Desiring god book5/24/2023 ![]() ‘The first principle, Piper openly admits he wrote Desiring God “to be a philosophy of life that he believes is biblical” (23-24). It goes without saying that John Piper is a very noteworthy man.’īutler starts his review by identifying four principles of engagement: He writes: ‘I am deeply grieved in my heart to write this post as I am most certainly sure I will not only suffer the cost of exposing a man who is considered by many to be orthodox and thoroughly Reformed, but I anticipate that I will also suffer the loss of friendships as the same man is loved by the masses of Christian young people everywhere. What I do know is that I have been handed the responsibility to deal with the book for the sake of those in my flock and the salvation of many souls.’īutler understands the cost of contending for the gospel. I originally asked the same question as you, why now after 30 plus years? Why haven’t the leading pastors of the past 30 years dealt with this book? I don’t know. After researching what most of the young people had in common, I found a tie to Piper’s Desiring God. The difficulty comes from a perversion within the doctrine of God’s Love. ![]() ![]() Now that I have been in the pastorate I have experienced the most troubling situations in communicating the gospel with young people. ![]() ‘Oddly enough I have never read Piper until after I graduated from TMS. Michael Butler explains the reason for his review. ![]()
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