Friday, July 29, 2016

TASTE AND SEE by John Piper



This is a book of 125 daily meditations. It's an updated version of this book, originally published in 1999. Piper starts out the book with a Preface. He follows this with Acknowledgements. What follows are those 125 devotions/meditations. Each meditation begins with the title and a tagline. Some of the meditations also start out with short poems. Piper wraps up the devotions/meditations with a description of his website and the link. This is followed by a subject index and an index of people mentioned in this book. Piper wraps this all up with an index of Scripture verses used in this book. Piper is the founder/teacher of DesiringGod.org. He's the Chancellor of Bethlehem College and Seminary. For 33 years, Piper has served as the pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis. More than 30 years of his books and articles are available, free of charge, at DesiringGod.org. Piper has written over 50 books, including the classic Desiring God.

I just finished reading this book. I have read many of Pastor John Piper's books. I have visited his DesiringGod.org website. So I found this book everything that I expected it to be. His books are rich in theology, and this book is also. HIs books are based solidly on the Bible, and so is this one. God is front and centers in all Piper works. He's also front and center in Taste and See. I expected the book to mention a lot about social issues because of the book description. He did mention them, but not as much as the online description indicared. Maybe this is just me. This isn't a book to curl up with and unwind to. It's designed to make readers think. A hardback book, this one has good binding. Being a long, comprehensive book, this isn't fast reading. IT isn't meant to be. Meditations take time and shouldn't be rushecc through. I found them exciting and inspiring.

Who do I recommend this book for? I recommend it to serious Christians. This covers those who are committed to following Jesus. This covers those who want to know God better. This covers those who like to study theology. Pastors can benefit from this book in their own walks with God. New believers and immature believers won't like this book. The strong stress on doctrine and missions may bore them. The target audience of this book are serious followers of Jesus. So this book holds nothing for those outside the Christian faith.

I received a complimentary copy of this book through Blogging For Books in exchange for my honest review. I wasn't required to give a positive review of this book.

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