Finally Alive

Name: Finally Alive
Brand: Christianaudio
Availability: InStock
Author: John Piper
ISBN: 9781596447271

Author: John Piper, Raymond Todd

Narrator: TBD

Unabridged: 5 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Christian Audio

Published: 03/01/2009

Categories: Nonfiction, Religion, Christian Living, Spiritual Growth

Synopsis

Why is the church so ineffectual and characterized by the mosaic generation as unchristian? The term born again has been devalued both in society and in the church. Recent social studies surveys have shown that those who regard themselves as born again Christians have the same tendency to divorce as people who aren't Christians at all! In these surveys, being born again is defined by what people say they believe. The New Testament defines Christians very differently. Piper defines new birth biblically and helps us to embrace the reality of it. I hope that showing that the new birth is not in our control helps make pastors and other Christians desperate for the supernatural in their ministries.

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 Patrick on February 15, 2020

John Piper writes on the topic of regeneration in a very accessible and winsome way. One of the strengths of Piper is he writes as a pastor and not as a theologian only. I think it was Tom Schreiner who rightly called Piper a "pastor-theologian" because the theology he writes of warms the heart and......more

Goodreads review by KC on March 24, 2009

We know that we have been born again, but what exactly happened? This book gives a thorough answer to that question. Also, there are so many people claiming to be Christians, but in all reality, they are not; they have not been born again. That is one reason why this book was written: to clearly exa......more

Goodreads review by Vincent on May 31, 2020

I really enjoyed it.......more

Goodreads review by Maddie on August 01, 2022

Absolutely LOVED. So good to get deeper into what it truly means to be born again as a believer. I liked the way he payed out this book going through the how, what, why etc of the new birth. Can’t speak highly enough of it!!......more

Goodreads review by Jim on July 14, 2012

Excellent book dealing with the subject of what it really means to be a "Born Again" Christian. It also shows that while the "Barna Group" says that 45% of Americans say they have been religiously "Born Again," that in reality it is much lower than that. Why? Because "Born Again" has been so loosely......more