Think: The Life Of The Mind And The Love Of God - Softcover

Piper, John

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9781844744886: Think: The Life Of The Mind And The Love Of God

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ISBN 10: 1844744884 ISBN 13: 9781844744886

Publisher: IVP, 2010

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This is a book to help Christians to think about thinking. Focusing on the life of the mind helps us to know God better, love him more, and care for the world. Along with an emphasis on emotions and the experience of God, we also need to practise careful thinking about God. Piper contends that 'thinking is indispensable on the path to passion for God'. So how are we to maintain a healthy balance of mind and heart, thinking and feeling? Piper urges us to think for the glory of God. He demonstrates from Scripture that glorifying God with our minds and hearts is not either-or, but both-and. Thinking carefully about God fuels passion and affections for God. Likewise, Christ-exalting emotion leads to disciplined thinking.

Readers will be reminded that 'the mind serves to know the truth that fuels the fires of the heart'.

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'I warmly commend John Piper's appeal to all believers to be diligent in engaging our minds and to do so with God-honouring humility and Christ-loving passion.' --Vaughan Roberts

'If you want to feel profoundly, learn to think carefully. And start by reading this book!' --C. J. Mahaney

About the Author:

John Piper is senior pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis and head of Desiring God Ministries. He has written numerous best-selling books which all call readers to spread a passion for the supremacy of God in all things, for the joy of all peoples. His titles include the 'Let the nations be glad', 'Desiring God', 'Tested by fire', 'Seeing and savouring Jesus Christ' and 'Future Grace' and co-author of Crossway's 'Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood'.

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