Desiring God, 25th Anniversary Reference Edition: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist

THE MODERN CLASSIC THAT HAS TRANSFORMED OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE RELATE TO GODFor years pastor John Piper has been provoking Christians with the simple but paradigm-shattering truth that God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in himSatisfaction Happiness Joy The pursuit of pleasure in God is not only permissible itrsquos essentialBuilding his message on hundreds of Scriptures especially from the Psalms the apostle Paul and Jesus himselfmdashand echoing the likes of Blaise Pascal Jonathan Edwards and CS LewismdashPiper beckons us to approach God with the hedonistrsquos abandon Finally we are freed to enjoy Jesus not only as our Lord and Savior but also our all-surpassing soul-satisfying TreasureAs important today as ever Desiring God may turn your Christian world upside down And that will be a good thing for the glory of God and for your deepest joyThis th-anniversary reference edition includes an updated introduction by John Piper appendices and supplemental resources and brief testimonials from readers profoundly affected by Desiring GodldquoI do not come to the Bible with a hedonistic theory of moral justification On the contrary I find in the Bible a divine command to be a pleasure-seekermdashthat is to forsake the two-bit low-yield short-term never-satisfying person-destroying God-belittling pleasures of the world and to sell everything lsquowith joyrsquo Matthew in order to have the kingdom of heaven and thus lsquoenter into the joy of your masterrsquo Matthew In short I am a Christian Hedonist not for any philosophical or theoretical reason but because God commands it though He doesnrsquot command that you use these labelshellipldquoOnly one thing ultimately matters glorifying God the way He has appointed That is why I am a Christian Hedonist That is why I wrote this bookrdquomdashJohn Piper.