The Hunger for Significance [Paperback]

R. C. Sproul (Author), Charles Colson (Contributor)

Product Details

• Paperback: 275 pages
• Publisher: Gospel Light Pubns; New edition edition (June 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0830716874
• ISBN-13: 978-0830716876
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,454,836 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. R.C. Sproul is the founder, chairman and president of Ligonier Ministries, an international Christian education ministry located near Orlando, Florida. His teaching can be heard on the program Renewing Your Mind, which is broadcast on hundreds of radio outlets in the United States and in 40 countries worldwide. He is the executive editor of Tabletalk magazine and general editor of The Reformation Study Bible, and the author of more than seventy books and scores of articles for national evangelical publications. Dr. Sproul also serves as president of Ligonier Academy of Biblical and Theological Studies and Reformation Bible College. He currently serves as senior minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's in Sanford, FL.

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Study Book for Parent Groups, February 13, 2002

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Christian Observer (Manassas, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Hunger for Significance (Paperback)

Everyone wants to "be somebody." In an informal conversational style Dr. Sproul discusses the hunger for significance, the urge to be some body. He does this in ten chapters. First comes our search for personal worth. We want our lives to count. That desire is as strong as the urge for food and shelter. Next is the search for love. Here t he author with the qualities of love. Loyalty is one facet sometimes ignored. Love is abiding, durable and sometimes blind. Love is strong yet fragile and easily wounded by thoughtless words and deeply comforted by praise sincerely meant.. Following that is the search for dignity. What is dignity? The study continues with discussions of dignity in various settings including the home, the school the hospital, the prison, the work place. At the close of each chapter there is a set of discussion questions. The book in unified yet each section can also stand alone. Reading this volume is a tonic and a warning to the reader. How much our lives impact on others and theirs on us is illustrated by the discussions. Parents reading this will see many places which speak directly to the way they should interact with themselves and the other family members. While perhaps not designed as a book specifically for parents, this would be an excellent study for parent groups. According to a story about William Jennings Bryan who when question as to why he wore his hair as he did, replied, "My wife likes it that way." That may be the best reason for doing something!

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great layman's approach to Chirstianity, May 27, 1998

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This review is from: The Hunger for Significance (Paperback)

This is a great book for anyone wishing to explore Christianity on their own terms, or for anyone who is intimidated by the Bible or its interpretations. This is a great book of self exploration and how your personal life is fulfilling your most basic spiritual needs. My only ciriticism would be the books lack of structure toward the middle, and its inability to stay 'on the path'. Otherwise, great read for anyone.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dignity, Hunger to Love, May 27, 2006

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Philip S Roeda (Cook, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Hunger for Significance (R. C. Sproul Library) (Paperback)

Life brings pain into people's lives; the price we all pain for sin . I am called upon by God to love my neighbor as myself. I am not to inflict pain on believers and unbelievers alike. This means I should avoid certain slights, insults, or other behavior that may make another person seem less significant am not to belittle others who walk upon this planet. My rude behavior may result in another feeling less dignify. Hunger for Significance is a book about treating people with dignity. Dignity is the most used word in this book. R.C. Sproul does not teach a person how to put his stamp on this world, to lead huge numbers, or other worldly measures of succeeding, but how to behave toward each person with dignity. To treat each person as one with significance. whether it is people you converse with daily, those you work for, those who work for you or how you vote. This is a book written to a Christian audience. It is an encouragement to evaluate ones consistency of Faith and treatment of others. He explains a problem and how it should be resolved. How doctors should tread their consumers{patients}, how the patient should treat their physician, how nurses treat those under their care, How patients should not treat CNA's or nurses as servants, but professionals. How parents and student should recognize teaching as a profession, How teacher should respect students. R.C. Sproul diagnosis problems in the criminal incarnation: Homosexual Rape, body cavity search, reused underwear, and he pleads for more humane dignify care. He ends the book by discussing labor relations, labor philosophy, and how to treat each other with dignity even though part of the adversarial relationship . One should be able to look upon oneself as a part of society after reading this book and be reflective how one treats others who God has created.