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. However, the most formative season theologically was yet to come: three years under the tutelage of Daniel Payton Fuller , at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California , from to

Desiring god john piper

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Our quest is not merely joy. That's like saying pleasing yourself in sex.

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For 25 years, pastor John Piper has been provoking Christians with the simple but paradigm-shattering truth that "God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him. The pursuit of pleasure in God is not only permissible; it's essential. Building his message on hundreds of Scriptures, especially from the Psalms, the apostle Paul, and Jesus himself--and echoing the likes of Blaise Pascal, Jonathan Edwards, and C. Lewis--Piper beckons us to approach God with the hedonist's abandon. Finally, we are freed to enjoy Jesus not only as our Lord and Savior, but also our all-surpassing, soul-satisfying Treasure.

Desiring god john piper

David Mathis Why do so many Christians love the book of Philippians? Among other reasons, because the letter is brief, accessible, memorable, and teeming with joy. David Mathis The Father prioritizes the church by choosing her, the Son prioritizes her by purchasing and purifying her, and the Spirit prioritizes her in his power. So, how do we prioritize the church? We encourage you to order through them as you consider supporting faithful, independent Christian booksellers. Does church leadership seem endlessly complicated?

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What about when we don't feel satisfied So don't put too much stock in that two-star rating. However, when you are limiting your focus, you can't just completely ignore things that contradict the philosophical construct you are building, and Piper does exactly that. Timothy Gubler. My favorite chapter was the one on Worship. And though it is heady it is quite clearly articulated. Clifford Luebben. Lewis in a post-modern society. Retrieved September 9, Does this passage not ring of servitude? Retrieved December 18, 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. Join him as he unveils stunning, life-impacting truths you saw in the Bible but never dared to believe.

Experience the Lifelong Pleasures of Knowing God! Desiring God is a paradigm-shattering work that dramatically alters common perspectives on relating to God.

I hoped this would be the case. ISSN Am I saying that God IS joyless and dismal and has n0 delight? Hedonism is pleasure of the self, you cannot simply sneak God into it by saying that you are pleasing yourself 'in God'. I like Piper's overall point, but I'm not sure this book needed to be quite so long. I don't think Piper's wrong in his choice of label, nor do I think the idea itself is theologically questionable. Of course we are! In this paradigm-shattering classic, newly revised and expanded, John Piper reveals that the debate between duty and delight doesn't truly Delight is our duty. Again, I agree. This book was disappointing on so many levels. That seeking after the feeling of joy and pleasure was the end all and be all of Christianity. Piper's refrain by the end of the book is that Christian hedonism finds its fountain of joy in God and overflows in love for neighbor. This tangential character of the pursuit of joy in God comes through in subsequent chapters where Piper tries to situate Christian hedonism in a variety of spheres: worship, service, money, marriage, missions, suffering.