Don’t Waste Your Cancer

by John Piper

Publisher:

Crossway

, 2011

Overview

With pastoral sensitivity, compassion, and strength, Piper gently but firmly acknowledges that we can indeed waste an unusual opportunity when we don’t see how cancer fits into God’s good plan for us and for the kingdom of God.

Written on the eve of Piper’s own cancer surgery, Don’t Waste Your Cancer is for anyone touched by a life-threatening illness. It is a hope-giving resource for healthcare workers and counselors, pastors and church communities, as well as friends and families.

Key Features

• Displays pastoral sensitivity for a difficult subject
• Features personal story coupled with theology
• Presents examples of surrender to the will of God

Contents

Top Highlights

“Christ is infinitely worthy. Here is a golden opportunity to show that he is worth more than life. Don’t waste it” (Page 15)

“Cancer does not win if we die. It wins if we fail to cherish Christ” (Page 10)

“sin is horrible, and it means that glorious freedom is coming” (Page 5)

Product Details

• Title: Don’t Waste Your Cancer
• Author: John Piper
• Publisher: Crossway
• Print Publication Date: 2011
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Pages: 16
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Cancer › Patients--Religious life; Cancer › Religious aspects--Christianity
• ISBNs: 9781433523229, 9781433523311, 9781433523328, 9781433523335, 1433523221, 1433523310, 1433523329, 1433523337
• Resource ID: LLS:DNTWSTYRCNCR
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T23:21:02Z

About John Piper

John Piper (b. 1946) is a widely respected theologian and bestselling author who serves as founder and lead teacher at Desiring God and is chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. For 33 years, Piper served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church. He has authored more than 50 books, and more than 30 years of his preaching and writing are available free of charge at desiringGod.org. Piper resides in the Minneapolis area with his wife of 51 years, and has five children and 14 grandchildren.

Piper attended Wheaton College where he majored in literature and minored in philosophy. He completed his Bachelor of Divinity at Fuller Theological Seminary, where he studied under Dr. Daniel Fuller. Piper received his Doctorate in Theology from the University of Munich and taught biblical studies for six years at Bethel College.

In 1994, Piper founded Desiring God Ministries, which provides Piper’s sermons, articles, and information on titles he has authored. One of his bestsellers, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist, prompted the name of the ministry.

Several of Piper’s books have been Evangelical Christian Publishers Association Christian book award winners including What Jesus Demands from the World, Pierced by the Word, and God’s Passion for His Glory. The Crossway John Piper Collection (39 vols.) includes 39 titles from Piper, including Love Your Enemies and A Hunger for God. His preaching ministry of more than 30 years is available in the John Piper Sermon Archive (1980–2014).

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