The rise of evangelical feminism challenges traditional Christian beliefs related to gender roles in society, the home, and the church. This comprehensive defense of complementarianism contributes to the debate with systematic argumentation and practical application. Recently redesigned.

Contributors including David Platt, Louie Giglio, and John Piper join forces to compel Christians to cross cultural and linguistic barriers to reach the unengaged and unreached people groups with the gospel.

Freedom from Sin through the Promises of God

In this DVD version of his foundational book Future Grace, John Piper reveals how the journey to freedom in the Christian life requires a deeper awareness of the expansive reach of God and his extraordinary grace. Victory over sin comes not from a herculean effort to avoid worldly pleasures, but through fixing one’s focus on the reality that God is far more desirable than even life itself. His grace is not only past, but future.

Used with the Future Grace companion DVD study guide, this video taps John Piper’s biblical understanding on how a life of purity can be recovered through the power of God's future grace--streaming into our present through faith. Delighting in the bounty of God's promises frees us from sinful patterns, to the glory of Christ!

In ten sessions Piper teaches on:

· A Passion for Holiness
· Justification by Faith and the Necessity of Perseverance
· What Is Faith?
· The Crucial Function of Bygone Grace
· The Role of Gratitude in Producing Obedience
· How Faith in Future Grace Produces Radical Love
· Future Grace Versus Anxiety and Covetousness
· Future Grace Versus Lust, Bitterness, and Impatience

Recorded in HD, these video sessions are ideal for use in adult and youth Sunday school classes, small groups, retreats, classrooms, and families. To get the most from this resource, use it along with Future Grace DVD Study Guide.

Freedom from Sin through the Promises of God

This study guide companion to the DVD version of Future Grace—the foundational book by John Piper on the expansive reach of God’s grace—will help individuals and groups understand that victory over sin comes not from a herculean effort to avoid worldly pleasures, but through fixing one’s focus on the reality that God is far more desirable than even life itself. Delighting in the bounty of God's promises frees us from sinful patterns, to the glory of Christ!

The DVD and this guide create an ideal package for adult and youth Sunday school classes, small groups, retreats, classrooms, families, as well as for individual study.

Topics for this 12-session guided study include:

· A Passion for Holiness
· Justification by Faith and the Necessity of Perseverance
· What Is Faith?
· The Crucial Function of Bygone Grace
· The Role of Gratitude in Producing Obedience
· How Faith in Future Grace Produces Radical Love
· Future Grace Versus Anxiety and Covetousness
· Future Grace Versus Lust, Bitterness, and Impatience

Complete with Scripture, key quotations for reflection, thought-provoking questions, and five daily assignments per week, this study guide helps reveal how a life of purity can be recovered through the power of God's future grace, which streams into the present through faith.

Also includes a six-session track option. Leader’s Guide Included.

Explore this stunning quality of God’s grace: It never ends!

In this revision of a foundational work, John Piper reveals how grace is not only God’s undeserved gift to us in the past, but also God’s power to make good happen for us today, tomorrow, and forever.

True life for the follower of Jesus really is a moment-by-moment trust that God is dependable and fulfills his promises. This is living by faith in future grace, which provides God's mercy, provision, and wisdom—everything we need—to accomplish his good plans for us.

In Future Grace, chapter by chapter—one for each day of the month—Piper reveals how cherishing the promises of God helps break the power of persistent sin issues like anxiety, despondency, greed, lust, bitterness, impatience, pride, misplaced shame, and more.

Ultimate joy, peace, and hope in life and death are found in a confident, continual awareness of the reality of future grace.

Reflecting on forty years of matrimony, John Piper exalts the biblical meaning of marriage over its emotion, exhorting couples to keep their covenant as a display of Christ’s covenant-keeping love for the church. Now available in paperback.

Find the Source of True Satisfaction

This study companion to the DVD version of The Pleasures of God--the landmark book by John Piper--will help individuals and groups answer the question, “What brings delight to the happiest Being in the universe?” Because it’s by knowing what makes God glad that we can drink deeply—and satisfyingly—from the only well that offers living water.

The DVD and this guide create an ideal package for adult and youth Sunday school classes, small groups, retreats, classrooms, families, as well as for individual study.

Topics for this 12-session (or alternative 6-session intensive track), guided study include: The Worth and Excellency of God’s Soul, Our Pleasure in God’s Well-Placed Pleasures, God’s Pleasure in His Eternal Son, God’s Pleasure in the Display of His Glory, God’s Pleasure in All That He Does, God’s Pleasure in All of Creation, God’s Pleasure in Election, God’s Pleasure in Bruising His Son, and more.

