John Piper: Spectacular Sins & Paradoxical Joys

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John Piper: Spectacular Sins & Paradoxical Joys

Posted on 05 November 2008
Tags: book reviews, books

I’m reading John Piper’s new book, Spectacular Sins, which is proving to be a fast read that packs a ton of weight. This is vintage Piper–serious, pointed and profound. For reasons I unpack at the old blog, BitterSweetLif, here’s an excerpt I love:

We are pushing our way through a blood-spattered life that makes us feel connected to the world and disconnected at the same time. We are here but not here. Love binds us to the tragic earth, and love binds us to the Treasure of heaven. Christians are strange. Our emotions are inexplicable in ordinary terms.

Piper gets it.

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