I just recently read Desiring God by John Piper. This book is over 25 years old and is still impacting many, including myself, everyday for the glory of God. Filled with many deep insights and profound statements this book is a good book for any reader who wants to look deeper into how and why we live our lives for Christ.
While I acknowledge that when I picked this book that I knew Piper was a 5 point Calvinist (I am not), yet I was somewhat suprised at just how much of an impact that belief system had on this work. It seemed to me that had Piper spent more time earlier in the book defining the major theme of Christian Hedonism than explaining and advocating Calvinism it would have been an easier read in the early chapters.
Overall I would recommend this book to anyone who has a thoughtfully developed theology so that they might be able to see all that there is to grasp in this book and let their life be changed profoundly as mine and so many others have. I must say that while I don't agree with everything proposed in this book Desiring God changed for the better the way I look at what and how I do everything in my worship of God.
I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this Review.
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