsBeGlad: Declare His glory among the nations...to the praise of the glory of His grace #DGNC September 27, 11:02 am RT Reply
thesettingsun07 Eternity's gonna be a bummer if i am not given the capacity to love Him with His love. @JohnPiper #DGNC September 27, 10:54 am RT Reply
BenTerry "I fear that there will be many people in the church who the LORD will say i never knew you because you only wanted me for my gifts." #DGNC September 27, 10:54 am RT Reply
DGPF John 17:26- The Father's love for the Son AND the Son HIMSELF will be in us - GLORY! #DGNC September 27, 10:54 am RT Reply
apaasch19 RT @thesettingsun07: We understand now that to love is not to be made much of, but to be rescued from the need to be made much of. #DGNC September 27, 10:53 am RT Reply
NationsBeGlad RT @DGPF: Jesus is the way God gives and what God gives. @JohnPiper at #DGNC September 27, 10:52 am RT Reply
softlysoaring RT @thesettingsun07: We understand now that to love is not to be made much of, but to be rescued from the need to be made much of. #DGNC September 27, 10:51 am RT Reply
thesettingsun07 RT @sindersetawa: "We won't be Pantheists but everywhere we look we will See Christ Reigning!" - @JohnPiper #DGNC September 27, 10:50 am RT Reply
NationsBeGlad 41 cases of books going to 31 different nations so far. Thank you #DGNC attendees! September 27, 10:50 am RT Reply
thesettingsun07 We understand now that to love is not to be made much of, but to be rescued from the need to be made much of. @JohnPiper #DGNC September 27, 10:49 am RT Reply
marilynkj Piper - I fear that our churches have many ppl who will be shocked to hear, "I never knew you; you only wanted My gifts." #dgnc September 27, 10:49 am RT Reply
apaasch19 "I fear that there will be many people in the church who the LORD will say i never knew you because you only wanted me for my gifts." #DGNC September 27, 10:49 am RT Reply
Bloom_Jon Piper: Christ's work is our glorious redemption, his person is our glorious reward. Make it your life's vocation to SEE HIM. #dgnc September 27, 10:46 am RT Reply
DGPF Recommended resource to further study Piper's #DGNC message today: The Pleasures of God. September 27, 10:46 am RT Reply
Fat_Tony930 Make it your lifelong goal to see God, to know Him so that you can admire Him. #DGNC September 27, 10:46 am RT Reply
thesettingsun07 The highest pleasure of a human soul is to savor infinite admirability. make it your lifelong goal to see Him. @JohnPiper #DGNC September 27, 10:46 am RT Reply
Fat_Tony930 The highest pleasure of a human being is admiration. #DGNC September 27, 10:44 am RT Reply
softlysoaring Jesus' work is our glorious redemption; His person is our glorious reward. #DGNC September 27, 10:44 am RT Reply
Fat_Tony930 @johnpiper: The eternal work of Christ is our glorious redemption. The person of Jesus Christ is our glorious reward. #DGNC September 27, 10:43 am RT Reply
mitchmajeski 70 AD Jerusalem in ruins. Why? " you didn't know the time of your visitation." We'll be ruined if we miss his visit of glorious grace #dgnc September 27, 10:42 am RT Reply
apaasch19 RT @thesettingsun07: He is the price and the pearl. He cannot be one without being the other. No lesser Redeemer will do. #DGNC September 27, 10:41 am RT Reply
thesettingsun07 He is the price and the pearl. He cannot be one without being the other. No lesser Redeemer will do. #DGNC September 27, 10:40 am RT Reply
Bloom_Jon Piper: Jesus is the WAY God gives and the WHAT God gives; the PRICE and the PEARL. #dgnc September 27, 10:39 am RT Reply
Fat_Tony930 @johnpiper: For God to be either our savior or our treasure - He must be both. #DGNC September 27, 10:39 am RT Reply
kennicon John Piper on the grace/love of God: "Jesus is the WAY God gives and WHAT God gives." #DGNC September 27, 10:38 am RT Reply
Fat_Tony930 @johnpiper: Jesus is the way God gives and the gift that God gives! Jesus is the price and the pearl! #DGNC September 27, 10:38 am RT Reply
DGPF Jesus is the way God gives and what God gives. @JohnPiper at #DGNC September 27, 10:37 am RT Reply
thesettingsun07 Oh how we need to turn everyone upside down to see the God-centeredness of His love. @JohnPiper #DGNC September 27, 10:37 am RT Reply
apaasch19 "Oh how we need to turn everyone upside down so we can understand the God-centeredness of the love and grace of God." piper #DGNC September 27, 10:37 am RT Reply
sethmagnuson The apex of the glory of God is the grace of God. #DGNC (via @wewalsh) September 27, 10:37 am RT Reply
softlysoaring love isn't God putting us in the center: it's God doing everything at all costs to cause us to see, savor, and speak His glory! amen! #DGNC September 27, 10:37 am RT Reply
