God is the Gospel : meditations on God's love as the gift of himself / John Piper.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

What the world need's most-- the Gospel's greatest gift, God -- The Gospel-- proclamation and explanation -- The Gospel-- the biblical scope of its meaning -- The Gospel-- "behold your God!" -- The Gospel-- the glory of Christ, the image of God -- The Gospel confirmed by its glory-- the internal testimony of the Holy Spirit -- The Gospel-- the glory of Christ in evangelism, missions, and sanctification -- The Gospel-- the glory of the gladness of God -- The Gospel-- the glory of Christ as the ground of Christ-exalting contrition -- The Gospel-- the gift of God himself over and in all his saving and painful gifts -- The Gospel-- the gift of God himself over and in all his pleasant gifts -- The Gospel-- what makes it ultimately good, seeing glory or being glorious?

"God, who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness, ' has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ - 2 Corinthians 4:6. This book is a cry from the heart of John Piper. He is pleading that God himself, as revealed in Christ's death and resurrection, is the ultimate and greatest gift of the gospel. None of Christ's gospel deeds and none of our gospel blessings are good news except as means of seeing and savoring the glory of Christ. Forgiveness is good news because it opens the way to the enjoyment of God himself. Justification is good news because it wins access to the presence and pleasures of God himself. Eternal life is good news because it becomes the everlasting enjoyment of Christ. All God's gifts are loving only to the degree that they lead us to God himself. That is what God's love is: His commitment to do everything necessary (most painfully the death of his only Son) to enthrall us with what is most deeply and durably satisfying-namely, Himself"--Jacket.