I'm partnering with DesiringGod (the ministry of John Piper, www.desiringgod.com) this Easter to get the life-transforming, hope-bringing, and Christ-centered gospel message out to my communities. I have over 100 copies of Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die, by John Piper to give out to you all for free. If you have any friends or family that you might want to reach out to, this would be a solid book to give them. In fact, a book like this is just as necessary for you, Christians.

It is profoundly important that we know exactly the purpose of the cross. One of the biggest injustices - no, the biggest injustice - throughout all history is man's continual ignorance (and also rejection) of God's climactic expression of his mercy and grace in the slaughtering of his Son. I can think of no greater injustice than to rob the inifintely worthy Christ of his glory and praise. Some people are hardened to the gospel, but I find that most are just gospel-ignorant. Peoples of all nations and tongues cannot and will not believe, cherish, and glorify Christ unless they understand the magnitude of his obedient death to justify the unjust.

So let us embrace the humbling reminder of Easter and prayerfully consider having intentional conversations with our friends and family about the reality of eternal condemnation apart from Christ and eternal life in Christ. Hopefully this book can jumpstart those conversations. It's layed out in an easy-to-read format. There are 50 reasons, each reason being only about 2 pages long. Just shoot me an e-mail or call me if you want me to save some copies for you. Right now I'm thinking of dispersing them at my church and my work. You can do the same! Just let me know how many you want.