De mens is er van nature op gericht om zijn eigen geluk na te streven. We verlangen naar werkelijke, diepe vreugde. Sommigen proberen het te vervullen met prachtige vakanties, creatieve prestaties, verbluffende filmproducties, seksuele activiteiten, extravagante sporten, hallucinerende drugs, ascetische discipline, excellente bestuurskwaliteiten, enzovoorts. Maar het verlangen blijft. Wat betekent dat?
In Geroepen tot vreugde draait John Piper ons hart in de richting van het enige echte doel van menselijk verlangen en geluk: God. Piper laat vanuit de Schrift zien dat het nastreven van ons geluk in Christus niet slechts een optie is, maar essentieel voor een christen.
Kom mee op een reis van een diep verlangen naar oneindige vreugde. Ontdek hoe je geschapen bent voor ultieme voldoening in Hem en hoe dit nieuwe perspectief je houding ten opzichte van aanbidding, relaties, materiële goederen - en al het andere - voor altijd zal veranderen.
‘Rusteloos blijft ons hart totdat het rust vindt in U.’
- Augustinus
John Piper (1946 - Present)
is a Calvinistic Baptist Christian preacher and author currently serving as Pastor for Preaching and Vision of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His books include ECPA Christian Book Award winners Spectacular Sins, What Jesus Demands from the World, Pierced by the Word, and God's Passion for His Glory, and bestsellers Don't Waste Your Life and The Passion of Jesus Christ. The evangelical organization Desiring God is named for his book Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist (1986).In 1980, after what he described as an "irresistible call of the Lord to preach", Piper became Pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he has been ministering ever since. Piper hit the evangelical scene after the publication of his book Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist (1986) and has continued to publish dozens of other books further articulating this theological perspective. In 1994, he founded Desiring God Ministries, which provides all of Piper's sermons and articles from the past three decades, and most of his books online free of charge, as well as offering for sale books, CDs, and DVDs and regularly hosting conferences.
John Stephen Piper is a Reformed and Baptist theologian, preacher, and author, currently serving as Pastor for Preaching and Vision of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is the author of numerous books.
Piper's motto in ministry, preaching, and teaching is: "God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him." He calls those who live out this motto Christian Hedonists. Piper places a heavy emphasis on the objective and absolute nature of truth and is confident in the Christian's ability to grasp that truth through the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
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