Alexander Wood’s Reviews > 21 Servants of Sovereign Joy: Faithful, Flawed, and Fruitful > Status Update

George Whitefield chapter: 9/10

Piper wonderfully captured the heart and beauty of his ministry, while also carefully addressing his glaring and nuanced sin. The chapter ended with Phyllis Wheatley’s poem that she wrote for Whitefield’s funeral, which was nothing short of fantastic.

George Herbert chapter: 5/10

Poetry just ain’t my thing.

Adonirum Judson chapter: 9/10

I almost cried three times. That guy was a legend

Tyndale chapter: 8/10
Paton chapter 7/10

I’ve been lazy with my goodreads updates and I feel like a chump. Please forgive me goodreads squad 🙏🏼

Machen Chapter - 7/10

I thoroughly enjoyed learning about some recent-ish church history that helps me see what has happened in major liberal denominations, like the PCUsa for example.

John Owen Chapter: 6/10

My brain at 6:30am can’t handle John Owen apparently. I had to reread every sentence like 5 times 🥲

Athanasius chapter: 8/10

Took a break and was reading Prodigal God for my devotional time. But I missed being in this every morning 🥹 We’re so back.

William Wilberforce chapter - 9/10
I so appreciated this chapter. I felt like I could really relate to William in a lot of ways I didn’t expect.

PS: In case you’re following my journey, I ended up buying the longer version of the book, because life is too short not to live a little 😎

Charles Simeon chapter - 7/10

As someone who’s been helped immensely by the Charles Simeon Trust, it was great learning about the man himself.

John Newton chapter: 10/10
Best chapter yet. I see so much Christ in Newton. He reminds me most of the author, Piper. He is someone I want to emulate as a man of God and as an aspiring pastor. Joy filled, truth saturated, tender at heart, lover of people, in awe of grace. We have a room in our church building named Newton, and now I understand why!