Complete with Scripture, key quotations for reflection, penetrating questions, and five daily assignments per week, this study guide will help reveal that what followers of Jesus need now, more than anything else, is to know and love—behold and embrace—the great, glorious, sovereign, happy God of the Bible.

Leader’s Guide Included

Chi è Gesù Cristo? Di persona, non lo hai mai incontrato. Nessuno che tu conosca lo ha fatto. Ma c'è un modo per conoscere chi è. Quale? Gesù Cristo la Persona Divina rivelata nella Bibbia - gode di un'eccellenza unica e di una magnificenza spirituale che parla direttamente alla nostra anima e dice: 'Sì, è così'. È come vedere il sole, e sapere che è luce, o assaggiare il miele e sapere che è dolce. La profondità e la complessità di Gesù frantuma i nostri comodi schemi mentali. Con la sua sapienza egli sconcertò gli orgogliosi scribi, ma fu capito ed amato dai bambini. Con una parola ha placato una furiosa tempesta ma non ha tratto sé stesso giù dalla croce. Considera il Gesù della Bibbia. Tieni gli occhi bene aperti e colmali dell'immagine di Gesù ritratto dal vivo nella Parola di Dio. Gesù disse: 'Se uno vuol fare la volontà di lui, conoscerà se questa dottrina è da Dio o se io parlo di mio'. Chiedi a Dio la grazia di fare la sua volontà e vedrai la verità di suo Figlio. John Piper ha scritto questo libro nella speranza che tutti contemplino Gesù per chi realmente egli è e giungano a compiacersi in lui sopra ad ogni cosa.

For over 30 years, Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones ministered at Westminster Chapel in London. Today, he is widely considered one of the greatest preachers of the 20th century. Based on a series of lectures originally given by Lloyd-Jones to the students of Westminster Theological Seminary in the spring of 1969, this collection of essays on the essence of powerful preaching has become a modern classic. Lloyd-Jones defends the primacy of preaching, showing that there is no substitute, and he challenges preachers to take their calling seriously: 'The most urgent need in the Christian Church today is true preaching.' He also provides practical direction on the task of preparing a sermon, sharing insights on the shape and form of a message as well as covering such topics as the use of humor, giving invitations in a message and the preacher's relationship to the congregation. If you can own only one book on preaching, make this the one you read.This 40th anniversary edition includes the original text of Preaching and Preachers along with essays by Bryan Chapell, Mark Dever, Kevin DeYoung, Ligon Duncan, Timothy Keller and John Piper reflecting on the impact this book and the ministry of Lloyd-Jones had on their preaching. This is a book that will continue to speak to a new generation of preachers and teachers for years to come.

Stemming from the 2010 Desiring God National Conference, this volume explores loving God with both the heart and the mind. Contributions by Warren, Chan, Piper, Mohler, Sproul, and Anyabwile. 

Genocide. Terrorism. Hate crimes. In a world where racism is far from dead, is unity amidst diversities even remotely possible? Sharing from his own experiences growing up in the segregated South, pastor John Piper thoughtfully exposes the unremitting problem of racism. Instead of turning finally to organizations, education, famous personalities, or government programs to address racial strife, Piper reveals the definitive source of hope -- teaching how the good news about Jesus Christ actively undermines the sins that feed racial strife, and leads to a many-colored and many-cultured kingdom of God. Learn to pursue ethnic harmony from a biblical perspective, and to relate to real people different from yourself, as you take part in the bloodline of Jesus that is comprised of 'every tongue, tribe, and nation.' - Publisher.

'Dr. D.A. Carson beautifully blends his love for pastoral ministry and scholarship in a series of short arguments. Like Piper, he shares his journey and the 'providential twists' that have contributed to his life as a scholar. Most helpful are the lessons that Carson sets forth for the scholar as pastor. He encourages scholars to guard against an ivory tower mentality. As such, the encouragement includes immersion in the real world. Carson encourages scholars to steer clear from the deadly 'seduction of applause' which may come from publishing house and wide readership as well as a close circle of friends...the author encourages scholars to fight what he calls a 'common disjunction' between the 'objective study of Scripture and devotional reading.' Of course, he encourages scholars to critically engage with the text, but he also encourages meaningful times of devotion. Scholars must tremble before God's Word (Isa. 66:2)...[In] a fitting conclusion, David Mathis points readers to Jesus, the supreme example of a pastor-scholar: 'Jesus, the God-man, is the ultimate model of engaging both heart and head, not compromising either for the other.' This indeed is the aim of the editors, namely, for scholarship and pastoral ministry to point to Jesus and his gospel.The Pastor as Scholar and the Scholar as Pastor is a refreshing and liberating book, especially for any pastor who takes scholarship seriously. For pastors who have grown weary of scholarship and have pushed the hard work of exegesis to the margins of their ministry - this book will be a challenging, yet helpful antidote that will benefit not only the pastor, but the people he is called to shepherd' -- Amazon.com.

