The Blazing Center Study Guide The Soul-Satisfying Supremacy of God in All Things

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• ISBN13: 9781590526859
• ISBN10: 1590526856
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-07-03
• Publisher: Multnomah

Summary

What Do You Revolve Around? All the planets of your life - from your labor and leisure to your thinking and feeling - are held in orbit by the greatness, gravity, and blazing brightness of Jesus Christ at the center of your life. When He ceases to be the center, the planets of your life fly into confusion, sending a hundred things out of control. Pastor John Piper's powerful teaching is recorded during an intimate retreat for youth leaders and students onto three The Blazing Center DVDs. With the study guide, this is an ideal package for adult and youth Sunday school classes, small groups, retreats, classrooms, and families. Discover surprising insights about the reality of sin, how your love for God is really revealed, and how only joy in Him will sustain you through times of suffering.

Author Biography

John Piper, pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis since 1980, is the author of The Dangerous Duty of Delight, Desiring God, Future Grace, A Godward Life, and The Pleasures of God. He received his doctorate in theology from the University of Munich and taught biblical studies for six years at Bethel College, St. Paul, before becoming a pastor. He and his wife, Noel, have four sons and one daughter

Table of Contents

Introduction to This Study Guide	5	(4)
LESSON 1 Introduction to The Blazing Center	9	(2)
LESSON 2 The Blazing Center: A Personal Story	11	(12)
LESSON 3 The Blazing Center: Is God Vain?	23	(11)
LESSON 4 Pursue Your Joy: Isn't That Hedonism?	34	(10)
LESSON 5 Pursue Your Joy: God Commands It!	44	(10)
LESSON 6 True Love: Duty or Delight? (Part 1)	54	(9)
LESSON 7 True Love: Duty or Delight? (Part 2)	63	(13)
LESSON 8 Suffering: For the Joy Set Before You (Part 1)	76	(11)
LESSON 9 Suffering: For the Joy Set Before You (Part 2)	87	(11)
LESSON 10 Review and Conclusion	98	(2)
Leader's Guide	100