The primary argument in Future Grace is the best way to grow in holiness is by faith in future grace. The argument here is that the book provides a helpful premise to encourage believers but several confused definitions make it inconsistently useful. This review reflects upon Future Grace, which is Piper’s most extensive explanation of his understanding of sanctification. Piper is known for his teaching that “God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him,” which is spelled out across his many books, but concentrated in his “big three:” Desiring God, The Pleasures of God, and Future Grace. 1 I am still self-conscious that, in my own preaching, when I lean on an explanatory γαρ or milk an inferential οὖν, it is at least in part a lingering finger print of listening to many of Piper’s sermon early in my serious investigation of theology. Personally, Piper was my first exposure to a thorough and biblical explanation of predestination in some of the appendices of the 2003 edition of Desiring God, which I was told to read shortly after becoming serious about my faith. There are no doubt numerous present members of Reformed churches who ended up there because of initial investigations of Reformed theology that began with hearing or reading John Piper. Pastor John Piper is well-known for his role in sparking the “young, restless, and Reformed” movement, mainly through his emphases on God’s sovereignty and serious expository preaching.
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