The following message is by pastor John Piper. More information from desiring God is available at

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Consider your leaders who spoke to you the word of God.

Consider the outcome of their faith and imitate their lives. This is biblical mandate for biography and I take it seriously.

And I ask now that... I take it seriously.

And I ask now that among the untold number of things that you plan to do here, now in this hour and in this conference,

you would grant us to love the Gospel of the glory of Christ who is the image of God and is our everlasting satisfaction more because of this.

I pray that you would make these pastors more courageous because of this

and less fearful and anxious in dealing with the truth.

I pray that you will illumine our minds concerning the nature of truth and the way it should be expressed and defended in our day.

I pray that we would know our times and render far-seeing service to the church.

And I pray that we would stand against the world

for the sake of the world.

Mingling properly, do not be conformed to this age

and become all things to all people. And I pray that someday none would be missing from this room

when we gather to be and see and delight and display the glory of Christ.

The glory of Christ forever and ever with ever increasing joy.

Help me now to be faithful to the truth concerning Athanasius and concerning our day as your

word comes to bear on both in Jesus' name. I pray, amen.

A few comments about books and then we launch.

This is the Nicene and Post Nicene Fathers, Athanasia, selected

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