Let The Nations Be Glad!

Let The Nations Be Glad!

The Supremacy of God in Missions

by John Piper
Publisher: Baker Books
2nd Edition, ©2003, ISBN: 9780801026133
Trade Paperback, 255 pages
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Since its publication a decade ago, this book has provided thousands of seminary students, missionaries, and pastors with a sound theological foundation for missions. Piper now offers a revised and expanded edition of this theological and biblical defense of God's supremacy in all things.

Drawing on texts from the Old and New testaments, Piper demonstrates that worship is the ultimate goal of the church and that proper worship drives missionary outreach. He describes prayer as the fuel of missions work because of its focus on a relationship with God rather than the needs of the world. He goes on to illustrate that while suffering is the price of missions, God is worthy of any sacrifice. He examines whether Jesus is the only way to salvation and discusses the extent of the missionary enterprise, seeking to define the scope of the task and the means to reaching "all nations."

This revised and expanded edition contains updated references to contemporary literature and debates and new illustrations and quotations. This edition also boasts a new preface and a final section devoted to the practical outworking of compassion and worship. Included in this new section is a chapter encouraging passion for God's supremacy and compassion for man's soul, based on Jonathan Edwards's musings on the unity of motives for world missions. Concluding this section is a chapter containing Piper's reflections on New testament worship as an inner reality more than an external form.

Let the Nations Be Glad! is essential reading for all those involved in or preparing for missions work and provides inspiring theological reflection for college and seminary students. This book also offers enlightenment for pastors, youth workers, those involved in campus ministries, and all who want to connect their labors to God's global purposes.

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Summary: The end of the church, according to Piper, is worship, and it is the desire to create more worshippers that should drive missions.

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  God-centered and Inspiring
Elder Chris Wilson of RCC, 3/8/2010
Piper, in his usual delightful style, lays out a Biblical argument for churches and individuals being involved in world missions that will surprise most readers. His opening sentences set the tone for the entire book: "Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exist because worship doesn't. Worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is ultimate, not man." Having been involved in world missions work in one form or another for over twenty-five years, I found Piper's book to be the most inspiring, God-centered work I have ever read.