Who Was George Herbert?

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John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

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🗓️ 12 January 2013

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

In his life, ministry, and poetry, George Herbert wrestled with the tension between worldly ambition and godly ambition. What can we learn from him?

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0:00.0	pester john i know you're gearing up for the desiring guide conference for
0:07.8	pastors here in a few weeks in Minneapolis and you're planning to deliver a
0:10.6	biographical sketch this year
0:12.6	of poet george herbert
0:14.7	uh... is there anything from her best life that you can share with us any
0:17.8	teasers from your research
0:19.9	i'm very excited about her but i don't know exactly
0:23.4	what i'm gonna say yet but i'm immersed in him these days as i moved toward
0:28.2	the testers conference
0:29.6	herbert lived to be born in fifteen ninety three
0:33.6	and he didn't
0:34.8	lived to be forty years old he died just short of his 40th year students
0:38.6	another one of those
0:40.6	saints who didn't live long but had a huge
0:44.4	effect
0:45.5	uh... he was
0:47.4	born of a wealthy family and went to Cambridge
0:50.4	became the
0:51.6	orator at Cambridge and thus
0:55.2	wrote and spoke before
0:57.6	King James
0:59.8	who is responsible for the king James bible
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