Think Wink.

It is no secret that I am a huge fan of John Piper. His teachings as well as the theologians he has pointed me to have done much to help shape my theology and view of Scripture. Honestly, I can’t thank God enough for raising up John Piper and connecting me to his ministry. If there are two books that lay the bedrock of Piper’s theology of “Christian Hedonism” they are The Justification of God: An Exegetical and Theological Survey of Romans 9:1-23 and Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist. The former book is, as you can see in the title, an exegetical foundation that he wrote back when he taught seminary. The latter is a book that outlines his basic theology that wrote soon afterwards as a pastor. I have read Justification a couple of times, as my knowledge of the Greek has improved and increased my understanding of the book. I have never read Desiring God which is kinda sad because all of the other books of his that I have read, save Justification, point back to this book. So for my twenty-third birthday (this past Tuesday) I bought Desiring God and will read it as soon as I can get a chance. Finally I will be able to see in all of the other books of his that I have read what he was pointing back to. Yeah I am kinda sad that I haven’t read the most foundational book of my greatest “hero.”

Transformers: The Movie

Dr. Jerry Falwell

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