The wonder and majesty of the gospel are that we are given the greatest gift imaginable: God himself. Biblically faithful and radically God-centered, this book leads to satisfaction for the deep hungers of the soul.

Piper demonstrates from Scripture that we don't need to choose between glorifying God with our heart and glorifying him with our mind. It's not heart or mind, but heart and mind. Now in paperback.

On the eve of his own cancer surgery, John Piper writes about cancer as an opportunity to glorify God. Piper gently but firmly helps readers understand that we can indeed waste our cancer. Also available in packs of ten.

Experience the Lifelong Pleasures of Knowing God!

Satisfaction…Happiness…Joy. According to John Piper, the pursuit of pleasure in God is not only permissible, it's essential.

Desiring God is a paradigm-shattering work that dramatically alters common perspectives on relating to God.  Piper reveals that there really is no need to choose between duty and delight in the Christian life. In fact, for the follower of Jesus, delight is the duty as Christ is most magnified in His people when they are most satisfied in Him.

Constantly drawing on Scripture to build his case, Piper shows why pursuing maximum joy is essential to glorifying God. He discusses the implications of this for conversion, worship, love, Scripture, prayer, money, marriage, missions, and suffering.

Piper beckons us to approach God with the hedonist's abandon. Finally, we are freed to enjoy Jesus—not only as our Lord and Savior, but also as our all-surpassing, soul-satisfying Treasure.

Desiring God may turn your Christian world upside down. And that will be a good thing, for the glory of God, and for your deepest joy.

Includes a study guide for individual and small group use.

THE PURSUIT OF PLEASURE IS NOT OPTIONAL. IT IS ESSENTIAL.
 
This study guide companion to the DVD version of Desiring God—the classic explanation of Christian hedonism by John Piper—will help individuals and groups understand that the supreme calling of life is to 'glorify God by enjoying Him forever.'  

The DVD and this guide create an ideal package for adult and youth Sunday school classes, small groups, retreats, classrooms, families, as well as for individual study.  

Topics for this 12-session guided group study include:

• One Great Mission and Motivation
• A Summary of Christian Hedonism
• The Foundation of Christian Hedonism
• The Essence of Christian Hedonism
• The Grand Obligation (Part 1): Commanded to Rejoice
• The Grand Obligation (Part 2): An Essential Element of Faith and Worship
• The Grand Obligation (Part 3): Holy Hedonism Is Love
• The Grand Obligation (Part 4):  The Strength for Sanctification and Service
• How Then Shall We Fight for Joy? (Part 1): Know Its Sources and Setbacks
• How Then Shall We Fight for Joy? (Part 2): Make Use of the Means of Grace

 
Complete with Scripture, key quotations for reflection, penetrating questions, and five daily assignments per week, this study guide will help you understand why God's pursuit of His glory and your pursuit of joy are not at odds—because God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.
 
Also includes a 6-session intensive track option. Leader's Guide Included.

Looks at the Gospels and examines what Christ requires of his followers in a redemptive-historical context. New and seasoned believers will see God's loving plan for their ultimate satisfaction. Now in paperback.

Commending what's commendable in others refreshes them and honors God. This book helps readers strengthen communication and relationships through the practice of God-centered affirmation.

Nella storia di John Bunyan, William Cowper e David Brainerd ritroviamo la forza di anime che, in mezzo alle difficoltà della vita, non solo riescono a tenere duro, ma anche ad onorare Dio. Colui che dà la vita e ci sostiene li ha resi capaci di adorarlo in mezzo alle loro sofferenze. È per questo che la loro sofferenza ha dato tanti frutti. La storia della loro sofferenza, della loro perseveranza e della loro passione, è capace di far nascere anche dentro di voi lo stesso amore per la supremazia di Dio in tutte le cose.

La nostra epoca è caratterizzata da una spiccata fragilità emotiva. Tremiamo facilmente quando ci accade qualcosa di brutto e abbiamo poca resistenza di fronte agli attacchi, figuriamoci affrontarli con gioia! Ma questi uomini erano tutt'altro che fragili e possono ispirare in noi la forza necessaria per resistere. Come Wilberforce, anche noi possiamo cogliere in Cristo la gioia dei bambini e verso i bambini. Anche noi possiamo imparare a desiderare la 'valle dell'umiliazione', come fece Simeon, o a seguire l'esempio di Newton, e proclamare, pieni di stupore, che il Signore Onnipotente 'ha salvato un miserabile come me'.

