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Don't Waste Your Life is a best-selling book by pastor and theologian John Piper of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. [1] [2] It was published in 2003 by Crossway Books, which re-published Group Study Editions in 2007 and 2009.
The Collected Works of John Piper (13 volume set plus Index) – Hardcover: 8464 pages * Publisher: Crossway (March 31, 2017). Reading the Bible Supernaturally: Seeing and Savoring the Glory of God in Scripture – Crossway, (April, 2017). The Satisfied Soul: Showing the Supremacy of God in All of Life – Multnomah, (September 5, 2017).
Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism (or RBMW) is a collection of articles on gender roles, written from an evangelical perspective, and edited by John Piper and Wayne Grudem. Crossway Books published the book in 1991 for the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW).
In Western Christianity, Lectio Divina (Latin for "Divine Reading") is a traditional monastic practice of scriptural reading, meditation and prayer intended to promote communion with God and to increase the knowledge of God's word. [1] In the view of one commentator, it does not treat Scripture as texts to be studied, but as the living word. [2]
Christian meditation is a form of prayer in which a structured attempt is made to become aware of and reflect upon the revelations of God. [1] The word meditation comes from the Latin word meditārī, which has a range of meanings including to reflect on, to study, and to practice.
The term was coined by John Piper in his 1986 book Desiring God based on Vernard Eller's earlier use of the term hedonism to describe the same concept. [1] Piper summarizes this philosophy of the Christian life as "God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him."
Sadhana: A Way to God. by Anthony de Mello. 1978. ISBN 0-385-19614-8. "A Closer Look at Centering Prayer". www.catholicculture.org; Contemplative Prayer. by Thomas Merton. Image Books, 1996. ISBN 0-385-09219-9. Active Meditations for Contemplative Prayer, by Thomas Keating. Continuum International Publishing Group, 1997.
The progression from Bible reading, to meditation, to loving regard for God, was first formally described by Guigo II, a Carthusian monk who died late in the 12th century. [3] Guigo II's book The Ladder of Monks is considered the first description of methodical prayer in the western mystical tradition. [4]