![]() In the introduction, Piper opens the door to see God and his world anew, offering four invitations to study God’s providence. Piper, like Kirke, shows today’s reader just how much he has seen of God’s glory-and how much comfort and transforming truth there is to be had in the doctrine of providence. Upon their return, he is eager to hear about their travels and point them “further up and further in,” so they can better see and understand that world and its maker. Professor Kirke, the reader discovers in later volumes, has been to Narnia before and knows of the other world the children discover. Piper, though, is Kirke at the age of his greatest influence, when he has grown from the boy Digory to the aged professor who welcomes the Pevensie children to stay at his estate to find in his wardrobe a portal to a new world. Lewis’s character Digory Kirke from The Chronicles of Narnia. His newest book, the massive Providence-written more than three decades after his signature volume Desiring God-confirms that Piper has even more Scripture-soaked verses to belt out.Īt this stage of his ministry, it might be helpful to imagine Piper playing the role of C. ![]() As a pastor and author, John Piper has long been known for singing the song of God’s glory with uncommon passion. ![]()
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