God Is the Gospel

God Is the Gospel: Meditations on God's Love as the Gift of Himself
John Piper

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Most people, when they ponder what it means to be loved by God, think of the things that God does for us. John Piper writes that what is most loving about God is not his making much of us, but his enabling us, at great cost to himself, to enjoy making much of him forever.

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Contents

A Word of Thanks 9
Introduction: What the World Needs Most--The Gospel's Greatest Gift, God 11
1. The Gospel--Proclamation and Explanation 19
2. The Gospel--The Biblical Scope of Its Meaning 25
3. The Gospel--"Behold Your God!" 41
4. The Gospel--The Glory of Christ, the Image of God 59
5. The Gospel--Confirmed by Its Glory, the Internal Testimony of the Holy Spirit 77
6. The Gospel--The Glory of Christ in Evangelism, Missions, and Sanctification 87
7. The Gospel--The Glory of the Gladness of God 99
8. The Gospel--The Glory of Christ as the Ground of Christ-Exalting Contrition 105
9. The Gospel--The Gift of God Himself over and in All His Saving and Painful Gifts 117
10. The Gospel--The Gift of God Himself over and in All His Pleasant Gifts 133
11. The Gospel--What Makes It Ultimately Good: Seeing Glory or Being Glorious? 147
Conclusion: God Is the Gospel--Now Let Us Sacrifice and Sing 165
Desiring God: A Note on Resources 180
Scripture Index 181
Person Index 187
Subject Index 189

About the Author

ECPA Gold Medallion winner John Piper is senior pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis and the head of Desiring God. He has written numerous books on topics that include personal holiness, missions and historical figures.