Don't Waste Your Life

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For Christians and Non-ChristiansThe Bible says, You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in yourbody (1 orinthians !"1#$%&'. ( ha)e written this boo* to help you taste those words as sweet insteadof bitter or boring. You are in one of two groups" +ither you are a hristian, or God is now calling youto be one. You would not ha)e pic*ed up this boo* if God were not at wor* in your life. (f you are ahristian, you are not your own. hrist has bought you at the price of his own death. You now belongdoubly to God" ,e -ade you, and he bought you. That -eans your life is not your own. (t is God.s.Therefore, the Bible says, Glorify God in your body. God -ade you for this. ,e boughtyou for this. This is the -eaning of your life. (f you are not yet a hristian, that is what /esus hristoffers" doubly belonging to God, and being able to do what you were -ade for. That -ay not sounde0citing. Glorifying God -ay -ean nothing to you. That.s why ( tell -y story in the first two chapters,called reated for /oy. (t was not always plain to -e that pursuing God.s glory would be )irtually thesa-e as pursing -y 1oy. 2ow ( see that -illions of people waste their li)es because they thin* thesepaths are two and not one. There is a warning. The path of God$e0alting 1oy will costyou your life. /esus said, 3hoe)er loses his life for -y sa*e andthe gospel.s will sa)e it. (n other words, it is better to lose yourlife than to waste it. (f you li)e gladly to -a*e others glad in God,your life will be hard, your ris*s will be high, and your 1oy willbe full. This is not a boo* about how to a)oid a wounded life,but how to a)oid a wasted life. So-e of you will die in the ser)iceof hrist. That will not be a tragedy. Treasuring life abo)ehrist is a tragedy.4lease *now that ( a- praying for you, whether you are a studentdrea-ing so-ething radical for your life, or whether youare retired and hoping not to waste the final years. (f you wonderwhat ( a- praying, read hapter 1&. That is -y prayer.5or now, ( than* God for you. 6y 1oy grows with e)ery soulthat see*s the glory of God in the face of /esus hrist. 7e-e-ber,you ha)e one life. That.s all. You were -ade for God. 8on.twaste it.6arch 91, %&&9/ohn 4iper: 1& :16y father was an e)angelist. (n fact he still is, e)en thoughhe doesn.t tra)el now. 3hen ( was a boy, there were rareoccasions when -y -other and sister and ( tra)eled with hi- andheard hi- preach. ( tre-bled to hear -y father preach. (n spiteof the predictable opening hu-or, the whole thing struc* -e asabsolutely blood$earnest. There was a certain s;uint to his eyeand a tightening of his lips when the a)alanche of biblical te0ts- 2 -ca-e to a cli-a0 in application.(.)e 3asted (t, (.)e 3asted (tt the end of the ser)ice, during a hy-n,to e)eryone.s a-a?e-ent he ca-e and too* -y father.s hand.They sat down together on the front pew of the church as thepeople were dis-issed. God opened his heart to the Gospel ofhrist, and he was sa)ed fro- his sins and gi)en eternal life. Butthat did not stop hi- fro- sobbing and saying, as the tears randown his wrin*led face:and what an i-pact it -ade on -e tohear -y father say this through his own tears:(.)e wasted it=(.)e wasted it=This was the story that gripped -e -ore than all the storiesof young people who died in car wrec*s before they were con)erted:the story of an old -an weeping that he had wasted hislife. (n those early years God awa*ened in -e a fear and a passionnot to waste -y life. The thought of co-ing to -y old ageand saying through tears, (.)e wasted it= (.)e wasted it= was afearful and horrible thought to -e. good place to begin with the best of the best is The Fran!is ..(!haeffer Trilogy1 The %od $ho Is There, &s!ape fro 'eason, and )eIs There and )e Is Not (ilent (3heaton, (ll." rossway Boo*s, 1##&'.% . S. @ewis, #ere Christianity (2ew Yor*" 6ac-illan, 1#F%'.9 . S. @ewis, (urprised by 2oy (2ew Yor*" ,arcourt, Brace and 3orld,1#FF', 1##.B . S. @ewis, The .bolition of #an (2ew Yor*" 6ac-illan, 1#BG', #1.: %% :2(n 1#!I ( had no idea what it would -ean for -e to be a -inisterof the 3ord. Being a pastor was as far fro- -y e0pectationsas being a pastor.s wife was fro- 2oKl.s. 3hat thenA 3ouldit -ean being a teacher, a -issionary, a writer, -aybe a professorof literature with good theologyA >ll ( *new was that ulti-ate7eality had suddenly centered for -e on the 3ord of God. Thegreat 4oint and 4urpose and +ssence that ( longed to lin* up withwas now connected unbrea*ably with the Bible. The -andate wasclear" 8o your best to present yourself to God as one appro)ed,a wor*er who has no need to be asha-ed, rightly handling theword of truth (% Ti-othy %"1F'. 