God Is the Gospel

Meditations on God's Love as the Gift of Himself

"Gospel" means good news—but what makes the good news good? What is the goal of the gospel, without which it is no longer good? It is that Christ’s death brings sinners to God! Were it to bring us anywhere else we would be left hopeless. But the gospel is that God gives us himself—Christ died to give us Christ—and this self-giving is his highest mercy to us and the best news for us! The most profound, most exceedingly gracious, final and decisive good of the good news is Christ himself as the glorious image of God revealed for our endless satisfaction.

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C.S. Lewis on the Value of Doctrinal Books

"For my own part I tend to find the doctrinal books often more helpful in devotion than the devotional books, and I rather suspect that the same experience may await many others. I believe that many who find that 'nothing happens' when they sit down, or kneel down, to a book of devotion, would find that the heart sings unbidden while they are working their way through a tough bit of theology with a pipe in their teeth and a pencil in their hand."

Video Q&A with John Piper about the Book

• What led you to write God Is the Gospel?
• Can someone be a Christian if God isn't their most valued possession?
• If belief is ultimately a result of the Holy Spirit, is there a place for human arguments?
• Is it possible to distinguish God from his gifts?
• Why has God planned for a new heavens and a new earth if he is to be our ultimate treasure?
• What are some practical implications to God Is the Gospel?
  

Companion Materials:

• God Is the Gospel Book Study Guide
• God Is the Gospel Book Leader's Guide