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Love to the Uttermost
Love to the Uttermost: Devotional Readings for Holy Week is designed for Lent 2013.
The readings begin on Palm Sunday (March 24), end on Easter Sunday (March 31), and aim to focus our attention on Jesus he displays his love to the uttermost (John 13:1). These meditations on the self-giving love of Christ are all excerpted from the preaching and writing ministry of John Piper.
The readings begin on Palm Sunday (March 24), end on Easter Sunday (March 31), and aim to focus our attention on Jesus he displays his love to the uttermost (John 13:1). These meditations on the self-giving love of Christ are all excerpted from the preaching and writing ministry of John Piper.
28 pages, ebook
First published January 1, 2013
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About the author
John Piper
609 books4,626 followersJohn Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. For 33 years, he served as senior pastor at Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
He grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, and studied at Wheaton College, Fuller Theological Seminary (B.D.), and the University of Munich (D.theol.). For six years, he taught Biblical Studies at Bethel College in St. Paul, Minnesota, and in 1980 accepted the call to serve as pastor at Bethlehem.
John is the author of more than 50 books and more than 30 years of his preaching and teaching is available free at desiringGod.org. John and his wife, Noel, have four sons, one daughter, and twelve grandchildren.
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He grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, and studied at Wheaton College, Fuller Theological Seminary (B.D.), and the University of Munich (D.theol.). For six years, he taught Biblical Studies at Bethel College in St. Paul, Minnesota, and in 1980 accepted the call to serve as pastor at Bethlehem.
John is the author of more than 50 books and more than 30 years of his preaching and teaching is available free at desiringGod.org. John and his wife, Noel, have four sons, one daughter, and twelve grandchildren.
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.
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April 1, 2018
Beautiful little book to prepare your heart for the Easter Season.
Featuring a compilation of thoughts from John Piper's preaching ministry, this devotional read begins with Palm Sunday and takes us to the resurrection. On every page, as the title suggests, Piper hammers the nail that Jesus has demonstrated his great love for us in freely giving his life.
"To love to the uttermost is to love freely, without reserve or limit, and without flaw or failure. Love to the uttermost is unquenchable, unstoppable, and resolute."
Pound for pound, this is simply a great book.
Featuring a compilation of thoughts from John Piper's preaching ministry, this devotional read begins with Palm Sunday and takes us to the resurrection. On every page, as the title suggests, Piper hammers the nail that Jesus has demonstrated his great love for us in freely giving his life.
"To love to the uttermost is to love freely, without reserve or limit, and without flaw or failure. Love to the uttermost is unquenchable, unstoppable, and resolute."
Pound for pound, this is simply a great book.
April 21, 2019
Read for Holy Week 2019. These eight short devotional readings, focused on Christ's love for us and total willingness to die to save us, will help prepare your heart during the Easter season.
April 3, 2013
This is a short devotional for the Holy Week. It was easy to read since the reading for each day would only be a page and a half short. It was concise and understandable nonetheless. I appreciated much the reading for Monday and the one for Easter Sunday. The book showed me that Jesus was free indeed to lay down his life for me, so my salvation was not brought about by his compelled death on the cross but rather by his love that was truly free.
August 22, 2017
A day by day devotional for each day of Holy week. I enjoyed and was encouraged by this little book, but wish it'd been a little more in-depth. But as a five minute daily devotional specifically for Holy Week, I'd definitely like to read it again each Easter as a way to focus my heart on Christ during the memorial time of his death and resurrection.
August 9, 2016
A week of devotional readings in preparation for Easter. Encouraging, helped me focus on the meaning of Easter. The readings are very short. Available as a free eBook from Desiring God.
April 16, 2017
Also read in April 2015.
July 15, 2018
John Piper is a great speaker/pastor/theologian overall, so I had high hopes going into this book from him.
As far as books go, it's pretty good. As far as Piper goes, I was pretty disappointed.
And overall meh for me
As far as books go, it's pretty good. As far as Piper goes, I was pretty disappointed.
And overall meh for me
May 13, 2019
This book reminds me that Jesus’ love is freely given to us. Not out of His obligation as the Son of God but because His choice to give His life for us is truly just out of Love. — a love to the uttermost :)
May 21, 2025
Amor hasta el extremo, fue una preparación del corazón para celebrar, con otra perspectiva, la Semana Santa. Creo que todos deberíamos experimentar y meditar en lo que nos propone Jonh Piper en sus devocionales.
April 13, 2022
I recommend this reading even if it's not lent. It's also available in Spanish for free.
June 15, 2022
3.5 stars
September 30, 2023
I liked this short devotional for the week before Easter (from Palm Sunday).
April 5, 2013
John Piper's Love to the Uttermost is short and simple book for reading during the week until resurrection Sunday. The book helps understand the reason why Jesus died on the cross for us and how we are redeemed.
March 31, 2013
Great book to read so far! Thankful for this book to read!
April 2, 2013
An excellent book to help contemplate what the week of Easter means for us.
March 27, 2013
Un petit livre de méditation très approprié pour le temps de pâque particulièrement.
March 31, 2013
Good short book to keep you focused during the week of Resurrection Sunday. Some nice thoughts about the love of Christ.
August 5, 2014
A short, simple devotional for the week leading up to Easter Sunday, reflecting on the depth of Jesus love revealed in his sacrificial death on the cross. A great Easter read. :)
4/5.
4/5.
April 21, 2014
Quite a short read each day, but a nice dose of truth
July 20, 2014
"Love to the Uttermost" is an eight-day Holy Week devotional. Each reading is fairly short and well-written. The overall focus is on proving Jesus' love for us.
April 6, 2015
Nice devotional.
Great read to prepare for the Easter during the Holy Week :)
Great read to prepare for the Easter during the Holy Week :)
March 28, 2016
A wonderful devotional focused on Christ and His love displayed through the cross and resurrection.
April 4, 2016
Good brief Holy Week devotional.
March 28, 2017
This short devotional is amazing!
April 19, 2017
An amazing devotional leading up to Easter.
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April 20, 2017John Piper, the author, is a well respect preacher and theologian. I am not a big follower of his but do visit his web site and pick up on some offers he has.
For the Easter season he put together this small book with 8 devotions for holy week. The whole book could most likely be read in an hour. But the trick here is to read a chapter each day, preferably early, and meditate on what it says. When used in that way, this book is great. And you really do not need to limit it to Holy Week. While it fits there, it is good for anyone who wants to mediate on what Jesus has done for us.
It is available for free at http://www.desiringgod.org/books/love... should you care to pick up the PDF or a physical copy can be purchased there as well.
For the Easter season he put together this small book with 8 devotions for holy week. The whole book could most likely be read in an hour. But the trick here is to read a chapter each day, preferably early, and meditate on what it says. When used in that way, this book is great. And you really do not need to limit it to Holy Week. While it fits there, it is good for anyone who wants to mediate on what Jesus has done for us.
It is available for free at http://www.desiringgod.org/books/love... should you care to pick up the PDF or a physical copy can be purchased there as well.
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