"The critical question for our generation - and for every generation - is this: 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 youy 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 were not there? (pg 15)"
PCCA Father - Wesley Bond - "God is the gospel! What a tremendous book! Makes you look at everything differently! All of God's gifts (breath, life, the beauty of nature, pain and suffering, discipline, food, friends, children, spouses, theology, the Bible, redemption, reconciliation, justification, forgiveness of sins, eternal life, everything good) are not an end in themselves that I should desire but rather a means to an end - God Himself.
You might even want to read this book twice."
Amazon Book Description
Piper passionately argues that the good news of the gospel is that we are given the greatest gift imaginable: God himself.
Too often we reduce the gospel to being a free ticket to heaven or a key to spiritual blessings. But the good news of Jesus Christ is deeper, more profound, and more wonderful than we realize.
The wonder and majesty of the gospel are that we are given the greatest gift imaginable: God himself. Piper unpacks the gospel to show that none of Christ’s gospel deeds and none of our gospel blessings are good news except as a means of exalting the glory of Christ.
Biblically faithful and radically God-centered, this book leads to satisfaction for the deep hungers of the soul. The glorious truth that God is the gospel touches us at the root of life where practical transformation gets its daily power. It awakens our longing for Christ and opens our eyes to his beauty. Join Piper as he leads us to worship and treasure Christ, the ultimate gift of the gospel.
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