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Taste and See: Savoring the Supremacy of God in All of Life

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I'm not a fan of devotional books,because I would rather just read the Bible. Most devotionals are "light reading". I know they meet a need for a lot of people, don't get me wrong. But this book is "deep". It really challenges me to examine myself in light of the truth of God's word. John Piper has way of really whetting your appetite to dig deeper. The title really fits the content. When you taste a little "meat" from God's Word, you really want more. You begin to see the greatness of our God. This book has the effect of causing me to savour and meditate on the truths about God that are presented in each day's reading.

John Piper understands that God designed us in His image as relational beings who thirst, long, desire, and hunger with passion. Piper also understands that "God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him" (learned well from the writings of Jonathan Edwards). It is this combination of truths that motivate Piper whenever he speaks and writes. "Taste and See" is no exception. As his subtitle suggests, Piper focuses upon helping his readers to move toward "Savoring the Supremacy of God in All of Life." In other words, don't only know God ratonally (which is vital), don't only obey God volitionally (which is our duty), but pursue Him passionately.

By the way, another reviewer seems to confuse our God-given emotionality with our God-given relationality. Emotions are our God-given capacity to respond to our longings, thoughts, and actions. Affections are our God-given capacity to be motivated by and pursue what our soul craves. Put another way, "We pursue what we perceive to be most pleasing" (from "Soul Physicians" by way of Church history and biblical exegesis). Piper is simply teaching us who we are and how we relate. We can no more cease to follow our affections than the deer can seek to drink from the waterbrook.

Reviewer: Bob Kellemen, Ph.D., is the author of "Soul Physicians," "Biblical Psychology," "Spiritual Friends," "Martin Luther's Pastoral Counseling, and "Beyond the Suffering: Embracing the Legacy of African American Soul Care and Spiritual Direction."

In his desire to see others find pleasure in God, Dr. Piper labors to point us to Christ in over 100 devotions, covering many facets of our daily lives, whether it be prayer time or parenthood.

Having gone through this work, I fully believe that Dr. Piper has succeeded in encouraging those who read this book to "savor the supremacy of God in all of life."

Bought this book as a gift because I had read it and loved it! A great choice for the families on our Christmas list.

This book is an outstanding help to spur readers on to think more Biblically about God and to ponder the meaning of His Word! I usually don't like devotional type books because many water down the power of God's Word. This book explains the Word and points the reader to the richness of the scriptures and to the greatnesss of God!

This book is a collection of essays of how the author relates on a life that savors God. It is a practical illustration of his more theological books. The essays are basicly meditations on his relationships, something he has read or something he has just preached about. I agree with over 95% of his interpretation of scripture so take this review with that in mind. The book was challenging and thoughtful. There were essays on the nature of love and the nature of suffering. The essays about adopting a child and the essays concern the relationships with his familial members were the most touching. It is just a nice collection of essays of which to read one or two before you go to sleep at night so you can think about God and His relationship with us.

This book helps to get one's mind focused on biblically sound ideas of God in the morning or whenever one may choose to read it. I am dreading reaching the end of this book, so great are the bits of truth it contains.

Outstanding book. Piper obviously has a phenomenal relationship with GOD, and chooses to use his gifts of communication to aid other followers closer to CHRIST.