Seeing Beauty and Saying Beautifully
The Power of Poetic Effort in the Work of George Herbert, George Whitefield, and C. S. Lewis
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Publisher Description
Herbert - Whitefield - Lewis
In the sixth volume to The Swans Are Not Silent series, John Piper celebrates the importance of poetic effort by looking at three influential Christians whose words magnificently display a commitment to truth and a love for beauty.
Examining the lives of George Herbert, George Whitefield, and C. S. Lewis, Piper helps us appreciate the importance of carefully crafted words by exploring how Christians can use them to testify to God’s glory, wonder at his grace, and rejoice in our salvation.
Whether exploring Herbert’s moving poetry, Whitefield’s dramatic preaching, or Lewis’s imaginative writing, this book highlights the importance of Christ-exalting eloquence in our praise of God and proclamation of his gospel.
Part of the The Swans Are Not Silent series.
Customer Reviews
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If you are looking for biblically based insights to improve your use of creative language, you will find no such insights in this book. It is essentially a term paper on why it's ok to use creative language to convey God concepts. Skip it.