Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #286763 in Books
• Published on: 2008-06-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

About the Author
JOHN PIPER is pastor for preaching and vision at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis. His many books include When I Don't Desire God, God Is the Gospel, Don't Waste Your Life, and their DVDs and study guides.

Customer Reviews

See His Glory For Yourself
John Piper has written an excellent book here with the design of letting the glory of Christ shine through these meditations on Scripture. This book will serve as an encouragement to the Christian, inspiring worship and adoration. But it will also be evangelistic to the unbeliever, inspiring (with the Holy Spirit's help) awe and trust.

Piper focuses on many aspects of Christ's person and work including His zeal for God's glory; the excellence of His person; His wisdom, mercy, power, and severity; His anguish and sufferings; and His resurrection and Second-Coming.

I found this a very beneficial book drawing me closer to my Lord. I read it on a plane between Dallas and Cincinatti (it is short!) before preaching a series of special meetings. It was wonderful preparation for my heart. I would highly recommend it for both your own soul and as a gift to others.

Powerful Christ Center and Prayerful Book
This book is, more or less, a collection of essays from Piper pertaining to the work, glory, person and power of Christ. The preface is used as a type of 'apologetic' for the person of Christ. Following the preface are chapters which cover certain attributes of Christ, namely his glory, deity, excellence, power, wisdom, but also Christ's desecration, anguish, and saving sacrifice.

The book is a very powerful Christ-centered work demonstrating to its reader just who Christ is and why that is so important. At the end of each chapter is a prayer, and at the beginning of each chapter is either a Scripture verse or quote from someone (e.g. Isaac Watts).

Piper details the person of Christ, His work, His being, His actions and takes these and applies them to our lives in a very powerful way. Christ's death and resurrection are detailed and the significance these acts have upon our lives, the purpose of these acts and how these things speak out to us and tell us that what occurred is true, who Jesus is and what He has done is indeed truth.

If you are wanting a theologically solid exposition of Christ then this is the best book you could own. What is more, the book is a wonderful devotional work which will help to strengthen your prayer life as well as your time with God. Moreover, this is a very powerful work to give to those who are nonbelievers, since Piper seems to have written in such a way that the nonbeliever can benefit from the truths of these pages. I highly recommend this book!

Christology at it's best
I read this book during a pretty dry and seemingly unfruitful time in my life (part of which I am still going through). If nothing else, God has used Piper to remind me that all of life is about the glory and supremacy of Christ. It is very easy for us to forget Christ as the focal point of all of history, and to look to ourselves or other means for satisfaction. John Piper, a man who is in a singular pursuit of God's glory by the means of revealed truth (the Bible), uses the same scripture to paint a portrait of Jesus Christ that we might leave both seeing and savoring Him more than we ever had before.

This book is nowhere near as difficult a read as many of Piper's other books are, but it exudes the sweetness of Christ in a most extraordinary way. None of the chapters are over ten pages in length, and as one reviewer already noted, each one ends with a prayer. For me, this book has been a great supplement to my pursuit of God in the Word. As always, Piper doesn't skimp on the scriptural meat and brings out verse after verse reflecting on the character and person of Christ. This is a great read for anyone who wants to know more about whom Christ is or even for those who want to be reminded of the sweetness of their Savior.

Including the indices, the book is only 146 pages long. Each paragraph is fairly short, and there is a ton of room at the end of each chapter to journal any thoughts or questions that you might have. Piper offers us two different kinds of indexes at the end of his book, the first is a scriptural index (6 pages long) with the second being a subject index (3 pages long). I've been reading it along with the Pleasures of God [Piper] and The Body of Divinity [Thomas Watson], which has worked out well to (again) emphasize that God is ultimately about His glory and praise from the farthest reaches of the world.