{ "name": "Growing In Grace", "description": "", "sermons": [ { "title": "Grow in Grace and in the Knowledge of Our Lord", "url": "http:\/\/api.sermonindex.net\/SID22489", "size": "0", "format": "mp3", "scripture": "", "topic": "Growing In Grace", "description": "", "download": "http:\/\/api.sermonindex.net\/SID22489-download", "preacher_name": "John Piper", "preacher_image": "", "preacher_description": "John Piper (1946 - Present)\r\nListen to freely downloadable audio sermons by the speaker John Piper in mp3 format. is a Calvinistic Baptist Christian preacher and author currently serving as Pastor for Preaching and Vision of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His books include ECPA Christian Book Award winners Spectacular Sins, What Jesus Demands from the World, Pierced by the Word, and God's Passion for His Glory, and bestsellers Don't Waste Your Life and The Passion of Jesus Christ. The evangelical organization Desiring God is named for his book Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist (1986).\r\n\r\nIn 1980, after what he described as an \"irresistible call of the Lord to preach\", Piper became Pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he has been ministering ever since. Piper hit the evangelical scene after the publication of his book Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist (1986) and has continued to publish dozens of other books further articulating this theological perspective. In 1994, he founded Desiring God Ministries, which provides all of Piper's sermons and articles from the past three decades, and most of his books online free of charge, as well as offering for sale books, CDs, and DVDs and regularly hosting conferences.", "_scripture": [] }, { "title": "How To Grow in Grace", "url": "http:\/\/api.sermonindex.net\/SID5733", "size": "0", "format": "mp3", "scripture": "", "topic": "Growing In Grace", "description": "", "download": "http:\/\/api.sermonindex.net\/SID5733-download", "preacher_name": "A.W. Tozer", "preacher_image": "\/images\/aw_tozer.gif", "preacher_description": "A.W. Tozer (1897 - 1963)\r\nListen to freely downloadable audio sermons by the speaker A.W. Tozer in mp3 format. A \"20th-century prophet\" many called him during his lifetime. For 31 years A.W.Tozer was pastor of Southside Alliance Church in Chicago. He was involved in the missionary alliance movement for most of his pulpit life. A.W. Tozer lived in the presence of God he saw clearly and he spoke as a prophet to the church. He sought for God's honor with the zeal of Elijah and mourned with Jeremiah at the apostasy of God's people. \r\n\r\nLeonard Ravenhill was a close friend of pastor and writer A. W. Tozer and spoke of him as one of the most influential voices in the Church in America. A.W. Tozer's materials are a mainstay in Evangelical churches in our day and he is one of the most quoted authors. He was a prophet in his day and his writings are even more influential in our day. One of his books: The Pursuit of God, has had over 1 million copies sold world-wide.", "_scripture": [] } ] }