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Take Care How You Listen: Sermons by John Piper on Receiving the Word is unavailable, but you can change that!

Skillful listening is a non-negotiable skill for everyone who enters a church building on Sunday or plays a sermon through headphones during the week. Scripture calls us not only to consider carefully what sermons we listen to, but also how we listen to those sermons. It is very easy to slip into what Scripture calls “dullness of hearing,” to hear the weekly sermons without faith, and to see...

the parables are part of Jesus’ concealing and hardening ministry as well as part of his revealing and saving ministry. The Word Saves Some and Hardens Some This hard word is a quote from Isaiah 6:9–10 where God tells Isaiah his ministry to Israel will not only be saving for some but hardening for others. God says to Isaiah, “Go, and tell this people: ‘Keep on listening, but do not perceive; keep on looking, but do not understand.’ Render the hearts of this people insensitive, their ears dull,
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