stephengallo John Piper: the purpose of God in the theatre of God is the praise of the glory of his grace. #dgnc September 27, 10:35 am RT Reply
NationsBeGlad #DGNC attendees R U Traveling internationally in the next 6 months? Interested in taking a case of books w/ you? Come to Packing Hope booth. September 27, 10:35 am RT Reply
wewalsh ...so that in the coming ages he might SHOW the immeasurable a riches of his GRACE in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. #DGNC September 27, 10:35 am RT Reply
Bloom_Jon Piper: The glory of God's wrath & power are penultimate (Rom 9:22). The apex of God's glory is his grace (Rom 9:23). #dgnc September 27, 10:33 am RT Reply
BenTerry "God has done everything to solidify and intensify our praise for his glory and grace!" John piper #DGNC September 27, 10:33 am RT Reply
marilynkj God has done everything... to solidify your praise of the glory of His grace. (Piper) #dgnc September 27, 10:30 am RT Reply
mheerema "Before sin existed there was a book with a name, The Book of Life of the Lamb that was slain!" @JohnPiper #DGNC September 27, 10:30 am RT Reply
nicklaparra http://twitpic.com/jd5p2 Last session of #DGNC. @JohnPiper is bringin' it. September 27, 10:30 am RT Reply
apaasch19 "We were made to praise the glory of Gods grace. This is the reason we exist. Looks like Piper just answered a question long debated" #DGNC September 27, 10:30 am RT Reply
taylorschaeffer Grace flowed from God through Jesus for sinners before there were sinners - Piper #dgnc (via @BarnabasPiper) September 27, 10:29 am RT Reply
epjohnson The grace of God is the apex of his glory. -- Piper #dgnc September 27, 10:29 am RT Reply
BarnabasPiper The highest point of the glory of God is his Grace. All other revelations of God make Grace shine more brightly. - Piper #dgnc September 27, 10:29 am RT Reply
thesettingsun07 The highest point of the glory of God is His grace. @JohnPiper #DGNC September 27, 10:29 am RT Reply
wewalsh The apex of the glory of God is the grace of God. #DGNC September 27, 10:28 am RT Reply
mattperman Piper: the apex of the glory of God is the grace of God #dgnc September 27, 10:28 am RT Reply
softlysoaring "the apex of the glory of God is the grace of God." -@JohnPiper amen. #DGNC September 27, 10:28 am RT Reply
NationsBeGlad Declare His glory among the nations...to the praise of the glory of His grace #DGNC September 27, 10:28 am RT Reply
Fat_Tony930 Piper: The most ultimate statement of God's purpose in the Bible: the everlasting, white hot praise of His glorious grace! (Eph 1:6) #DGNC September 27, 10:28 am RT Reply
Bloom_Jon Piper: The theater of God is bigger than the created universe. Much bigger. God chose us in Christ BEFORE the universe existed. Eph1:4 #dgnc September 27, 10:26 am RT Reply
NationsBeGlad RT @BenTerry: "before sin existed there was a book with a name, The Book of Life of the Lamb that was slain!" John Piper #DGNC September 27, 10:25 am RT Reply
thesettingsun07 RT @apaasch19: My name is written in "the book of the Life of the Lamb who was slain!" #DGNC September 27, 10:24 am RT Reply
BenTerry "before sin existed there was a book with a name, The Book of Life of the Lamb that was slain!" John Piper #DGNC September 27, 10:24 am RT Reply
apaasch19 My name is written in "the book of the Life of the Lamb who was slain!" #DGNC September 27, 10:23 am RT Reply
BarnabasPiper Grace flowed from God through Jesus for sinners before there were sinners - Piper #dgnc September 27, 10:22 am RT Reply
RogerServin God gives us a glimpse of the theater of God within the Godhead before the foundation of the world. (paraphrased) John Piper #dgnc September 27, 10:20 am RT Reply
anderson_scott http://twitpic.com/jd4fj - John piper preaches at the #dgnc September 27, 10:19 am RT Reply
RogerServin This creation in the theater of God is not it! God chose sinners before the foundation of the world... (paraphrased) - Piper #dgnc September 27, 10:18 am RT Reply
StickDeWire Turning to Eph 1 while talking about issues with Calvin. Go figure. #DGNC September 27, 10:13 am RT Reply
mheerema Watching the girls so @mrsheerema can go to the final session of #dgnc and hear @johnpiper preach. September 27, 10:11 am RT Reply
softlysoaring the ultimate & only true point of our lives is to bring glory to God, even & always at the expense of our own comfort & convenience. #DGNC September 27, 10:11 am RT Reply
Fat_Tony930 Calvin: goal of life - to magnify the infinite worth of the glory of God. #DGNC September 27, 10:09 am RT Reply
