Monday, July 31, 2006

Book Preview: God is the Gospel by John Piper

"If you could have heaven, with no sickness, and with all the friends you ever had on earth, and all the food you ever liked, and all the leisure activities you ever enjoyed, and all the natural beauties you ever saw, all the physical pleasures you ever tasted, and no human conflict or any natural disasters, could you be satisfied with heaven, if Christ was not there?"

That is a question for us all to consider and was asked by Piper in the introduction to this book. I loved it. It is so similar to J.C. Ryle's chapter "Christ is All" in his book Holiness. It's definitely something to think about and perhaps pray about. I'm afraid the answer to too many 'Christians' today would be yes. I'm afraid that too many pastors preach to their flock as if the answer was yes. I'm afraid that I live too many days of my life in which my answer may appear as a yes. This cannot be. And I hope this book, as I read it, will drive me to yearn for that deep fellowship that Christ so longs to have with me. And I have it for him, but I can't say I do each and every day, and that's where I want to change. If I don't read these books for the scripture and for the change, then what's the point?

1 Comments:

At 12:31 AM, Blogger Eric said...

Book is now finished. I may or may not post a review. Probably will, just not yet.

 

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