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

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D. D. D.O. G. Before I read a passage of scripture, I want to say thank you for a few things.

David has expressed gratitude for you and extended the greeting from

our elders who said yes to our coming and I'm so

thankful for that. But thank you for the invitation. Thank you to

Francois Picard and the friendship that is growing and I appreciate it very much.

You've been very kind to me.

All of you and your team have been remarkably gracious servants to David and me in our presence here. The second thing would be to thank

God for the vision of Sembeck. I'm learning, I'm reading, I'm listening, and I'm learning I'm reading I'm listening and I'm understanding more all the time both about the history of the church in

Quebec which is the most remarkable history to me the little I've heard of it here in the

last 50 years or so, and the kinds of price that was paid for the beginnings of the Evangel evangelical Baptist churches here.

And so just hearing about that and the vision that was begun

and now is continuing for the way that you are training pastors.

You know, America may look like they have these giant seminaries

that are knowing exactly what they're doing.

Well, they don't know what they're doing.

And they're all fumbling around

trying to figure out how to train pastors

who are competent in loving people and explaining the Bible and helping the sick and winning

the lost and mobilizing missions and seminary's all know they're defective. They don't do all that they look

like they can do. And so don't feel intimidated by the big American seminaries.

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