“Grace is not simply leniency when we have sinned. Grace is the enabling gift of God not to sin. Grace is power, not just pardon.”John Piper
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John Piper — Selected writings, sermons, and teachings on the glory of God, Christian joy, prayer, holiness, the gospel, and missions, including quotations attributed to him in supplied graphics and excerpts from Remembering Past Grace for the Sake of Future Grace.