Archive
Book Review: Let The Nations Be Glad
John Piper originally wrote this book in 1993. However, this 2003 revised edition is substantially improved. This book, subtitled “The supremacy of God in missions”, is a pillar in the study of missions. It should absolutely be on every Christians reading list.
This book is a theological and biblical defense of God's supremacy in missions. It makes it clear that not only is missions a good option, but it is mandatory for all Christians. We all must be senders or goers.
Piper shocks the reader by telling him that we cannot take our own comfortable lives and make them the measure of what we allow the Bible to mean. Missions is not an option, but a mandate. Missions is not the chief end of man. God’s glory is man’s chief end. Missions exists because worship doesn’t. It is our call to spread the worship and glory of God through missions.
Piper tells us that Christians were not placed on this earth for comfortable easy lives. We are here to worship, pray and glorify God. And, we are here to serve, share and even suffer. Missions is the practical and logical conclusion to our call to worship and show compassion in God’s name.
We are bound to engage with the Lord in His cause. It is a motivating privilege to be used by God to bring every tribe, language, people and nation to Himself.
If you read one book on missions it should be this one.