Piper addresses and helpfully answers many of our questions about the second coming, but the great contribution of this book is its stirring of our hearts with the truth of God’s word.
In our commitment to gospel-centrality we must find ways to more fully and more regularly celebrate the grand consummation of God’s redemptive purposes, and this book helps us do just that. Of all of John Piper’s books, this may be the one I’m most glad he wrote. Stephen Witmer, Pastor, Pepperell, Massachusetts This is a truly ‘Christian Hedonist’ eschatology: robustly biblical, radically hope-giving, and relentlessly focused on our eternal enjoyment of the glorious triune God. More than that, he stokes our longing for Jesus’s return. In Come, Lord Jesus, John Piper anticipates our questions about the last things, clarifies and improves those questions, then delivers trustworthy answers from the Scriptures.
Thomas Schreiner, Professor, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary I found this book to be fuel for the mind and the heart, one that is full of biblical and practical wisdom. Certainly there are disagreements about the end times, but no one will be able to dispute that Piper argues carefully and extensively from the Scriptures. We are stirred to love Jesus’s appearing and to live now in light of the last day, in light of the return of the King. This 25th-anniversary reference edition includes an updated introduction by John Piper, appendices and supplemental resources, and brief testimonials from readers profoundly affected by Desiring God.Readers should not neglect this important book on the coming of the Lord Jesus and the last times. And that will be a good thing, for the glory of God, and for your deepest joy. Finally, we are freed to enjoy Jesus not only as our Lord and Savior, but also our all-surpassing, soul-satisfying Treasure.Īs important today as ever, Desiring God may turn your Christian world upside down. Lewis-Piper beckons us to approach God with the hedonist’s abandon. The pursuit of pleasure in God is not only permissible it’s essential.īuilding 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.S. The modern classic that has transformed our understanding of how we relate to God.įor 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.
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