| Category: | Christian Living |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Page Count: | 336 |
| Size: | 6.0 in x 9.0 in |
| Weight: | 22.0 ounces |
| ISBN-10: | 1-4335-8869-2 |
| ISBN-13: | 978-1-4335-8869-3 |
| ISBN-UPC: | 9781433588693 |
| Case Quantity: | 20 |
| Published: | May 27, 2025 |
Bestselling Author John Piper Shows Pastors How to Carry Out Their God-Appointed Roles and Deliver Christ-Exalting Sermons
Well-known around the world for his passionate and powerful preaching, John Piper has distilled over 40 years of preaching experience into one book for the benefit of pastors and other Bible teachers. Building on the foundation laid by his previous books, A Peculiar Glory and Reading the Bible Supernaturally, Piper makes a compelling claim about the purpose of a sermon: not just an explanation of the text, but awakening worship by being worship.
Christian preaching is a God-appointed means of transforming its hearers in both head and heart, not only in intellect but also in affections. With clear examples of specific methods, Piper shows preachers how and what to communicate from the pulpit in a way that takes seriously the task of handling the word of God week in and week out as Christian worship. This book is now available in paperback.
- Written by Bestselling Author John Piper: Builds on the foundation of two previous books, A Peculiar Glory: How the Christian Scriptures Reveal Their Complete Truthfulness and Reading the Bible Supernaturally: Seeing and Savoring the Glory of God in Scripture
- Practical: Helps preachers understand how and what to preach as a means of God’s ultimate purpose of revealing his glory in the world
- A Great Gift for Pastors: Now in paperback, this makes a convenient and thoughtful gift for church leaders
- Replaces ISBN 978-1-4335-6113-9
Author:
John Piper is founder and lead teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. He served for thirty-three years as a pastor at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is the author of more than fifty books, including Desiring God; Don’t Waste Your Life; and Providence.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: The Roots and Scope of Expository Exultation
Part 1: A Setting for Preaching:
God’s People Gathered for Worship
Chapter 1: The Essence of Corporate Worship
Chapter 2: Corporate Worship: Biblical and Beautifully Fitting
Part 2: Why Is Expository Exultation Integral to Corporate Worship?
Heralding, History, and Trinity
Chapter 3: How Paul Brought Heralding into the House of God
Chapter 4: Four Roots of the Beautiful Fitness of Expository Exultation in Worship
Chapter 5: The Trinitarian Roots of Expository Exultation
Part 3: How Does Preaching Become a Means of the Miracle of Worship—Supernaturally?
Expository Exultation in the Power of the Holy Spirit
Chapter 6: Expository Exultation: A Humanly Impossible Act with a Humanly Impossible Effect
Chapter 7: Expository Exultation by Faith: How I Pursued the Miracle in My Preaching
Part 4: How Does Preaching Become a Means of the Miracle of Worship—Naturally?
Expository Exultation and the Use of All Our Natural Powers
Chapter 8: Expository Exultation: Loving People with Clear Thinking and Valid Logic
Chapter 9: “Lest the Cross Be Emptied of Its Power”: The Perils of Christian Eloquence
Part 5: Rigorous Attention to the Text for the Sake of Radical Penetration into Reality
Making Connection Manifest between Text and Reality
Chapter 10: Text, Reality, and Sermon: Making the Connections Clear
Chapter 11: Showing How Reality Shines through the Words of the Passage: Three Examples
Part 6: What Reality Shall We Preach?
Three Pervasive Emphases of All Expository Exultation
Chapter 12: Preaching in the Light of an Author’s All-Encompassing Vision of Reality
Chapter 13: Expository Exultation and the Glory of God, Part 1: As the Ultimate Goal of All Things
Chapter 14: Expository Exultation and the Glory of God, Part 2: How It Shapes Every Sermon
Chapter 15: Expository Exultation and Christ Crucified, Part 1: Boasting Only in the Cross in Every Sermon
Chapter 16: Expository Exultation and Christ Crucified, Part 2: “That We Might Live to Righteousness”
Chapter 17: Expository Exultation and the Obedience of Faith, Part 1: The Path of Love That Leads to Life
Chapter 18: Expository Exultation and the Obedience of Faith, Part 2: The Pursuit of Joy, Love, and Eternal Life
Part 7: Expository Exultation and the Old Testament
The Glory of God, the Cross of Christ, and the Obedience of Faith
Chapter 19: Expository Exultation and the Old Testament, Part 1: Preaching the Glory of God
Chapter 20: Expository Exultation and the Old Testament, Part 2: Preaching Christ Crucified
Chapter 21: Expository Exultation and the Old Testament, Part 3: Preaching the Obedience of Faith
Concluding Thoughts: A Dangerous and Glorious Calling
General Index
Scripture Index
Note on Desiring God Resources