Desiring god john piper

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Piper is the founder and senior teacher of Desiring God desiringgod. According to Piper, he had a religious conversion at his mother's knee on a family vacation in Florida when he was six years old. He has explained in both prose and poetry why he writes. Lewis has remained a profound influence in Piper's life, in large measure, Piper says, because of the "combination of rational precision with language, and profound poetic perception of reality. Before those three weeks were over, I had resolved to drop organic chemistry… That was, I believe, my call to the ministry of the word.

Desiring god john piper

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Desiring god john piper

Jump to ratings and reviews. Want to read. Rate this book. Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist. John Piper.

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He spells this out as meaning we are to take delight in God's increasing glory. The news of cancer has a wonderfully blasting effect on both. I found this concept difficult Toggle limited content width. This news has, of course, been good for me. That seeking after the feeling of joy and pleasure was the end all and be all of Christianity. Upon completion of his doctorate, Piper taught biblical studies at Bethel University in Saint Paul, Minnesota , for six years between and Besides the conflict caused by my basic conviction that discipleship, as well as joy and glory, are fundamentally communal realities, I also found Desiring God frustrating to read at a literary level. John Piper books 4, followers. This is by no means an easy book.

John Piper: God wakened me from spiritual death when I was a child under the faith-filled instruction and example of my happy, Spirit-filled, mentally healthy, fundamentalist parents.

Things that go in accordance with God's will for man, which means this is an amazing book! He has the heart of a pastor and the mind of a theologian, a combination difficult to find in twenty-first century pastors. Alexander Wood. He is not a means to an end. Zach Hollifield. Author 6 books followers. Based on Paul in 1 Corinthians 15, "if in this life we have hope only Although I usually enjoy John Piper books, this one was a bit too scholarly for me personally. Nothing on enjoying good beer. Again, I agree. He promised it would be difficult, involve sacrifice, and persecution. Should we base anything on how we feel on a daily basis? Absolutely nothing. God is sovereign and He is well deserving of our obedience and delight in Him. That is why I am not a Christian Hedonist.