Battling Unbelief: Defeating Sin with Superior Pleasure

El autor nos lleva de una manera sencilla y poderosa a enfrentar la incredulidad que se asoma en nuestras vidas, con la mirada puesta en Cristo y en la gracia futura a la que tenemos acceso al confiar en quien es Dios y sus promesas. De esta manera podemos ganar la batalla contra la incredulidad.

This book which is taken from a larger book is full of biblical truths that everyone should embrace to help them be free from sinful thought processes so that they can live un encumbered and enjoy God.

When I was a kid, two Olympic sprinters failed to medal in a race because they failed to show up. I remember their anguish at losing because they weren't even in the arena at the right time. After reading this book, I feel like I sometimes have lost battles against sin, because I wasn't even fighting the right fight. In this book, the author puts a hand on my shoulder and assists me in being in the arena, fighting the good fight of faith. Here's a sampling of what I found: "The challenge before us in our fight against lust is not merely to do what God says because He is God, but to desire what God says because he is glorious."; "The role of God's Word is to feed faith's appetite for God."; "As I pray for my faith to be satisfied with God’s life and peace, the sword of the Spirit carves the sugar coating off the poison of lust."; "Our chief enemy is the lie that says sin will make our future happier. Our chief weapon is the Truth that says God will make our future happier. And faith is the victory that overcomes the lie, because faith is satisfied with God." Biblical. Wise. Though-provoking. Life-changing. Pastoral.

This is a first for me--considering a John Piper book worthy of only three stars, that is. I think that Piper is one of the finest Christian writers on the scene (I have several of his books, as well as several of his cd sets), and I would consider virtually everything he has written five-star material. I think the content of this book is also excellent. However, I was rather disappointed to discover, when the book arrived, that this book is adapted from eight chapters of Piper's book Future Grace, which I already have in my library and have read cover to cover. (It says that in tiny print on the cover of the book, but you can't read that on the cover of the picture on Amazon--in fact, they don't even have the picture of the cover of the Battling Unbelief on the website next to the book, but rather that of the Battling Unbelief STUDY GUIDE--so you can't actually see that it says, "Adapted from Future Grace.") Pretty much all of the material in this book, plus a lot more, is in in Future Grace. Looking back at the description here at Amazon, that is clear if you read the AudioFile description, but not the product description itself. I felt even more gypped when I saw that Future Grace was even less expensive than Battling Unbelief. So, if you don't have either book, I guess you could buy Battling Unbelief, but Future Grace is much more complete and a much better deal. Battling Unbelief might be a nice gift for someone who doesn't read much or at least who isn't likely to read 400 pages of a theology-oriented book (although Future Grace is very readable). However, I highly recommend that you buy Future Grace instead, even if for now you only want to read the application chapters from which Battling Unbelief was adapted.

Mr. Piper has such a love for God an people. This book has taught me so much about God’s grace (His past, present and future grace). This book has helped me think more deeply about how I relate to God and this world and how to serve Him better. This is definitely a yearly read.

I read this book in God’s perfect timing. He led me to this book. I got a lot out of it, it was written with a lot of clarity and very well organized. Thank you for writing this book.

this book changed my thinking so much. if you think about our sin as unbelief . basically not believeing or choosing not to believe in what Christ is saying, then it makes it clear what the solution is. Simply believe in what He has said! this is one stiraghtforward book. Iv'e always felt that Piper is wordy and very much so "logical". so If that's not your thing then skip over it. But this deals with a variety of topics. He doesn't have a whole lot of techniquest but goes more in depth on the promises of GOd. It's a book I love to refer to every once in a while eand a great book to review the scriptuires.

This book was timely. I got to read it when I was struggling with lust and it had led me to even doubting my faith in God for walk long overdue into the journey of sin