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God's passion for His glory : living the vision of Jonathan Edwards, with the complete text of The end for which God created the world

Book information

Publisher
Crossway Books
Year
1998
ISBN
1581340079, 9781581340075
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
246 kB (252007 bytes)
Edition
1St Edition
Pages
xvii, 266 p. ; 24 cm\0
Time added
2013-01-24 20:00:00

Description

In his essay The End for Which God Created the World,the great theologian Jonathan Edwards proclaimed that God'sultimate end is the manifestation of his glory in the highesthappiness of his creatures.Pastor John Piper has devoted his years of ministry to exploringthe implications of this stunning truth for life and ministry.Understanding that God is most glorified in us when we are mostsatisfied in him has made all the difference for John Piper-and cantransform your life as well.Here Piper passionately demonstrates the relevance of Edwards'sideals for the personal and public lives of Christians todaythrough his own book-length introduction to Edwards's The Endfor Which God Created the World. This book also contains thecomplete essay supplemented by almost a hundred of Piper'sinsightful explanatory notes. The result is a powerful andpersuasive presentation of the things that matter most in theChristian life

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