Excerpt
“Battling unbelief and fighting for faith in future grace means that we fight fire with fire. We throw against the promises of sin the promises of God. We take hold of some great promise God made about our future and say to a particular sin, ‘Match that!’” (p. 16).
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About the Book
No one sins out of duty. We sin because it offers some promise of happiness. That promise enslaves us–until we believe that God is more desirable than life itself (Psalm 63:3). Only the power of God’s superior promises in the gospel can emancipate our hearts from servitude to the shallow promises and fleeting pleasures of sin.
Pastor John Piper shows how to sever the clinging roots of sin that ensnare us, including anxiety, pride, shame, impatience, covetousness, bitterness, despondency, and lust.
Delighting in the bounty of God’s glorious gospel promises will free us for a less sin-encumbered life, to the glory of Christ. Rooted in solid biblical reflection, this book aims to help guide you through the battles to the joys of victory by the power of the gospel and its superior pleasure.
First Edition 2007
Multnomah Books (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
Table of Contents
1. Battling Anxiety
2. Battling Pride
3. Battling Misplaced Shame
4. Battling Impatience
5. Battling Covetousness
6. Battling Bitterness
7. Battling Despondency
8. Battling Lust
Translations
English-Africa
Publisher: Christian Art Publishers
Purchase: Glory2Jesus
ISBN: 978-1-86920-968-1
French
Publisher: Éditions Clé
Purchase: BLF Europe
ISBN: 978-2-906090-96-5
Indonesian
Publisher: Pionir Jaya
ISBN: 978979542310-2
Korean
Publisher: Good Seed Publishing Company
Purchase: Kyoboshop
ISBN: 978-8-958741-19-0
Persian (Farsi)
Publisher: Persian World Outreach
Spanish
Publisher: Editorial Vida
Purchase: Christian Book
ISBN: 978-0-8297-5253-3
Related Resources
- Future Grace (book)
- When I Don't Desire God (book)
- Battling Unbelief (12-part sermon series)
About John Piper
John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. For 33 years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is the author of more than 50 books including Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist. John and his wife, Noël, have five children and twelve grandchildren.
