What Jesus Demands from the World

One of my favourite books by John Piper. In 50 short chapters he examines every significant command spoken by Jesus in the four Gospels. The best feature is Piper’s deliberate choice to refer exclusively to the gospels and the Old Testament without reference to later New Testament books. This result......more

I read this book because of the premise: since Jesus commands us in the Great Commission to teach disciples to “observe all that I have commanded you”, it’s worth studying all the commands of Jesus in the Gospels. Piper’s All That Jesus Commanded does just that. Each command gets about 8 pages of un......more

Really convicting and thought-provoking book. John Piper takes Jesus' own words and explains exactly what believers are called to in short, concise chapters (which I appreciated...much easier to take in small chunks at a time and think them over afterwards). I'm still mulling over some of his applic......more

This was a truly great book. This is the kind of book that is worth reading more than once. In fact, I did read some parts more than once. Every person desiring to have a growing relationship with God should read it. There are 5o chapters with a wide variety of topics like repent, take up your cross......more

We are currently doing the workbook that goes along with this book in my bible study group. I will admit that I was not looking forward to this choice, but I am actually really enjoying the commentary and discussion questions. I would recommend this as a small group study for men, women, or combined......more