{"id":519,"date":"2007-06-23T21:35:45","date_gmt":"2007-06-23T18:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/2007\/06\/23\/5-for-any-john-piper-book\/"},"modified":"2007-06-23T21:35:45","modified_gmt":"2007-06-23T18:35:45","slug":"5-for-any-john-piper-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/23\/5-for-any-john-piper-book\/","title":{"rendered":"$5 for any John Piper book"},"content":{"rendered":"

Desiring God is having a $5 book sale<\/a>: every book will be $5 on Wed-Thurs, 6\/27-28.  That’s a good deal and I’ll be placing an order.<\/p>\n

I actually got my first Piper book for $.25.  It was a hardcover of Desiring God<\/a>, without a dustjacket.  But after a couple of attempts to read through it (no one makes it through that book the first time, I don’t believe), I finished.\"image\"<\/a>  Later a friend was moving back to the States and needed a book to read on the plane.  I loaned him my marked-up copy.  I never did see it again, but I heard that it started him on the path to being a career missionary.<\/p>\n

During the first half of my tenure at IBEX, I was quite happy to read selections from Piper books at various opportunities, so as to introduce him to the students.  By around 2000, it seemed like more people had heard of him and I didn’t feel the need to push what they already knew.  But I’ve realized more lately that many of my students have never read a single Piper book.  If that’s you, or if you haven’t read much, here is how I suggest you spend your $20 this week.<\/p>\n

1. Future Grace<\/a> – my favorite Piper book for practical theology – this book has affected how I live probably more than any others of his.  <\/p>\n

2. The Pleasures of God<\/a> – this is Piper’s most challenging work, intellectually, but it is extremely profitable.  This book showed me how God is the center of God.<\/p>\n

3. The Hidden Smile of God<\/a> – I read this book when our son Timothy was having surgery and it was immensely profitable.  It may not be the best book to read when you’re lounging on the beach, but have a copy handy for when the doctor calls and it’s bad news.<\/p>\n

4. Brothers, We Are Not Professionals<\/a> – I consider this an introduction to Piper.  Most of his big ideas and hot buttons are touched in a concise format here.  Don’t be misled into thinking that it is only for pastors.<\/p>\n

Honorable Mention (or if you’ve got $40):<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Dangerous Duty of Delight<\/a> – really the first book to read of Piper’s,\"image\"<\/a> but I couldn’t bump any of the above.
Don’t Waste Your Life<\/a>
When I Don’t Desire God: How to Fight for Joy<\/a>
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God<\/a> – the one book I’m recommending that I actually haven’t read.
Let the Nations Be Glad<\/a> – missions exists because worship doesn’t.<\/p>\n

What I’m buying:<\/strong><\/p>\n

What Jesus Demands from the World<\/a><\/p>\n

Contending for Our All: Defending Truth and Treasuring Christ in the Lives of Athanasius, John Owen, and J. Gresham Machen<\/a><\/p>\n

The Innkeeper<\/a><\/p>\n

You see how it’s hard for me when I hear of students who haven’t even read one book by John Piper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Desiring God is having a $5 book sale: every book will be $5 on Wed-Thurs, 6\/27-28.  That’s a good deal and I’ll be placing an order. I actually got my first Piper book for $.25.  It was a hardcover of Desiring God, without a dustjacket.  But after a couple of attempts to read through it (no one\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,13,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advice","category-faith","category-things-i-like"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}