Piper, John. Swans Are Not Silent.

Narrated by Bob Souer

In the sixth volume of 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 of 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 his 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. PREFACEDEDICATION 2GEORGE HERBERTGEORGE WHITEFIELDC.S. LEWIS3 ANGLICANSQUOTEINTRODUCTIONMY BIGGEST FEARINDISPENSABLE WORDSGOD'S DECISIVE WORKTHE IMPORTANCEUNAVOIDABLE CHOICESWHAT KIND OF ELOQUENCESOPHISTS IN CORINTHINTRODUCTIONMY BIGGEST FEARINDISPENSABLE WORDSGOD'S DECISIVE WORK THE IMPORTANCE UNAVOIDABLE CHOICESFORWARD WITH RISKWHAT KIND OF ELOQUENCESOPHISTS IN CORINTHNOT WITH WORDSMARKS OF ELOQUENCESELF-HUMBLING CHRISTCHRIST-EXALTING CHRISTIANB. FRANKLIN'S STUMBLINGJESUS, JOHN BAPTISTQUOTEGOD INSPIRED MEN PAUL'S POETIC EFFORTPERVASIVE POETICPASCAL AND PAULPROVERBS AND ISAIAHINVITATION TO JOIN MANY WHO HAVEGEORGE HERBERT LESSWHITEFIELD HUMBLEDC.S LEWIS'S MAGISTERIALPOETIC EMPTY CROSSSAYING NEWLY ISPOETIC EFFORT FELLOWSHIP3 GREAT EXAMPLESQUOTECHAPTER 01HIS SHORT LIFEHIS DYING GIFTCENTURIES OF ACCOLADESREFORMED, POETIC MINISTRYNOT WHAT WE OFTENRETHINKING PURITANWHAT MADE THEBEST NEWS COLERIDGEGOD'S DAILY SOVEREIGNSWEET SECURITYTHE BEAUTY OF HISBEAUTY AND BEAUTEOUSALL CONSECRATEDFOR THY SAKESECRETARIE OF THYLIVING AND WRITINGTHE DISCOVERY THATMY UTMOST ARTTO THE ADVANTAGEPOETIC EFFORT NOTRELIEF AND BUOYANCYLOVE'S YOKE IS EASYA PEARL THAT COSTWEARINESS MAY TOSS HIMGUILDED CLAYTRIUMPH OF SEEINGA MODEST PROPOSALCOLLECTING PROVERBSLANGUAGE THAT STRIKESTHE POETIC EFFORTSPYING AS A WAYGREATEST EXAMPLEPUTTING INTO WORDSQUOTECHAPTER 02SPEAKING MORE THANPREACHING PREACHINGSPEAKING TO THOUSANDSONE SCARCELY INTERRUPTEDA PHENOMENON IN CHURCHAMERICA'S FIRST CELEBRITYPREACHING WAS EVERYTHINGNATURAL AND SPIRITUALEFFECT ON EDWARDSNATURAL ORATORICAL GIFTSEDWARDS'S MISGIVINGSTHE CONSUMMATE ACTORWHY WAS HE ACTINGOUT-ACTING ACTORSACTING IN THE SERVICEACTING IN THE SERVICEACTING IN THE SERVICEWHITEFIELD BORN AGAINFIGHTING PRIDEREAL THINGS REALREAL THINGS REALREAL THINGS REALNOT ACTINGPRECIOUSNESSEMBRACING THE CALVINISTICLINK BETWEEN ELECTIONTELLING THE GOSPELOFFERING JESUS FREELYPROMINENCE OF JUSTIFICATIONGLORY OF JESUS'S OBEDIENCERELENTLESSLY DEVOTEDA CONTRADICTORY FIGUREA CONTRADICTORY FIGUREA CONTRADICTORY FIGURESLAVEHOLDERARDENT SLAVE EVANGELISTSOWING THE SEEDSSINNER FIT TOQUOTECHAPTER 03CHILDHOOD, SCHOOLINGLEWIS FULL FLOWERLEWIS'S DEFECTIVE VIEWSSCRIPTURE, REFORMATIONSALVATION WITHOUT KNOWINGFREE WILL ATONEMENTIRONY OF STRENGTHENINGLIFE CALLINGWHAT MERE CHRISTIANITY RADICALLY DIFFERENTMY THESIS IN LEWIS THE ROMANTICREMOVING AN OLDROMANTICISM AND STABSLIVED ONTOLOGICAL PROOFFROM ATHEISM TO CHRISTMEANING OF JOYNO ROMANTIC JOYCENTRAL STORY LIFELEWIS THE RATIONALISTLAW OF NONCONTRADICTIONLOGIC AS A PARALLELPATH TO CLOSURETRUTH AND JOYNO TRUTH NO JOYLEWIS THE MASTERLONGING AND LOGICPARADOX OF SAYINGIMAGINATION FOR THE SAKEA LIKENER EVERYWHEREONLY SUPERNATURALISTSLEWIS THE EVANGELISTREAL BUSINESSQUOTECONCLUSIONCENTRAL FOCUSGEORGE HERBERTGEORGE WHITEFIELDC.S. LEWISBENEDICTION

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