Seeing Beauty and Saying Beautifully, John Piper
Seeing Beauty and Saying Beautifully, John Piper
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Seeing Beauty and Saying Beautifully
The Power of Poetic Effort in the Work of George Herbert, George Whitefield, and C. S. Lewis

Author: John Piper

Narrator: Bob Souer

Unabridged: 4 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/17/2019

Synopsis

In the sixth volume of the Swans Are Not Silent series, John Piper celebrates the importance of poetic effort by looking at three influential Christians whose words magnificently display a commitment to truth and a love of beauty.Examining the lives of George Herbert, George Whitefield, and C. S. Lewis, Piper helps us appreciate the importance of carefully crafted words by exploring how Christians can use them to testify to God’s glory, wonder at his grace, and rejoice in his salvation.Whether exploring Herbert’s moving poetry, Whitefield’s dramatic preaching, or Lewis’s imaginative writing, this book highlights the importance of Christ-exalting eloquence in our praise of God and proclamation of his gospel.

About John Piper

John Piper (DTheol, University of Munich) is the founder and teacher of DesiringGod.org and the chancellor of Bethlehem College and Seminary. He served for thirty-three years as the senior pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is the author of more than fifty books, including Desiring God, Don’t Waste Your Life, This Momentary Marriage, A Peculiar Glory, and Reading the Bible Supernaturally.

About Bob Souer

Bob Souer is a full-time professional storyteller and narrator. He has narrated numerous audiobooks, as well as broadcast and nonbroadcast projects for corporations and ministries across North America. You've heard Bob's voice on CBS, PBS, the History Channel, the Military Channel, Audible.com, iTunes, and many other networks and sites. Bob is married to Cinda. They have four children and live in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Darla on December 27, 2016

Beautifully written tribute to the works of Herbert, Whitefield CS Lewis. John Piper highlights their area of expertise while showing how each used their gifts to magnify the beauties of their Savior for othersn This is the 6th book in the Swans are not Silent series by Crossways. Definitely plan to......more

Goodreads review by Douglas on June 21, 2014

Very fine work. Really good, and really good on many levels.......more

Goodreads review by ValeReads on December 25, 2021

Particularly enjoyed this one. Piper's intros don't usually grab me — I want to get to the meat of the bios — but not so here. His says that through writing, through poetic effort, we understand our subject better and help our readers understand it better. I know I've often found that to be true as......more

Goodreads review by Jonathan on December 30, 2016

A wonderful book examining the way in which the use of intentional and beautiful language to describe God and his mercies - poetry, prose, or spoken; published or personal - serves to help us to see him more clearly and more wonderfully. Piper examines the lives of 3 men who epitomized this in diffe......more

Goodreads review by Rod on August 20, 2020

This is a great book from a great series. I am going to read # 7 next. Sometimes biographies are long and many people don't have the time to read them all. I recommend reading some of them. I love biographies. This series has three short biographies in each volume. It is a great way to get to know s......more

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