Let the Nations Be Glad! DVD

Piper, John

ISBN 10: 0801038901 ISBN 13: 9780801038907

Publisher: Baker Academic, 2010

John Piper's Let the Nations Be Glad!, now in its third edition, has sold over 185,000 copies. It offers a biblical defense of God's supremacy in all things, providing readers with a sound theological foundation for missions. Now this companion DVD offers a series of six thirty-minute sermons by Piper preaching on the topics found in his bestselling book. Topics include defining missions and defining peoples, the urgency of missions, the goal and the fuel of missions, prayer, and suffering. The DVD makes the book's content available to a wider audience through its dynamic presentations.

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From the Back Cover:

"Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you! Let the nations be glad and sing for joy" (Psalm 67:3-4). The passion of the Lord is that all peoples praise him. The stakes are high and the cost is great, but the joy is greater.

In six thirty-minute sessions, pastor John Piper offers a biblical defense of God's supremacy in all things, providing viewers with a sound theological foundation for missions. The topics, which correspond to Piper's bestselling book, include defining missions and defining peoples, the urgency of missions, the goal and the fuel of missions, prayer, and suffering.

A companion study guide is also available.

Praise for Let the Nations Be Glad!

"If I had to choose only one book on missions, Let the Nations Be Glad! would be it. Don't read it unless you're willing to have your eyes reopened to the highest possible motive for being about the business of reaching the world for Christ."--Duane Litfin, president, Wheaton College

"Passion. Theology. Exegesis. Relevance. John Piper weaves them all together in Let the Nations Be Glad!"--Leith Anderson, president, National Association of Evangelicals

"The most important book on missions for this generation. John Piper places missions where it belongs: at the heart of God's desire to be glorified among the nations."--R. Albert Mohler Jr., president, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

About the Author:

John Piper (DrTheol, University of Munich) is the pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and founder of Desiring God Ministries. He is the author of numerous books, including Desiring God, The Pleasures of God, and The Supremacy of God in Preaching.

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