Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist (Revised Edition)

Piper, John

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Be happy in the God who is “most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.” This classic, heart-enriching book on life in Christ has had a wide-ranging and deep impact on the lives of thousands of Christians. Scripture saturated and passionately Christ centered, it should be on the bookshelf or e-reader of any and all seeking joy in the Lord. Revised 25th Anniversary Edition.

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The modern classic that has transformed our understanding of how we relate to God.

For 25 years, pastor John Piper has been provoking Christians with the simple but paradigm-shattering truth that God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.

Satisfaction. Happiness. Joy. The pursuit of pleasure in God is not only permissible; it’s essential.

Building his message on hundreds of Scriptures, especially from the Psalms, the apostle Paul, and Jesus himself—and echoing the likes of Blaise Pascal, Jonathan Edwards, and C.S. Lewis—Piper beckons us to approach God with the hedonist’s abandon. Finally, we are freed to enjoy Jesus not only as our Lord and Savior, but also our all-surpassing, soul-satisfying Treasure.

As important today as ever, Desiring God may turn your Christian world upside down. And that will be a good thing, for the glory of God, and for your deepest joy.

This 25th-anniversary reference edition includes an updated introduction by John Piper, appendices and supplemental resources, and brief testimonials from readers profoundly affected by Desiring God.

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    Paperback
  • ISBN
    9781601423108
  • Page Count
    368
  • Publisher
    Multnomah Publishers
  • Publication Date
    January 2011

Endorsements (5)

"The first edition of this book profoundly influenced my life. I am delighted to commend the tenth anniversary edition."

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Jerry Bridges

"The healthy biblical realism of this study in Christian motivation comes as a breath of fresh air. Jonathan Edwards, whose ghost walks through most of Piper's pages, would be delighted with his disciple."

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J. I. Packer

"The communion of a longing soul and a satisfying Christ is at the center of God's plan. Piper makes this overlooked, contradicted, trivialized, and sentimentalized message clear and compelling. Desiring God is a classicnow it's even richer."

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Larry Crabb

"...a modern manual of true spirituality."

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R. C. Sproul

Ligonier Ministries

"Aside from that day in 1960 when I trusted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, the most important thing I ever did in life, at least in terms of spiritual development, was to read, in 1986, Desiring God by John Piper."

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Samuel Storms

Associate Professor of Theology, Wheaton College

About the Author

John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. For 33 years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is the author of more than 50 books including Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist. John and his wife, Noël, have five children and twelve grandchildren.

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Listen to a message by John Piper entitled The Happiness of God: Foundations for Christian Hedonism.
Source: Desiring God

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Publisher's Description

The modern classic that has transformed our understanding of how we relate to God.

For 25 years, pastor John Piper has been provoking Christians with the simple but paradigm-shattering truth that God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.

Satisfaction. Happiness. Joy. The pursuit of pleasure in God is not only permissible; it’s essential.

Building his message on hundreds of Scriptures, especially from the Psalms, the apostle Paul, and Jesus himself—and echoing the likes of Blaise Pascal, Jonathan Edwards, and C.S. Lewis—Piper beckons us to approach God with the hedonist’s abandon. Finally, we are freed to enjoy Jesus not only as our Lord and Savior, but also our all-surpassing, soul-satisfying Treasure.

As important today as ever, Desiring God may turn your Christian world upside down. And that will be a good thing, for the glory of God, and for your deepest joy.

This 25th-anniversary reference edition includes an updated introduction by John Piper, appendices and supplemental resources, and brief testimonials from readers profoundly affected by Desiring God.

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