5or -e, that -eant se-inary,with a focus on understanding and rightly handling the Bible.@earning 2ot to ut nd yes, )alid interpretation see*sthat intention in the te0t and gi)es good reasons for clai-ingto see it. This see-ed as ob)ious to -e as the broad$day sun. (twas e)erybody.s assu-ption in daily life when they spo*e orwrote.4erhaps e)en -ore i-portant, it see-ed courteous. 2one ofus wants our notes and letters and contracts interpreted differentlythan we intend the-. Therefore, co--on courtesy, or theGolden 7ule, re;uires that we read others the way we would beread. (t see-ed to -e that -uch philosophical tal* about -eaningwas 1ust plain hypocritical" >t the uni)ersity ( under-ineob1ecti)e -eaning, but at ho-e (and at the ban*' ( insist on it. (wanted no part of that ga-e. (t loo*ed li*e an utterly wasted life.(f there is no )alid interpretation based on real ob1ecti)e,unchanging, original -eaning, then -y whole being said, @et us- 10 -eat, drin*, and be -erry. But by no -eans let us treat scholarshipas if it really -atters.: %F :Breakthroughthe Beauty of Christ, My JoyThe 8eath of God and the 8eath of 6eaningThings were co-ing together. ll of us are his -urderers. . . . God is dead. Godre-ains dead and we ha)e *illed hi-.% (t was a costly confession"2iet?sche spent the last ele)en years of his life in a se-icatatonicstate and died in 1#&&.But the courageous hristian atheists of the si0ties did notco-pute the costs of being God.s replace-ent as super-en(which 2iet?sche called the-'. The strong drin* of +0istentialis-loosened the tongues of those creati)e theologians, li*e the -enfi)e rows bac* in the airplane after too -any beers. So thesuicidal assertion that God is dead was spo*en again. >nd whenGod died, the -eaning of te0ts died. (f the basis of ob1ecti)ereality dies, then writing and spea*ing about ob1ecti)e reality die.(t all hangs together.So -y deli)erance in the late si0ties fro- the -adness of*illing God led naturally in the early se)enties to -y deli)erancefro- the hypocritical e-ptiness of her-eneutical sub1ecti)is-:the two$faced notion that there is no ob1ecti)e -eaning in anysentence (but this one'. 2ow ( was ready for the real wor* ofse-inary" finding what the Bible said about how not to waste -ylife.@earning the Se)ere 8iscipline of 7eading the Bible6y debt at this point to 8aniel 5uller is incalculable. ,e taughther-eneutics:the science of how to interpret the Bible. 2ot only: %! :did he introduce -e to +. 8. ,irsch and force -e to read hi-with rigor, but he also taught -e how to read the Bible with what6atthew >rnold called se)ere discipline. ,e showed -e theob)ious" that the )erses of the Bible are not strung pearls butlin*s in a chain. The writers de)eloped unified patterns ofthought. They reasoned. o-e now, let us reason together, saysthe @ Gli-pse of 3hy ( and +)er ything +0ist(n course after course the pieces were put in place. 3hat a giftthose three years of se-inary were= (n the final class with 8r.5uller, called The Mnity of the Bible (which is also a boo*by that title9' the unifying flag was hoisted o)er the wholeBible.God ordained a rede-pti)e history whose se;uence fully displayshis glory so that, at the end, the greatest possible nu-berof people would ha)e had the historical antecedentsnecessary to engender Dthe -ostE fer)ent lo)e for God. . . . The: %G :Breakthroughthe Beauty of Christ, My Joyone thing God is doing in all of rede-pti)e history is to showforth his -ercy in such a way that the greatest nu-ber ofpeople will throughout eternity delight in hi- with all theirheart, strength, and -ind. . . . 3hen the earth of the new creationis filled with such people, then God.s purpose in showingforth his -ercy will ha)e been achie)ed. . . . >ll the e)entsof rede-pti)e history and their -eaning as recorded in theBible co-pose a unity in that they con1oin to bring about thisgoal.Bontained in these sentences were the seeds of -y future. Thedri)ing passion of -y life was rooted here. nother seed was in the word delight:God.s ai-was that his people delight in hi- with all their heart. The passionof -y life has been to understand and li)e and teach andpreach how these two ai-s of God relate to each other:indeed,how they are not two but one.