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Tim Keller is the minister of Redeemer Presbyterian Church, New York. They are a church that works hard at reaching the city they are in, with the Gospel. Check out this article by Tim Keller on The Missional Church and post your thoughts. 

Let the Nations be Glad! - by John Piper 

\”Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn’t. Worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is ultimate, not man. When this age is   over, and the countless millions of the redeemed fall on their faces before the throne of God, missions will be no more. It is a temporary necessity. But worship abides forever.” Thus begins this expository masterpiece from Pastor John Piper of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis. If you are lacking motivation to proclaim Christ to your friends, then this book is for you. If you are feeling burnt out and no longer see the point in bold evangelism, then this book is for you. If you feel the onset of a passion for global mission, then this book is for you. If you are a Christian, then this book is for you!

In the first section of ‘Let the Nations be Glad’, Piper works through biblical texts to explain that worship is both the fuel and goal of missions, that prayer is the means by which we access   God’s power for missions, and that suffering for the sake of Christ is the cost of proving God’s majesty and glory to all the nations. This first section I found to be the most valuable in correcting misunderstandings of and false motivations for evangelism. Once correctly understood and correctly motivated, my passion for local and global mission was fanned into flame. Part 2 of this book becomes a bit more difficult and takes time to work through and understand fully the nuances of Piper’s argument. But it is well worth the effort. In  Part 3, the simplicity of the first section returns as Piper works through the practical outworking of compassion and worship. 

God is passionate for His own glory. We should be too. This book is helpful in inspiring a passion for the glory of God’s name such that we become “troubled when it remains unknown, hurt when it is ignored, indignant when it is blasphemed, and all the time anxious and determined that it shall be given the honour and glory which are due to it.

Review by Lachlan Grice.

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