apaasch19 "what i want my life to be: the shining forth of the glory of God and the display of the greatness of Christ." amen brother. #DGNC September 27, 10:07 am RT Reply
Fat_Tony930 Calvin: Wherever the knowledge of it (justification) is taken away, the glory of Christ is extinguished. #DGNC September 27, 10:07 am RT Reply
anderson_scott http://twitpic.com/jd2sc - John Piper begins his talk at the final session of #dgnc September 27, 10:06 am RT Reply
RogerServin I'm gonna say a word about Calvin and then focus on Jesus Christ... - John Piper #dgnc September 27, 10:05 am RT Reply
PiperTravel Jesus makes us think differently about everything. #dgnc September 27, 10:04 am RT Reply
epjohnson Piper paraphrase: Math majors may not know the word "Denouement" #dgnc September 27, 10:04 am RT Reply
softlysoaring that's my boy! @JohnPiper #DGNC September 27, 10:02 am RT Reply
thesettingsun07 Denouement in the theater of God. preparing the tear ducts for action. #DGNC September 27, 10:02 am RT Reply
wewalsh http://twitpic.com/jd2do - Ready to hear Pastor John at #DGNC. September 27, 10:02 am RT Reply
abrahampiper denouement: noun, the final part of a narrative in which the strands of the plot are explained or resolved. #dgnc September 27, 10:02 am RT Reply
mattperman This is always one of my favorite views of Minneapolis #dgnc http://twitpic.com/jd27a September 27, 10:01 am RT Reply
jelehack RT @desiringgod: RT @johnpknight: Next year's DG conference: Think - the Life of the Mind and the Love of God #dgnc September 27, 9:56 am RT Reply
ScottJIsAOk RT @johnpknight: Next year's DG conference: Think - the life of the mind and the love of God #dgnc September 27, 9:53 am RT Reply
preist RT @travisfitzwater Man, I would love to be at the Desiring God National conference this week. http://www.TheaterofGod.com/ #dgnc September 27, 9:53 am RT Reply
travisfitzwater Man, I would love to be at the Desiring God National conference this week, incredible group of speakers. http://www.TheaterofGod.com/ #dgnc September 27, 9:52 am RT Reply
drumdog00 RT @desiringgod: RT @johnpknight: Next year's DG conference: Think - the Life of the Mind and the Love of God #dgnc September 27, 9:49 am RT Reply
jameskinnard RT @johnpknight: Next year's DG conference: Think - the Life of the Mind and the Love of God #dgnc (via @desiringgod) September 27, 9:49 am RT Reply
travisfitzwater Man, I would love to be at the "Theater of God" conference this week, incredible group of speakers. http://www.TheaterofGod.com/ #dgnc September 27, 9:48 am RT Reply
desiringgod RT @johnpknight: Next year's DG conference: Think - the Life of the Mind and the Love of God #dgnc September 27, 9:47 am RT Reply
BenTerry Last session! Praise to god of my salvation! #DGNC September 27, 9:45 am RT Reply
johnpknight Next year's DG conference: Think - the life of the mind and the love of God #dgnc September 27, 9:43 am RT Reply
paulmlawrence Looking forward to seeing what @johnpiper has to share with us in this final session. #DGNC September 27, 9:39 am RT Reply
jrpevans Julius Kim was a hidden treasure (I'd never heard of the guy) at the #dgnc this weekend. September 27, 9:35 am RT Reply
DGPF Appropriate start to the last session at the #DGNC: Come, weary saints. http://twitpic.com/jcz2e September 27, 9:35 am RT Reply
jrpevans Missing the Nat Con, waiting for @abrahampiper tweets of @JohnPiper's message this morning #dgnc September 27, 9:32 am RT Reply
jerrybrown View from nosebleed section. #dgnc http://yfrog.com/1q81rj September 27, 9:31 am RT Reply
kennicon Praising God for a beautiful Lord's Day morning in Minneapolis. Ready and excited to worship in song and the Word. #DGNC September 27, 9:30 am RT Reply
mmdewalt Last session at #DGNC. Let's hope people buy lots of buy after the session!! September 27, 9:28 am RT Reply
aaronmayfield Paalm 8:1 "O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens." #dgnc September 27, 9:28 am RT Reply
marilynkj On a bus with @dissidentcynic, headed to the convention center for the last session of #dgnc. @johnpiper is speaking. September 27, 9:24 am RT Reply
jonathonsawyer Last day of Desiring God Nat'l Conference. John Piper preaching this morning. Conf on Calvin has been tremendously Christ exalting. #dgnc September 27, 9:08 am RT Reply
justinmannhardt Seated for the final session of #DGNC been exposed to so much this weekend. Thankful for the men who have spoken here. September 27, 9:07 am RT Reply
MCOlson11 Last day of #DGNC and we got our best seats yet to see @johnpiper http://pic.gd/c722b7 September 27, 9:05 am RT Reply
wayneschuller RT @canonpress: Subscribe to Doug Wilson's sermons here for free. #dgnc http://bit.ly/7D31L September 27, 9:03 am RT Reply