(t was beco-ing clearer and clearer that if ( wanted to co-eto the end of -y life and not say, (.)e wasted it= then ( wouldneed to press all the way in, and all the way up, to the ulti-atepurpose of God and 1oin hi- in it. (f -y life was to ha)e a single,all$satisfying, unifying passion, it would ha)e to be God.spassion. >nd, if 8aniel 5uller was right, God.s passion was thedisplay of his own glory and the delight of -y heart.>ll of -y life since that disco)ery has been spent e0periencingand e0a-ining and e0plaining that truth. (t has beco-eclearer and -ore certain and -ore de-anding with e)ery year.(t has beco-e clearer that God being glorified and God beingen1oyed are not separate categories. They relate to each other notli*e fruit and ani-als, but li*e fruit and apples. >pples are one*ind of fruit. +n1oying God supre-ely is one way to glorify hi-.+n1oying God -a*es hi- loo* supre-ely )aluable.: %I :>n +ighteenth$entury 4reacherSealed the Brea*through/onathan +dwards ca-e into -y life at this ti-e with the -ostpowerful confir-ation of this truth ( ha)e e)er seen outside theBible. (t was powerful because he showed that it was in the Bible.>s ( write in the year %&&9, we are -ar*ing his 9&&th birthday.- 12 -,e was a pastor and theologian in 2ew +ngland. 5or -e he hasbeco-e the -ost i-portant dead teacher outside the Bible. 2oone outside Scripture has shaped -y )ision of God and thehristian life -ore than /onathan +dwards.( than* God that +dwards did not waste his life. (t endedabruptly fro- a failed s-allpo0 )accination when he was fiftyfour.But he had li)ed well. ,is life is inspiring because of his ?ealnot to waste it, and because of his passion for the supre-acy ofGod. onsider so-e of the resolutions he wrote in his early twentiesto intensify his life for the glory of God.N 7esolution OF" 7esol)ed, ne)er to lose one -o-ent ofti-eL but i-pro)e it the -ost profitable way ( possibly can.N 7esolution O!" 7esol)ed, to li)e with all -y -ight, while( do li)e.N 7esolution O1G" 7esol)ed, that ( will li)e so, as ( shall wish( had done when ( co-e to die.N 7esolution O%%" 7esol)ed, to endea)or to obtain for-yself as -uch happiness, in the other world, as ( possibly can,with all the power, -ight, )igor, and )ehe-ence, yea )iolence, (a- capable of, or can bring -yself to e0ert, in any way that canbe thought of.FThis last resolution (O%%' -ay stri*e us as blatantly self$centered,e)en dangerous, if we do not understand the deep connectionin +dwards.s -ind between the glory of God and thehappiness of hristians. The )iolence he had in -ind was what/esus -eant when he said in essence, Better to gouge out youreye to *ill lust and go to hea)en than to -a*e peace with sin and: %# :Breakthroughthe Beauty of Christ, My Joygo to hell (6atthew F"%#'. >nd with regard to see*ing his ownhappiness, *eep in -ind that +dwards was absolutely con)incedthat being happy in God was the way we glorify hi-. This wasthe reason we were created. 8elighting in God was not a -erepreference or option in lifeL it was our 1oyful duty and should bethe single passion of our li)es. Therefore to resol)e to -a0i-i?ehis happiness in God was to resol)e to show hi- -ore gloriousthan all other sources of happiness. See*ing happiness in Godand glorifying God were the sa-e.The Great o-ing Together for 6e,ere is how +dwards e0plained it. ,e preached a ser-on whenhe was still in his early twenties with this -ain point" The godlyare designed for un*nown and inconcei)able happiness. ,iste0t was 1 /ohn 9"%, >nd it doth not yet appear what we shallbe (H/C'.DTheE glory of God Ddoes notE consist -erely in the creature.spercei)ing his perfections" for the creature -ay percei)e thepower and wisdo- of God, and yet ta*e no delight in it, butabhor it. Those creatures that so do, don.t glorify God. 2ordoth the glory of God consist especially in spea*ing of his perfections"for words a)ail not any otherwise than as theye0press the senti-ent of the -ind. This glory of God, therefore,DconsistsE in the creature.s ad-iring and re1oicing DandEe0ulting in the -anifestation of his beauty and e0cellency. . . .The essence of glorifying . . . God consists, therefore, in the- 13 -creature.s re1oicing in God.s -anifestations of his beauty,which is the 1oy and happiness we spea* of. So we see it co-esto this at last" that the end of the creation is that God -ayco--unicate happiness to the creatureL for if God created theworld that he -ay be glorified in the