Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ (John Piper Small Group)
by John Piper
from Crossway Books
This group-member study guide reinforces John Piper’s DVD presentations on what it means to behold and delight in Jesus above all things.
In 2 Corinthians, the apostle Paul described one of the central problems facing humanity in every age: people fail to see Christ for who he is. Even those who have caught a glimpse of him do not see perfectly, says best-selling author John Piper. But it is important that we not only learn to see him but delight in him and the truth of the gospel.
This study guide—a companion to the Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ DVD—explores the meaning and significance of these ideas in an eight-session, guided group study. With its opportunities for reflection, penetrating questions, and five daily assignments per week, this full-length guide walks group members through Piper’s compelling DVD presentation, in addition to supplementing Piper’s book by the same name.
Combining the Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ Study Guide with the DVD will enable churches, small groups, schools, and families to learn to behold and delight in Jesus more than anything this world has to offer.
When I Don't Desire God: How to Fight for Joy (John Piper Small Group)
by John Piper
from Crossway Books
A guided group study that focuses on John Piper’s DVD teaching regarding how to fight for true delight in Christ and obtain proper affections for God.
Does the command to love God with all our heart, soul, and mind really obligate us to enjoy God above all things? Joy and delight are emotions after all, so isn’t such love simply a decision of the will, not a feeling?
According to John Piper, in this companion to the When I Don’t Desire God DVD, emotions are commanded everywhere in Scripture. They’re not just instructions to think a certain way but to feel a certain way. And though we don’t have complete control of our emotions, eternity hangs on the presence of proper affections for God. Therefore, the fight for joy is not optional. It is essential.
This study guide—focused on Piper’s powerful teaching on DVD—explores the necessity and strategies of delighting in Christ in an eight-session, guided group study. Each guide features helps for reflection, penetrating questions, and five daily assignments per week. Along with the DVD, it is an ideal package that will lead groups of any size in the all-important fight for joy.
God Is the Gospel: Meditations on God's Love as the Gift of Himself (John Piper Small Group)
by John Piper
from Crossway Books
John Piper awakens you to the highest, best, final, and decisive good of the gospel, without which no other gifts would be good.
Some people say forgiveness makes the gospel good news. Others suggest that being saved from hell or gaining freedom from a guilty conscience makes it good news. But the Bible tells us the gospel is good news not because of its many peripheral blessings, but because it brings us to God—and to utter delight in him as our all-sufficient and everlasting treasure.
This study guide—a companion to the God Is the Gospel DVD—dynamically explores the ultimate good of the good news in eight sessions that feature the teaching of Pastor John Piper. This full-length guide will prepare your group members for Piper’s powerful DVD lessons and supplement his book God Is the Gospel.
Each study guide comes complete with Scripture and key quotations for reflection, penetrating questions, and five daily assignments per week. Along with the DVD, it is an ideal package for leading your class, small group, church, or family to embrace God as the gospel in every area of their lives.
All That You Can't Leave Behind: A Rookie Missionary's Life in Africa
by Ryan J. Murphy
from Father's Press
“Do all missionaries live in grass huts, wear pocket protectors, have 13 children, and stutter?”
My, my, my. It is good you picked up this book.
Through personal stories, cultural insights, and perspectives on the mission movement in Africa, Ryan Murphy shares what the missionary life looks like in the 21st century.
All That You Can’t Leave Behind offers an entertaining bridge into the unknown lands of missions work and challenges you to make a difference in your world for God’s glory.
The Roots of Endurance: Invincible Perseverance in the Lives of John Newton, Charles Simeon, and William Wilberforce (Piper, John, Swans Are Not Silent, V. 3.)
by John Piper
from Crossway Books
John Newton, Charles Simeon, and William Wilberforce suffered lifelong opposition and endured for the causes of gospel truth, missionary zeal, and political justice. They found, in solid doctrine and humble joy, the tough roots for habitual tenderness in response to their adversaries—without doctrinal or moral flinching. They are examples of remarkable grace.
In Book 3 in The Swans Are Not Silent series, best-selling author John Piper looks at the lives of these three great men and focuses on how they not only endured great opposition, but that they did so with joy and without bitterness. Their lives exemplify how to set a pace and finish the race before us, encouraging every heart that it is possible to jump the hurdles in our paths.
Galatians: Broken by His Cross, Healed by His Spirit (12 Audio Cassettes)
Watercolors by John Piper
From the late English artist's sketchbooks, watercolors and work in chalk that reveal a rare virtuosity with pen and brush. Distributed by Woodstocker Books.
Passion of Jesus Christ (Fifty Reasons Why He Came to Die) by Piper
The Triumphant Church: A three-part study from the writings of Richard Wurmbrand, John Piper, & Milton Martin
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