Love to the Uttermost: Devotional Readings for Holy Week

by John Piper

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.

Genres: Christian, Devotional, Nonfiction, Theology, Christianity

49 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

John 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.

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

Reviews

[Craig Turnbull · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Tori Samar · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

[Krissy · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

[Kez · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

[Bill Forgeard · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.

[Simona Sanduleac · Rating 5 out of 5]

Also read in April 2015.

[Leeanna Lunn · Rating 3 out of 5]

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

[apl.jn.pstr · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 :)

[Galigalleta · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

[Reyna · Rating 5 out of 5]

I recommend this reading even if it's not lent. It's also available in Spanish for free.

[Emma Lynn · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Anete Ābola · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked this short devotional for the week before Easter (from Palm Sunday).

[Giju Abraham · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

[Marguerite Harrell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book to read so far! Thankful for this book to read!

[Jeffrey · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent book to help contemplate what the week of Easter means for us.

[Tim Corbeau · Rating 5 out of 5]

Un petit livre de méditation très approprié pour le temps de pâque particulièrement.

[Mike Bennett · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good short book to keep you focused during the week of Resurrection Sunday. Some nice thoughts about the love of Christ.

[Elise · Rating 2 out of 5]

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.

[Josh Nelson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quite a short read each day, but a nice dose of truth

[Katerina · Rating 3 out of 5]

"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.

[Sam B · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice devotional.
Great read to prepare for the Easter during the Holy Week :)

[Kevin Vigneault · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful devotional focused on Christ and His love displayed through the cross and resurrection.

[Rachel L. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good brief Holy Week devotional.

[Francine Maximiliano · Rating 5 out of 5]

This short devotional is amazing!

[Allie Fullerton (thelightfilledreader) · Rating 5 out of 5]

An amazing devotional leading up to Easter.

[Bob Morton]

John 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.