Publisher's Description: The printed supplement to Piper’s DVD helps ground groups in the five points of Calvinism so they will uphold God’s Word regarding God’s saving work.

With this Study Guide and the DVD, John Piper walks study groups through each of the five points of Calvinism - Total depravity, Unconditional election, Limited atonement, Irresistible grace, Perseverance of the saints - discussing the implications and the issues from a fully biblical perspective. The guide focuses on Piper’s sixteen, 30-minute DVD teachings, which cover topics that include the meaning of “total” in total depravity, doing missions when God is sovereign, Romans 9 and the two wills of God, and ten effects of believing the five points of Calvinism.

This guided group study clarifies the all-important differences between Calvinism and Arminianism and calls believers to hold fast to biblical truth regarding God’s saving work in his people’s lives.

216 Pages
Published June 2009

About the Author: ECPA Gold Medallion winner John Piper is senior pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis and the head of Desiring God. He has written numerous books on topics that include personal holiness, missions and historical figures.