Desiring God: meditations of a Christian hedonist

✍ Scribed by Piper, John

Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group;Multnomah Books
Year: 2014;2011
Tongue: English
Edition: Revised edition
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Introduction: How I became a Christian hedonist -- The happiness of God : foundation for Christian hedonism -- Conversion : the creation of a Christian hedonist -- Worship : the feast of Christian hedonism -- Love : the labor of Christian hedonism -- Scripture : kindling for Christian hedonism -- Prayer : the power of Christian hedonism -- Money : the currency of Christian hedonism -- Marriage : a matrix for Christian hedonism -- Missions : the battle cry of Christian hedonism -- Suffering : the sacrifice of Christian hedonism -- Epilogue: Why I have written this book: seven reasons.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction: How I became a Christian hedonist --
The happiness of God : foundation for Christian hedonism --
Conversion : the creation of a Christian hedonist --
Worship : the feast of Christian hedonism --
Love : the labor of Christian hedonism --
Scripture : kindling for Christian hedonism --
Prayer : the power of Christian hedonism --
Money : the currency of Christian hedonism --
Marriage : a matrix for Christian hedonism --
Missions : the battle cry of Christian hedonism --
Suffering : the sacrifice of Christian hedonism --
Epilogue: Why I have written this book: seven reasons.

✦ Subjects

Desire for God;God (Christianity)--Worship and love;Happiness--Religious aspects--Christianity;Praise of God;God (Christianity) -- Worship and love;Happiness -- Religious aspects -- Christianity

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