"Besides Jesus, no one has kept me from despair, or taken me deeper
into the mysteries of the gospel, than the apostle Paul."
--John Piper
No one has had a greater impact on the world for eternal good than the
apostle Paul--except Jesus himself. For John Piper, this impact is very
personal. He does not just admire and trust Paul. He loves him. Piper
gives us thirty glimpses into why his heart and mind respond this way.
Can a Christian-killer really endure 195 lashes from a heart of love?
Can a mystic who thinks he was caught up into heaven be a model of lucid
rationality? Can an ethnocentric Jew write the most beautiful call to
reconciliation? Can a person who lives with the unceasing anguish of
empathy be always rejoicing? Can a man's description of the horrors of
human sin be exceeded by his delight in human splendor? Can a man with a
backbone of steel be as tender as a nursing mother?
If we know this man--if we see what Piper sees--we too will love him.
Paul's testimony is a matter of life and death. Piper invites you into
his relationship with Paul in the hope that you will know life, forever.