Monergism Books

Foreword by Gerald L. Bray

Binding: Paperback
Page Count: 64
Publisher: Crossway
ISBN#: 9781433501821

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Description: We live in a flippant and frivolous day. The majestic weight of the glory of God rests lightly on too many churches. We've lost our appetite for God's majesty. A passion for his splendor has faded.

John Calvin encountered a similar landscape 500 years ago. Such weightlessness was at the root of his quarrel with the Roman Catholic Church. Nothing mattered more to Calvin than the supremacy of God over all things. He wrote that his life's aim was to "set before man, as the price motive of his existence, zeal to illustrate the glory of God." Calvin set himself to spread a passion for God's majesty in Geneva and beyond.

 "The essential meaning of Calvin's life and preaching," writes John Piper, "is that he recovered and embodied a passion for the absolute reality and majesty of God. Such is the aim and burden of this book as well."

By telling the story of Calvin's life, Piper aims to ignite your zeal for the centrality, supremacy, and majesty of God.

About the Author

John Piper is pastor for preaching and vision at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis. His other biographical works include, Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce and four volumes called The Swans Are Not Silent series: Contending for Our All, The Hidden Smile of God, The Legacy of Sovereign Joy, and The Roots of Endurance. John Calvin and His Passion for the Majesty of God first appeared as a chapter in the Legacy of Sovereign Joy.