Bloodlines, John Piper
Bloodlines, John Piper
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Bloodlines
Race, Cross and the Christian

Author: John Piper

Narrator: John Piper

Unabridged: 9 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/30/2011

Synopsis

Racism, hatred, and claims to ethnic superiority have been tragic elements of the human condition since the Fall. In every manifestation, the root of racial sin is an unbelieving heart resistant to the grace and mercy of God. The gospel of Jesus Christ, therefore, is the only hope for any meaningful racial solutions. John Piper brings the light of the gospel to bear on racial issues in this groundbreaking book. Bloodlines begins with Piper's confession of his own sins and experience with racial tensions, along with how God has been transforming him and his church. He enables readers to grasp the reality and extent of racism, and then he demonstrates from Scripture how the light of the gospel penetrates the darkness of this destructive sin. The book concludes with sections on what Jesus's atoning death means for racial issues, interracial marriage, and prejudice. With great sensitivity and compassion, along with a careful reading of the Scriptures, Piper helps readers navigate the painful landscape of racial sin, showing that in the gospel we all have a common bloodline and that through the blood of Jesus, race and ethnicity become secondary for a common people of God.

About John Piper

John Piper is a bestselling author, a major evangelical leader, and the founder of Desiring God Ministries. For over thirty years, he was pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has written more than fifty books, including Desiring God.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gavin on November 05, 2011

I read several of John Piper's books in college and enjoyed them but realized they were all kind of the same book, which is fine since it wasn't a bad book that he was re-writing again and again. I've noticed diversity in Piper's output lately, instead of writing about Christian Joy (or Christian Hed......more

Goodreads review by Darla on August 19, 2020

Saturated with God's inerrant word and a focused laser beam on the gospel, this is a book I want to revisit in print so I can highlight and review. I discovered this title through a list of books recommended for reading by Marvin Olasky of World Magazine. The list was published early in June of this......more

Goodreads review by Bryce Beale on July 30, 2020

I have encountered books about race that also discuss God's word, but this is a book about God's word that also discusses race. It is a book about the gospel--its beauty and glory and power. Yet, much like the apostles in Acts 6, after establishing God's word and gospel as the highest priority, it i......more

Goodreads review by Andrea on November 16, 2018

I read this book for a research project and, out of at least five books, this one is my favorite. In my opinion, Piper most clearly and humbly argues from Scripture about the issue of race/ethnicity and the goals of gospel-centered harmony. Writing from his own experience as a racist teenager (his w......more

Goodreads review by Justin on June 11, 2020

You should buy this and read it!......more

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