John Piper $5 book sale

Until midnight on Thursday, every book and study guide at John Piper’s web site are only $5. That includes hardbacks.

I already have three Piper books, “Desiring God,” “Don’t Waste Your Life” and “What Jesus Demands From the World.”

If I had to recommend only one Piper book, this would be it. In fact, what’s always been great about Piper’s ministry is how unselfish it is. For example, the entire text of “Desiring God” is online, and in an easy-to-read-online format.

Note that the subtitle for “Desiring God” is “Meditations of a Christian Hedonist.” In the book’s introduction, Piper states five convictions upon which he builds his philosophy of Christian Hedonism:

1. The longing to be happy is a universal human experience, and it is good, not sinful.
2. We should never try to deny or resist our longing to be happy, as though it were a bad impulse. Instead we should seek to intensify this longing and nourish it with whatever will provide the deepest and most enduring satisfaction.
3. The deepest and most enduring happiness is found only in God.
4. The happiness we find in God reaches its consummation when it is shared with others in the manifold ways of love.
5. To the extent we try to abandon the pursuit of our own pleasure, we fail to honor God and love people. Or, to put it positively: the pursuit of pleasure is a necessary part of all worship and virtue. That is, The chief end of man is to glorify God BY enjoying him forever.

It’s a great book that cannot be too highly recommended.

Oh, and their servers have been very, very busy, so you may want to wait and order later in the evening or early in the morning.

Related: We Want You To Be a Christian Hedonist!

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