Seeing Beauty and Saying Beautifully
The Power of Poetic Effort in the Work of George Herbert, George Whitefield, and C. S. Lewis
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Narrated by:
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Bob Souer
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By:
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John Piper
About this listen
Herbert - Whitefield - Lewis
In the sixth volume of the Swans Are Not Silent series, John Piper celebrates the importance of poetic effort by looking at three influential Christians whose words magnificently display a commitment to truth and a love of beauty.
Examining the lives of George Herbert, George Whitefield, and C. S. Lewis, Piper helps us appreciate the importance of carefully crafted words by exploring how Christians can use them to testify to God's glory, wonder at his grace, and rejoice in his salvation.
Whether exploring Herbert's moving poetry, Whitefield's dramatic preaching, or Lewis's imaginative writing, this book highlights the importance of Christ-exalting eloquence in our praise of God and proclamation of his gospel.
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- Jonathan Widell
- 17-08-21
Good stuff especially on Lewis
The portion on Lewis is great!! In a few paragraphs Piper explains his brilliance better than anyone.
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- Yea
- 02-11-22
praise God for his saints and servants
amazing men Of God empowered by his Holy Spirit anointed to re ealmchrist to the nations
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- MARCIA MONTAGUE
- 07-10-21
John Piper is a biographer par excellence.
The content and narration are superb. Real food for thought. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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- Rich O
- 18-03-21
Wonderful book let down by the narration
Piper's introduction is an important contribution to discussions about the craft of preaching. He gives a thoroughly biblical framework from which to consider what he calls "poetic effort" which can be (should be?) applied in preaching and writing. It will encourage writers and preachers to see that their efforts to "say beautifully" for God's sake, are not simply showy froth for man's sake. He then follows with biographical snapshots of Herbert, Whitfield and Lewis, showing aspects of this poetic effort in their writings and how it contributed to the over all potency of their works. Highly recommended content.
I know it's subjective, but the narration was very disappointing. It's one of the most robotic performances I've heard of any audiobook. The irony that this book emphasises the power and importance of "saying beautifully" is not lost to the listener. Persevere for the sake of the content, but it would be fantastic to have a more dynamic, metered, impassioned re-recording.
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- K. J. Bute
- 15-12-19
Inappropriate title
I admire John Piper but listening to this seemed quite bizarre as it did not appear to be anything to do with the title. At the end he does try and explain the reason for the title but by then I had long ago lost the plot. I also have read these authors and greatly admire their works and so much of their essence seemed to be left out..
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