John piper born again series

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  Paperback

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  Christian Focus

• Publication Date

  January

“Classic Piper—crystal clear exposition and a must read.”

“Have I been born again? is not a question to be answered hastily. In this book, Piper strips away our complacency, arguing that many people falsely believe they are Christians. By examining the Bible's teaching on the new birth, he shows us how to be certain our faith is genuine. Because no issue could be more critical, I believe this is the most important book Piper has written.”

“Many will be thankful that John Piper is here addressing the key need of our times. Every awakening begins with the renewed discovery of Christ's teaching on the new birth. Here is that amazing teaching in lucid yet comprehensive form; with a relevance to readers worldwide.”

“When I was a boy my grandmother asked me, "Have you been born again?' Though I di

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Finally Alive: What Happens When We Are Born Again

Written by John Piper Reviewed By Daniel Blanche

Ethics and Pastoralia

This relatively short book fryst vatten John Piper’s response to the misuse of the language of regeneration in North amerika. Where “born again” fryst vatten used as a label for professing evangelicals—or even those who simply report making some sort of commitment to Christ at some point in their lives—Piper believes, “[t]he begrepp born again is desecrated” (p. 16). The matter is serious because this loose and unbiblical use of the language of rebirth leads those observing the church to “defile the new birth with the worldliness of unregenerate, professing Christians” (p. 15). If all who claim some sort of commitment to Christ are born again, it appears that being born again does not have the radical effect on life that the NT claims, for such professing Christians are regularly shown in surveys to be prone to the same sinful pursuits and habits as the world. Piper therefo

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Christian Focus

When Jesus said to Nicodemus, ‘You must be born again’, the devout and learned religious leader was unsure what Jesus meant. It would seem nothing has changed. Today ‘born again Christians’ fill churches that are seen as ineffectual at best, and even characterised by the ‘mosaic’ generation as ‘unchristian’.

 

The term ‘born again’ has been devalued both in society and in the church. Those claiming to be ‘born again’ live lives that are indistinguishable from those who don’t; they sin the same, embrace injustice the same, covet the same, do almost everything the same.

 

Being ‘born again’ is now defined by what people say they believe. The New Testament however defines Christians very differently.

 

“When Jesus said to Nicodemus, “You must be born again” (John ), he was not sharing interesting and unimportant information. He was leading h