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Summary: Functional Missions.
Review: I definately agree on the excellence of this book. Piper is obviously a man after God's heart, and listens when His father speaks. Piper gives a rather untraditional, yet much needed view of "missions." The idea that missions is for the glory of God, and NOT because the missionary has a love for a certain people or country, makes this view functional. It is a blatant and biblical answer to the high degree of missionary attrition as seen in today's sending organizations. Following this model, and heeding to the other exhortations regarding prayer and suffering set forth in this book will allow worship to resound and God to be glorified. It is a must read!
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Summary: A Decent Book on Missions
Review: I had to read this Piper book for a missions class at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, IL. I felt like the book was a decent treatment of the theology of missions, yet there were times I thought, "Hmmm. I think Piper is using that passage of Scripture out of its context to support his proposition." It IS a book worth reading; yet be sure to check all the Scripture references.
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: Piper's book is an excellent treatment of God's vision for the peoples (ethne) of the world. Our precious God has a vision to reach the nations for Himself. And only when we, His Children, are satisfied in Him and realize His passion will we finish the "unfinished task." I am a young missionary about to leave for the Middle East. I hope and pray that my generation will be set ablaze to go into areas like the Middle East and North Africa where the first frontier is the last frontier. I believe that through the leadership of pastors such as Piper and his works that many will be lead to just such a task. Excellent work.
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Summary: Best Book Ever Written on Christian Missions, except...
Review: The Bible, of course! John Piper will stun you with page after page of God-honoring biblical exegesis. His keen mind is only surpassed by his passionate love of God and His Word. The Lord will be worshipped by people from every nation (tongue, tribe, and people group). By the way, the most loving thing I can say about the Bode's review is, "Do you want the opinion of someone who has no idea how wonderful, Holy, and gracious God is, or do you want the truth from a Christian who agrees that our purpose in life is to glorify God by enjoying Him forever?" Do you want a book that will reveal God's heart for the nations, directly from Scripture? Buy this book...Chapter One alone is worth it! To God be the Glory!
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Summary: Light your fire for missions
Review: This book is to be read if you wish to be either a "goer" or a "sender". It will ignite a passion for God's Name to for the nations.
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Summary: Best Book on Missions I've Seen
Review: This book, and the sermons from which it was created, has already reinvigorated the faith of many Christians, and has helped lots of people to understand God's purpose in creating and saving and using us.It is an exciting book which may change your life. It explains what it really means to follow Jesus, and shows where this knowledge has led missionaries throughout the Christian era. Bethlehem Baptist Church, the author's church, has an inspiring ministry in its own area and throughout the world. Many members of the congregation have heard the call to follow Christ wherever he may lead through hearing these sermons or reading this book. May God bless you as you read it. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Get Mobilized for Missions through Gladness in God
Review: This is an awesome book about the awesome task of an awesome God. Piper relates missions to the supremacy of God by insisting that missions is not the chief end of the church, worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't. Worship therefore is the goal of missions. But even more than that, the impetus behind true missionary zeal is a heart that is satisfied in the glory of God above all things. Therefore, worship is also the fuel of missions. Then Piper shows the key role that prayer plays in missionary effort. Prayer is a wartime walkie-talkie given by our Commander-in-Chief so that we can call Him for air cover when we are on the frontlines of the battle. The problem with most of us is that we have turned this wartime walkie-talkie into a domestic intercom by asking for more worldy comforts instead of help for Kingdom work. A third chapter (in part one) shows the role that suffering plays in missions by expositing texts like Col. 1:24. This is a powerful and insightful section that will inspire and encourage you - as well as make you count the cost of following Jesus down the hard road of love. The second part of the book deals with theological issues that are essential to a Biblical understanding of missions, such as the eternality of hell, the necessity of the atonement, and the necessity of faith in Christ for salvation. This book is a Calvinistic call to missions that exceeds anything I have ever read elsewhere! I recommend it heartily!
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Summary: Missions to the Glory of GOD
Review: This is the best book I've ever read. Unlike so many books on missions, Piper does not try to cajole his readers into the mission field with tear-jerking stories of how third-world nation children are starving, as if God were in need of missionaries. Instead, Piper unfolds God's great plan to glorify himself through missions--that all nations might turn to Christ. Piper is right on when he wrote -- missions exists because worship doesn't. Soli Deo Gloria
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Summary: Accessible, practical, theologically sound
Review: This is, indeed, one of the greatest books on missions. It offers a fresh perspective on missions offering that when non-believers witness true worship of the living God, they will be won over. It's easy to read for the general parishoner, and theologically deep enough for the seminarian. I highly recommend it to anyone with even a passing interest in learning about missions.
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Summary: Accessible, practical, theologically sound
Review: This is, indeed, one of the greatest books on missions. It offers a fresh perspective on missions offering that when non-believers witness true worship of the living God, they will be won over. It's easy to read for the general parishoner, and theologically deep enough for the seminarian. I highly recommend it to anyone with even a passing interest in learning about missions.
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