John Piper Talks Books
Life and Books and Everything
Clearly Reformed
4.6 • 635 Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2021
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
John Piper sits down with Kevin DeYoung to discuss human purpose, pastoral leadership, the advantages of reading slowly. And of course they discuss books, too. So many books. Reading them; writing them; loving them; but most of all desiring God through them. (See the full list below.) And in this conversation you will get a picture of what will perhaps be John Piper’s magnum opus.
Life and Books and Everything is sponsored by Crossway, publisher of New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional, by Paul David Tripp.
New Morning Mercies is great for people looking for a devotional in the new year—featuring 365 gospel-centered devotions. Each reading leads with a compelling, gospel-centered thought, followed by an extended meditation for the day. It equips you with the good news that you need to trust in God’s goodness, rely on his grace, and live for his glory—day in and day out.
Timestamps:
An Excellent Book for 2021 [1:11 – 2:37]
What did John Piper do for Christmas during coronavirus? [2:37 – 4:58]
Why Piper doesn’t like the word ‘retirement’ [4:58 – 12:45]
Especially Formative Books for John Piper [12:45 – 19:57]
On the Pros and Cons of Reading Slowly [19:57 – 34:48]
Books to Kickstart Pastoral Ministry [34:48 – 43:54]
Favorite Biographies [43:54 – 46:32]
Books to Return To [46:32 – 51:59]
The Hardest Book John Piper Had to Write and His Favorite [51:59 – 57:38]
Providence: John Piper’s Latest Book [57:38 – 1:03:15]
Enjoying the Process of Writing; Praise for Pastors Who Don’t Write Books[1:03:15 – 1:09:33]
More Questions on Providence and Providence [1:09:33 – 1:20:40]
The Most Important Verse in the Bible [1:20:40 – 1:25:08]
Books and More Books:
New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional, by Paul David Tripp (get 30% off)
Thinking God’s Thoughts: The Hermeneutics of Humility, by Daniel P. Fuller
The Unity of the Bible: Unfolding God's Plan for Humanity, by Daniel P.Fuller
Freedom of the Will, by Jonathan Edwards
The End for Which God Created the World, by Jonathan Edwards
The Religious Affections, by Jonathan Edwards
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Greetings and salutations. Welcome back to season three of life and books and everything. So glad that you've joined us here. We have a special guest, which I'll get to in just a moment. |
| 0:22.2 | Colin and Justin are not here, but Lord willing, they will be rejoining me for an upcoming podcast very soon. |
| 0:30.8 | Colin is perhaps just reveling in the victory of both of his football teams, Alabama and Northwestern, |
| 0:38.7 | and Justin is wanting to give Scott Frost a bro hug, he said, |
| 0:43.2 | to encourage him on for next year. |
| 0:46.4 | But good to be with you here and good to be starting this season. |
| 0:49.4 | The plan is to record this season every other week. |
| 0:56.2 | And maybe there'll be some sooner than that, some less frequent than that. |
| 1:00.5 | But that's the plan. |
| 1:01.5 | And we'll move throughout the spring with 10, 11, 12 episodes. |
| 1:04.9 | So glad that you can be with us. |
| 1:06.4 | And hopefully this will be an edifying conversation. |
| 1:10.2 | I'm sure it will be today. |
| 1:11.6 | I do want to thank our sponsor again for this season, Crossway. |
| 1:16.1 | Great to have them sponsoring the podcast. |
| 1:19.5 | And fitting that we would recommend at the beginning of this new year, |
| 1:24.9 | one of their really outstanding and I'm sure best-selling books by Paul David |
| 1:29.9 | Tripp, New Morning Mercy's, a daily gospel devotional. So I'm sure that many people at the |
| 1:37.8 | beginning of this year are thinking about some habits, resolutions, maybe wanting to start a daily |
| 1:43.9 | reading plan or a good book to supplement |
| 1:47.3 | with the Bible for a devotional. And as a pastor, whenever people ask, what can I read? I want |
| 1:54.6 | something that's not so long. I'm going to be lost, but I want something meaty. I don't |
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