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Filling Up The Afflictions Of Christ: The Cost Of Bringing The Gospel To The Nations In The Lives Of William Tyndale, Adoniram Judson, And John Paton (2009)

by John Piper(Favorite Author)

4.35 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1433510464 (ISBN13: 9781433510465)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Crossway Books

series

The Swans Are Not Silent

review 1: When I first read Piper over 20 years ago (Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist), I thought he was wordy and verbose. (I guess that is a tautology). I have come to change my mind about that somewhat. At any rate, from his web-page, desiringgod.org, I have come to enjoy his biographies that he does during his annual pastors conferences at his church. This is a first-rate book in his Christian biography series, covering the lives of William Tyndale, Adoniram Judson, and John Paton. Listen to the messages. Buy the book. Short but helpful writings on worthy Christian lives.
review 2: This book is solid throughout. It fills up an element of much that is missing in Evangelical Christianity today regarding sacrificing our all for whatever and wherever G... moreod leads us to reach those in hostile lands for Christ. When I was young, the spirit of missionary work was high among young people. Sadly today, there is not much heard about it. This fifth in the "Swans Are Not Silent" series is a great help in demonstrating what some heroes of the faith who ultimately lost so much (including a life in William Tyndale) or were in frequent danger, sickness, prison, and poverty. Yet, each of them accomplished great things for the kingdom of God. Tyndale translated the Bible for the English peoples, John Paton and Adoniram Judson were missionaries to what were previously thought to be unreachable people groups. For me, the significance of this book and its value lies in bringing attention to missions a Christians being willing to go with the spirit and attitude of giving up our all for Christ and His kingdom. This message is greatly needed in an Evangelical world that has mostly become satisfied living in the warm comforts of a self-focused and satisfied society. Certainly we have to do better and John Piper surely offers it in this excellent book.I should add here that though I do believe Piper made three excellent choices on who to cover in this series, I do think he could have made it a little more valuable for a younger audience by including Jim Eliot as one of the three. Yet, which one to replace would have been a difficult choice in itself to make! less

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