Explores the issue of singleness through a biblical-theological examination of the redemptive history from which biblical singleness emerges.

If the evangelical church at large was ever too confrontational in its evangelism, those days are gone. In our shrinking, pluralistic world, the belief that Jesus is the only way of salvation is increasingly called arrogant and even hateful. In the face of this criticism, many shrink back from affirming the global necessity of knowing and believing in Jesus. In Jesus, the Only Way to God, John Piper offers a timely plea for the evangelical church to consider what is at stake in surrendering the unique, universal place of Jesus in salvation.

This is a remarkably comprehensive and articulate synthesis of 25 years of research and clinical innovation in the group therapy of patients suffering from complicated grief and loss. Much of the science that has shaped the practice of contemporary group therapy has emerged from the creative work of this outstanding team of clinician-scientists. This text is an accessible crafting of that work for students, therapists, and researchers.---Molyn Leszcz, MD, FRCPC, Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Mount Sinai Hospital, Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Health Complex, and Professor of Psychiatry, and Head, Group Psychotherapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Piper and his colleagues preview their work with brief group therapy for complicated grief using supportive and exploratory techniques, with an extensive review of research on treatment of grief. They suggest that different techniques have different therapeutic effects when patients are assessed by their quality of object relations. This is a must-read for those working with this population.---Walter Stone, PhD, Professor Emeritus, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

This outstanding book on therapy for complicated grief is written by a highly esteemed team of experts. Based on a range of sophisticated studies and a wealth of clinical experience, the book provides readers with unique knowlege and unusual clinical wisdom. Professionals, researchers, and lay readers alike will find this book fascinating and helpful in their relationships with people suffering from complicated grief.---Zipora Shechtman, PhD, Professor, Counseling and Human Development, Haifa University, Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel; Associate Editor of Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice

This volume, the culmination of decades of meticulous, rigorous, and systematic study of the effectiveness of group therapy for patients suffering from complicated grief reactions, impressively illustrates how research and practice-domains too often split off from each other-can be sensitively bridged. These clinical researchers are not content merely to demonstrate which models of group therapy work; they also show how and for whom these models works.---Les R. Greene, PhD, Editor, International Journal of Group Psychotherapy

Although a certain amount of grief is expected and normal following the loss of a loved one, many people experience particularly intense or long-lasting grief, or complicated grief. Up to 20% of acutely bereaved individuals and 33% of psychiatric outpatients suffer from complicated grief. Furthermore, as the baby boom generation ages, the number of people experiencing complicated grief will likely increase. One of the most cost-effective, research-supported treatments for complicated grief is short-term group therapy. This approach not only treats more patients with fewer resources but also capitalizes on the unique and powerful therapeutic factors associated with group therapy. Over the past 22 years, Piper and colleagues have developed and tested two models for treating complicated grief with short-term group therapy. Extensive randomized, controlled clinical trials have demonstrated significantly higher effect sizes for the model treatments than other complicated grief treatments, including individual therapy approaches.

This book begins with a meticulous review of research related to complicated grief, including prevalence, risk factors, effects of patient characteristics and group composition on therapeutic outcome, and mechanisms of change in group therapies for complicated grief. The authors share invaluable practical guidance on assessing patients, forming groups, preparing group members for treatment, and running and terminating the group. This book is essential reading for all clinicians and researchers interested in complicated grief, group therapy, and short-term therapy as well as for administrators and managers responsible for the delivery of health care services.

This new edition of a bestselling textbook (over 185,000 copies sold) draws on key biblical texts to demonstrate that worship is the ultimate goal of the church and that proper worship fuels missionary outreach. John Piper offers a biblical defense of God's supremacy in all things, providing readers with a sound theological foundation for missions. He examines whether Jesus is the only way to salvation and issues a passionate plea for God-centeredness in the missionary enterprise, seeking to define the scope of the task and the means for reaching 'all nations.' The third edition has been revised and expanded throughout and includes new material on the prosperity gospel. The book is essential reading for those involved in or preparing for missions work. It also offers enlightenment for college and seminary students, pastors, youth workers, campus ministers, and all who want to connect their labors to God's global purposes.

Examines the book of Ruth, an ancient love story between Boaz and Ruth more than 3,000 years ago, exploring its relevant themes and dangerous ability to inspire 21st-century readers from all walks of life in the cause of love. Original.