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Title: The Pleasures of God : Meditations on God's Delight in Being God by John Piper ISBN: 1-57673-665-2 Publisher: Multnomah Publishers Inc. Pub. Date: 30 September, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.74 (27 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Must Read for Every Serious Christian: A True Classic
Comment: The Pleasures of God is by far one of the great books of our generation. John Piper is not only a clear and easy to follow theologian, he has a zeal and enthusiasm for the Person of God that is contagious.
The genre of this book is hard to peg. Its theology runs deep - very deep, yet it is at the same time devotional; it stretches the intellect but cuts straight to the heart. Piper's style is truly unique. His convictions are unashamedly Biblical.
The essence of the book may be condensed down to this: God does just as He pleases. Yet this thesis opens a universe of implications and questions, some of which Piper addresses in the book's ten chapters. They are titled, "The Pleasure of God in His Son, The Pleasure of God in All He Does, The Pleasure of God in His Creation, The Pleasure of God in His Fame, The Pleasure of God in Election, The Pleasure of God in Bruising the Son, The Pleasure of God in Doing Good to All Who Hope in Him, The Pleasure of God in the Prayers of the Upright, The Pleasure of God in Personal Obedience and Public Justice, and The Pleasure of God in Concealing Himself from the Wise and Revealing Himself to Infants."
The Appendix, "Are There Two Wills in God? Divine Election and God's Desire for All to Be Saved" is also worth reading and should be considered an eleventh chapter.
Piper's God is the Sovereign God of the Bible. Although we can only understand what He has revealed, He makes no apology for being God nor for His nature; instead, He glories in Who He is. Because the believer is in union with Him through Christ, we are included in the great love felt between the Persons of the Trinity.
Piper takes the reader through numerous theological and daily issues, like election, why a good God would allow evil, foreign missions, prayer, the holiness of God, the Sovereignty of God, the purpose of Christ's atonement - and a whole lot more.
I found that this book stretched not only my mind but my soul. World Magazine rightly included this volume on its list of the top 100 books of the Twentieth Century. It will take you a while to journey through these 340 thoughtful pages, but it will be a journey you will long remember.
Rating: 5
Summary: Read this One! One of the Best Christian Books Written
Comment: The Pleasures of God is by far one of the great books of our generation. John Piper is not only a clear and easy to follow theologian, he has a zeal and enthusiasm for the Person of God that is contagious.
The genre of this book is hard to peg. Its theology runs deep - very deep, yet it is at the same time devotional; it stretches the intellect but cuts straight to the heart. Piper's style is truly unique. His convictions are unashamedly Biblical.
The essence of the book may be condensed down to this: God does just as He pleases. Yet this thesis opens a universe of implications and questions, some of which Piper addresses in the book's ten chapters. They are titled, "The Pleasure of God in His Son, The Pleasure of God in All He Does, The Pleasure of God in His Creation, The Pleasure of God in His Fame, The Pleasure of God in Election, The Pleasure of God in Bruising the Son, The Pleasure of God in Doing Good to All Who Hope in Him, The Pleasure of God in the Prayers of the Upright, The Pleasure of God in Personal Obedience and Public Justice, and The Pleasure of God in Concealing Himself from the Wise and Revealing Himself to Infants."
The Appendix, "Are There Two Wills in God? Divine Election and God's Desire for All to Be Saved" is also worth reading and should be considered an eleventh chapter.
Piper's God is the Sovereign God of the Bible. Although we can only understand what He has revealed, He makes no apology for being God nor for His nature; instead, He glories in Who He is. Because the believer is in union with Him through Christ, we are included in the great love felt between the Persons of the Trinity.
Piper takes the reader through numerous theological and daily issues, like election, why a good God would allow evil, foreign missions, prayer, the holiness of God, the Sovereignty of God, the purpose of Christ's atonement - and a whole lot more.
I found that this book stretched not only my mind but my soul. World Magazine rightly included this volume on its list of the top 100 books of the Twentieth Century. It will take you a while to journey through these 340 thoughtful pages, but it will be a journey you will long remember.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Rare, Relentlessly God-Centered Work
Comment: This is the most God-centered work that the decidedly theocentric pastor John Piper has produced. Not coincidentally, this is also Dr. Piper's best work.
Dr. Piper begins by considering a quote from Henry Scougal: the excellency of a soul is to be measured by the object of its love. Scougal was referring to human souls, but nevertheless this quote raised a question in Dr. Piper's mind: couldn't we also measure the greatness of God by looking at the objects of his love?
Every chapter analyzes one object of God's love, and how God's affections for each object reveal his greatness. Chapter One is the foundation for everything that follows. There Dr. Piper examines the ultimate pleasure of God the Father: his Son, who is the perfect, fully divine image of himself.
Every subsequent chapter is memorable. Chapters Two and Three contemplate God's free sovereignty and fame, respectively. Chapter Four, on God's delight in his creation, is a much-needed corrective to the widespread belief that (as Stephen Jay Gould once wrote) whatever we think of God, his wisdom is not manifest in nature. Chapter Five is a clear popular defense of unconditional election. Chapter Six is the book's climax, and reveals how the Father's delight in bruising his Son lay in displaying his righteousness while justifying those who belittled his glory. Chapters Seven through Nine consider different facets of God's delight in his dealings with us humans. Chapter Ten contains a powerful defense of the place of study and thinking in the Christian life. And the appendix, "Are There Two Wills in God?" is a little masterpiece in its own right.
This is by no means a perfect work, being the product of a finite and fallen mind. But Dr. Piper clearly finds God totally enthralling, and he has painted a portrait of God that is biblically solid and overwhelmingly lovely. The Pleasures of God is a stirring expression of happy, God-centered theology and devotion.
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Title: Desiring God by John Piper ISBN: 1590521196 Publisher: Multnomah Publishers Inc. Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Future Grace by John Piper ISBN: 1576733378 Publisher: Multnomah Publishers Inc. Pub. Date: 09 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper ISBN: 1581344988 Publisher: Crossway Books Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: God's Passion for His Glory: Living the Vision of Jonathan Edwards by John Piper ISBN: 1581340079 Publisher: Crossway Books Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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Title: Let the Nations Be Glad! 2d ed. by John Piper, Tom Steller ISBN: 080102613X Publisher: Baker Book House Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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