Book Description
Why did Jesus Christ suffer so much? John Piper shows how the agony of Christ's Passion--his suffering and death--had innumerable positive outcomes. Piper details fifty of them in this book, revealing that, despite Christ's suffering being the worst injustice ever committed, God ultimately meant it for good.


About the Author
John Piper is Pastor for Preaching at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has authored numerous best-selling books, including his classic Desiring God and Crossway's Don't Waste Your Life, A Hunger for God, Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ, and God's Passion for His Glory, which won an ECPA Gold Medallion.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Denying that Christ suffered and died is like denying the Holocaust. For some it is simply too horrific to affirm. Others suspect it is an elaborate religious conspiracy to coerce sympathy. Those who deny either event live in a historical dreamworld. Jesus suffered unspeakably and died.

The Passion of Jesus Christ shows that the gore of Christ's suffering is turned to glory by the enormity and diversity of what his death achieved. To do this, John Piper uncovers fifty accomplishments of Christ's suffering. He shuns embellishment and shows from the Bible key evidence for each outcome of Christ's death.