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020 _a9781590521199
040 _cSPU Limuru
050 _aBV4817
_b.P56 2003
100 _aPiper, John
245 _aDesiring God
_cby John, Piper
260 _cColorado Springs, Colo.
_bMultnomah books
_a2003
300 _a394 p
_bill
_c24 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 _aTestimonials: What Desiring God has meant to me -- Introduction: How I became a Christian hedonist -- The happiness of God : foundation for Christian hedonism -- Conversion : the creation of a Christian hedonist -- Worship : the feast of Christian hedonism -- Love : the labor of Christian hedonism -- Scripture : kindling for Christian hedonism -- Prayer : the power of Christian hedonism -- Money : the currency of Christian hedonism -- Marriage : a matrix for Christian hedonism -- Missions : the battle cry of Christian hedonism -- Suffering : the sacrifice of Christian hedonism -- Epilogue: Why I have written this book: seven reasons.
520 _aPiper reveals that the debate between duty and delight doesn’t truly exist: delight is our duty. Join him as he unveils stunning, life-impacting truths that you saw in the Bible but never dared to believe.
650 _aGod (Christianity)
_xWorship and love.
650 _aDesire for God.
650 _a Happiness
_xChristianity.
_xReligious aspects
650 _aPraise of God
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