Let the Nations Be Glad! 30th Anniversary

Let the Nations Be Glad! 30th Anniversary

Author: John Piper

John Piper's bestselling book on missions draws on key biblical texts to demonstrate that worship is the ultimate goal of the church and that proper worship fuels missionary outreach. Piper offers a biblical defense of God's supremacy in all things, providing readers with a sound theological foundation for missions.

This 30th anniversary edition of a contemporary classic, now in paperback, incorporates insights from the author's refined thinking over the past 10 years. Used extensively as a textbook for missions courses and a resource for ministries, Let the Nations Be Glad! provides a passionate plea for God-centeredness in the whole enterprise of world evangelization and explores the role of prayer and spiritual warfare. The book is essential reading for those involved in or preparing for missions work. It also offers enlightenment for students, pastors, youth workers, campus ministers, and all who want to connect their labors to God's global purposes.

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Part 1 Making God Supreme in Missions: The Purpose, the Power, and the Price

1. The Supremacy of God in Missions through Worship
2. The Supremacy of God in Missions through Prayer
3. The Supremacy of God in Missions through Suffering

Part 2 Making God Supreme in Missions: The Necessity and Nature of the Task

4. The Supremacy of Christ as the Conscious Focus of All Saving Faith
5. The Supremacy of God among “All the Nations”

Part 3 Making God Supreme in Missions: The Practical Outworking of Compassion and Worship

6. A Passion for God’s Supremacy and Compassion for Man’s Soul: Jonathan Edwards on the Unity of Motives for World Missions
7. The Inner Simplicity and Outer Freedom of Worldwide Worship

Part 4 Making God Supreme in Missions Global Shifts and Wartime Living

8. Exulting in Global, Not Gospel, Shifting

Conclusion

Afterword: The Supremacy of God in Going and Sending