Expository Sermons

The Pain of the World and the Purposes of God | John Piper


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  • Date Preached: April 26, 2015
  • Passage: ⁠Romans 8:18–25⁠ 
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    • By John Piper. © Desiring God Foundation. Source: desiringGod.org
    • John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. For more than thirty years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis. He is author of more than fifty books, and his sermons, articles, books, and more are available free of charge at desiringGod.org.
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