Los Deleites de Dios : Meditaciones Acerca del Placer Que Siente Dios Por Ser Dios (Paperback)

from zipsforbananas

A masterpiece! There are many good books to be read but I can't think of one I would recommend more than this. Piper sets out deeply theological truths but far from presenting the dryly as if writing a textbook he brings them to life wonderfully. Every Christian should be a theologian and this is...

from atimco

Is the Christian God happy? This is the question John Piper poses in The Pleasures of God, and I found it a fascinating one with rich theological implications. We are used to the idea of God as the angry Judge, the distant Creator, or the weeping, suffering Christ. And while there are facets of b...

from danm1962

The book that helped transform my view of God, Christianity, ministry, and life. Probably the most transforming book I have read in my life. A classic of 20th century devotional theology. Aside from the book that helped convert me - Mere Christianity - this is the most important book I have read ...

from JeremyMeeks

"The worth and excellency of a soul is to be measured by the object of it's love." This quote by a young Puritan named Henry Scougal stuck to the forefront of my mind for weeks. It's the opening quote to the first chapter of Pipers book. It's a good summation of the substance of this wonderfully ...

from chriskrycho

God delights in himself, and that's a good thing for all of us. After Desiring God, this is Piper's best long book.