Live Blog

Sep 27
11:27 am

You can now listen to John Piper's message from this morning. The manuscript will be posted tomorrow.

Sep 27
11:06 am

John Piper preaching

Sep 27
10:57 am

Piper: So already now the age to come—the age of glory—has begun. So with one foot raised, stand in awe of Jesus Christ.

Sep 27
10:55 am

Signing

Sep 27
10:55 am

Piper: Five, by the sight of God's glory in the gospel we are already being changed into the likeness of Christ (2 Corinthians 4:4).

Sep 27
10:52 am

Piper: Four, our glory in the new creation will only be the reflected glory of Christ.

Sep 27
10:50 am

Piper: Third, the apex of God’s love is to give us himself for our everlasting enjoyment.

Sep 27
10:48 am

Piper: Second, Christ's beauty in the new heavens and new earth will have no competitor.

Sep 27
10:45 am

Piper: The highest pleasure of the human soul is admiration. To see and savor the glory of Christ—to admire him—is why we were created.

Sep 27
10:44 am

Piper: What difference does all of this make for us? Five things...

Sep 27
10:43 am

Piper: Jesus' role in the theater of God is to display the apex of God’s glory in history for our perfect salvation, and to display the apex of God’s glory in eternity for our perfect satisfaction.

Sep 27
10:40 am

Piper: Jesus is the embodiment of the glory of God’s grace, and Jesus is the means of attaining it.

The glory of the grace of God is Christ's glory (2 Corinthians 4:4; Ephesians 3:21; Philippians 4:19; John 12:41).

Sep 27
10:38 am

Piper: God has planned eternity to show us more and more of the riches of his glory. So he will satisfy our ever-growing capacities to see and savor and praise it.

Paul calls this “the great love of God” (Ephesians 1:4)

Sep 27
10:30 am

Piper: The apex of God’s glory is the glory of his grace. All his other glories—the glory of his justice and wrath and power and wisdom and truthfulness—serve the glory of his grace (Romans 9:22-23.)

Sep 27
10:27 am

Piper: QUESTION: What is the ultimate goal of God in the theater of God?

ANSWER: That the glory of his grace should be praised by innumerable redeemed human beings (Ephesians 1:6).

Sep 27
10:23 am

Piper: My conclusion from Ephesians 1:4-6 is that the universe is not large enough or long enough to display the fullness of the glories of Christ.

God must direct our attention back to eternity and outside this universe to find ample scope for the revelation of the glory of his Son. He considers this valuable for us to know.

Sep 27
10:23 am


John Piper preaches through Ephesians 1 (photo by Scott Anderson)

Sep 27
10:18 am

Piper: Three times in those verses Paul speaks of the glorious displays of Christ’s greatness before and outside this universe. So it seems inadequate to say that this created universe is the extent of the theater of God.

Sep 27
10:16 am

Piper: Ephesians 1:4-6 is the first place I go every time I ask about the ultimate purpose of God in the universe.

Sep 27
10:15 am

Piper: Calvin would want me to join him in magnifying the glory of Christ at this our last session, and he would want me to do it mainly with the Word of God.

Sep 27
10:12 am

John Piper provides a definition of "denouement." (photo by: Bill Walsh)

Sep 27
10:09 am

Piper: If there are two things that have been burned on my mind with the help of John Calvin it is the majesty of the Word of God—the Bible, and the supreme worth of the glory of God manifest supremely in Jesus Christ.

Sep 27
10:06 am

Piper: Unlike anyone else in the universe, the work and the person of Jesus demand that we think of denouement in unusual ways.

Sep 27
10:04 am

Piper: Denouement is “the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.”

Sep 27
10:02 am

John Piper: My title is “Jesus Christ as Denouement in the Theater of God: Calvin and the Supremacy of Christ in All Things.” The question I am trying to answer is how Jesus Christ relates to the ultimate purpose of God in creating the universe as the theater of God.

Sep 27
9:40 am

Scott Anderson opens the last session of the DGNC.

Sep 27
9:39 am

You can now watch the panel discussion and Sam Storms' message.

desiring god 2009 national conference / september 25-27

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