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See this post by John Piper himself on here.

From time to time, I will hear sermons, devotionals or conversations regarding the topic of "change" or "sanctification," which in short is becoming more like Jesus Christ and less like the darkness from which we have been called out. (I don't mean messages with application of change, but rather messages on "change" as the theme.) Recently, I heard another one of these messages preached. The text was I John 1:5-10, regarding our response to the truth that "God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all." The preacher did a great job of following the text closely, but after discussing the fact that "if we say we have no sin we deceive ourselves," he promptly went to discussing sin in another context. To his credit, he did come back to mention that we can be forgiven (v. 9). However, what was left in the middle was of most importance in the scheme of the passage, having seen that God is light. Verse 7 has as its ending, "an

Crush , used as a noun, is defined as being "a brief, but intense infatuation for someone." Some call this phenomenon "hero worship" in ministry circles, but this label seems inappropriate in some cases. Sometimes people are referred to as "[insert name]-ites." This name comes as a result of a person choosing to follow another person without reserve. But, you see, a ministry crush is in no way this thing called "hero worship." Recently, very recently, in fact, a fearsome foursome met (of which I am part) discussing a mutual ministry crush we have. We do not worship this pastor, author, etc., but we choose to identify with this man in the larger realm of Christianity. I would like to think that that night this fearsome foursome coined the term "ministry crush." Whereas hero worship involves an infatuation, a ministry crush (maybe even courtship - ministry courtship) is a brand of ministry discipleship. I hope this articulate, exhaustive