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A Sweet and Bitter Providence: Sex, Race and the Sovereignty of God
Written by John Piper
Narrated by Grover Gardner
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John Piper examines the book of Ruth's relevant, unchanging themes and its dangerous ability to inspire twenty-first-century readers in the cause of love.
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John Piper
John Piper is founder and lead teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. He served for thirty-three years as a pastor at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is the author of more than fifty books, including Desiring God; Don’t Waste Your Life; and Providence.
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Reviews for A Sweet and Bitter Providence
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What a good story of how God works. A sentence in the book just grabbed me on page 141, "Love is what faith looks like when we trust the sovereign promises of God secured by the blood of Christ." As Ruth discovered and I hope is true in my own life "there is no safer place in all the universe than under the wings of the sovereign, all-wise, all-loving God. But the shadow of these wings may take us to dangerous places in the cause of love."
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent, short book. Teaches through Ruth and its implications. As is standard with John Piper's teachings, it is precise interpretation of Scripture and wise application. The books deals very well with the akwardness of Ruth 3 with Ruth going in the middle of the night to sleep at the feet of a single man - not a preferred Biblical example for pastors to preach. He stresses their righteousness and God-focused approach to the event. As the title indicates, there is a strong emphasis on God's sovereignty. I would have liked a more robust discussion of race issues. I highly recommend this book.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5When the Christian faith emphasizes that those who wait until marriage will be granted “pleasures'' beyond their wildest dreams it is false advertising. Clearly the “pleasure” can come in any form that God sees fit— like the young woman who became paralyzed— her pleasure is Gods plan— not a super fulfilling sex life like some may think this book promises. There are plenty of stories of Christian couples feeling unhappy with their sex lives and suprised that God didn’t fulfill his promise. But the promise has always been, to those that question their lots in life, “God has a plan for you…” and that might be never orgasming, or never getting adequate foreplay, or spending forever married to someone you are not attracted to. I think the message would be more honest if the Author really defined what he means by “pleasure.” Also— I have 3 daughters and do not want them to be inspired to put themselves under any man’s cloak in the night and wait for him to tell them what to do. Don’t be promiscuous, don’t touch yourself, fear your sinful woman body, the pass it off to a man and hope that you don’t become part of the high percentage of women experiencing sexual violence in our country. If we are going to speak of God as a man, with He Him pronouns, then those who find love with men will need to know that the biblical relationship we strive to have with God, is not the one we should try to find on earth. “You did not choose Me, but I chose you” sounds like a really abusive relationship coming from a Man.