Publisher Description

Bestselling author John Piper explores fifty things that Jesus accomplished through his death on the cross.

Author Biography

John Piper (DTheol, University of Munich) is the founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and the chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. He served for 33 years as the senior pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is the author of more than 50 books, including Desiring God, Don't Waste Your Life, This Momentary Marriage, A Peculiar Glory, and Reading the Bible Supernaturally.

Long Description

WHY?The most important questions anyone can ask are: Why was Jesus Christ crucified? Why did he suffer so much? What has this to do with me? Finally, who sent him to his sdeath? The answer to the last question is that God did. Jesus was Godrs" s Son. The suffering was unsurpassed, but the whole message of the Bible leads to this answer.The central issue of Jesusrs" death is not the cause, but the meaning- Godrs" s meaning. That is what this book is about. John Piper has gathered from the New Testament fifty reasons. Not fifty causes, but fifty purposes- in answer to the most important question that each of us must face: What did God achieve for sinners like us in sending his Son to die?

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