Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Reading the Bible Supernaturally: Seeing and Savoring the Glory of God in Scripture. Why We are Concerned With the Bible. Reading the Bible shows us God’s character. In this segment, John Piper outlines six reasons why the Bible earns our effort.

Before you close the book on God’s book, here are 10 reasons to read the Bible: 1.

The importance of inspiration and inerrancy for our belief in the Bible.

Lecture 2: Content of the Bible.

In this article entitled “How to Read the Bible for Yourself,” he explains his methodology for reading the Bible. This explains two things: 1) This is why the Bible can speak of the Spirit blowing where he wills and having merciful effects in our lives before we were able to choose them (John 3:6-8; 6:36, 44, 65). John Piper effectively and sincerely explains why he loves Paul and the effect he has had on his life and ministry.

This is the heartbeat of our Bible reading — to know and enjoy “the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:8), before whom even our greatest loves are considered nothing.

Many Christians make New Year's resolutions to read the Bible more, and theologian John Piper is encouraging believers to read it daily, in four places, and study it from cover-to-cover within a year. Jesus, the apostles and the authors of the Old Testament claim that Scripture was written by people who were inspired by God.

This article is good info, however, John Piper is the founder of the ESV Bible that you use to quote from at the end of this article. After all, sleeping is better than reading, right? Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. But in 2006, there was an uproar within the Christian community after John Piper extended an invitation to a young, filthy mouthed, unabashed preacher from Washington state, Mark Driscoll, to be one of the speakers at his Desiring God National Conference. Many Bible teachers do excellent OIA Bible study without calling it “OIA Bible study.” Case in point: John Piper. They are also offering the Collected Works of John Piper for 57% off + free shipping.

Lecture 3: But the method of reading God's Word isn't nearly as important as … In this series John Piper discusses proper biblical interpretation including what to do when we don't know what a verse means, and how to read narrative parts of the Bible, like the Gospels. Reading the Bible Supernaturally: Seeing and Savoring the Glory of God in Scripture - Kindle edition by Piper, John. John Piper: How And Why You Should Read The Entire Bible In 2018. As humans, God calls every one of us to bring him glory as the one who made us with every part … Manuscript evidence indicates that we have the words of the authors.

Why go to all that trouble?

A great deal from WTS Books—a new 400+ page hardcover volume from John Piper plus a cloth-over-board Thinline ESV for under $20:. More info here.. Why read the Bible? With you, I agree that Pastor John Piper is sound in the basic tenets of our faith in Christ...but not so with Mark Driscoll who recently, at his Resurgence Conference 2013 (a pastor's conference) not only had Roma Downey and her husband Mark Burnett at the conference, but Driscoll also promoted Downey and Burnett's false representation of the Gospel with their popular miniseries [NOT] The Bible.

In a New Year's Day edition of Ask Pastor John, Desiring God founder John Piper shared with listeners why they should take their resolution to read the Bible in 2018 seriously, and how they can get help to succeed with a good bible reading plan. The Bible reveals glorious things.

The Bible is God’s gift to us so that we can fulfill the purpose for which we were made. The sale ends April 20, 2017. Why wake up 15 minutes early each day? I was going to post this article on my facebook page, however, due to the fact that Piper is a false teacher who associates w/false teachers, and highly promotes ESV bible all over the world, I cannot share this article. And he never uses the words “observe” or “interpret.” And yet we often miss its power because we read it the same way we read any other book. The Bible is our definitive source for the answers to our questions about God.

I think that the life and teachings of Paul are the most compelling proof of the existence of an omnipotent and loving God and that Jesus Christ is the son of God and came to earth as God in the flesh. Read more. In other words, by his unconscious influence he works in us to enable us to hear and welcome the Word.