creature, he created itthat they -ight re1oice in his glory" for we ha)e shown thatthey are the sa-e.!: 9& :This was the great co-ing together for -e:the brea*through.3hat was life aboutA 3hat was it forA 3hy do ( e0istA3hy a- ( hereA To be happyA nd -any who see-ed to en1oy God -ost weredefecti)e in their thin*ing about his glory. But now here was thegreatest -ind of early >-erica, /onathan +dwards, saying thatGod.s purpose for -y life was that ( ha)e a passion for God.sglory and that ( ha)e a passion for -y 1oy in that glory, and thatthese two are one passion.3hen ( saw this, ( *new, at last, what a wasted life would beand how to a)oid it.God created -e:and you:to li)e with a single, all$e-bracing,all$transfor-ing passion:na-ely, a passion to glorify Godby en1oying and displaying his supre-e e0cellence in all thespheres of life. +n1oying and displaying are both crucial. (f we tryto display the e0cellence of God without 1oy in it, we will displaya shell of hypocrisy and create scorn or legalis-. But if we clai-to en1oy his e0cellence and do not display it for others to see andad-ire, we decei)e oursel)es, because the -ar* of Godenthralled1oy is to o)erflow and e0pand by e0tending itself intothe hearts of others. The wasted life is the life without a passionfor the supre-acy of God in all things for the 1oy of all peoples.The rystal$lear 7eason for @i)ingThe Bible is crystal$clear" God created us for his glory. Thus saysthe @ord, Bring -y sons fro- afar and -y daughters fro- theend of the earth, e)eryone who is called by -y na-e, who- I !re-: 91 :Breakthroughthe Beauty of Christ, My Joyated for y glory ((saiah B9"!$G'. @ife is wasted when we do notli)e for the glory of God. >nd ( -ean all of life. (t is all for hisglory. That is why the Bible gets down into the details of eatingand drin*ing. 3hether you eat or drin*, or whate)er you do,do all to the glory of %od (1 orinthians 1&"91'. 3e waste ourli)es when we do not wea)e God into our eating and drin*ingand e)ery other part by en1oying and displaying hi-.3hat does it -ean to glorify GodA (t -ay get a dangeroustwist if we are not careful. %lorify is li*e the word beautify. Butbeautify usually -eans -a*e so-ething -ore beautiful than itis, i-pro)e its beauty. That is e-phatically not what we -eanby glorify in relation to God. God cannot be -ade -ore glorious- 14 -or -ore beautiful than he is. ,e cannot be i-pro)ed, noris he ser)ed by hu-an hands, as though he needed anything(>cts 1G"%F'. %lorify does not -ean add -ore glory to God.(t is -ore li*e the word agnify. But here too we can gowrong. #agnify has two distinct -eanings. (n relation to God,one is worship and one is wic*edness. You can -agnify li*e atelescope or li*e a -icroscope. 3hen you -agnify li*e a -icroscope,you -a*e so-ething tiny loo* bigger than it is. > dust-ite can loo* li*e a -onster. 4retending to -agnify God li*e thatis wic*edness. But when you -agnify li*e a telescope, you -a*eso-ething uni-aginably great loo* li*e what it really is. 3ith the,ubble Space Telescope, pinpric* gala0ies in the s*y are re)ealedfor the billion$star giants that they are. 6agnifying God li*e thatis worship.3e waste our li)es when we do not pray and thin* and drea-and plan and wor* toward -agnifying God in all spheres of life.God created us for this" to li)e our li)es in a way that -a*es hi-loo* -ore li*e the greatness and the beauty and the infiniteworth that he really is. (n the night s*y of this world Godappears to -ost people, if at all, li*e a pinpric* of light in ahea)en of dar*ness. But he created us and called us to -a*e hi-: 9% :loo* li*e what he really is. This is what it -eans to be created inthe i-age of God. 3e are -eant to i-age forth in the world whathe is really li*e.8oes Being @o)ed 6ean Being 6ade 6uch l-ost e)erything in our3estern culture ser)es this distortion of lo)e. 3e are taught in athousand ways that lo)e -eans increasing so-eone.s self$estee-.@o)e is helping so-eone feel good about the-sel)es. @o)e is gi)ingso-eone a -irror and helping hi- li*e what he sees.This is not what the Bible -eans by the lo)e of God. @o)e isdoing what is best for so-eone. But -a*ing self the ob1ect of ourhighest affections is not best for us. (t is, in fact, a lethal distraction.3e were -ade to see and sa)or God:and sa)oring hi-, tobe supre-ely satisfied, and thus spread in all the world the worthof his presence. 2ot to show people the all$satisfying God is notto lo)e the-. To -a*e the- feel good about the-sel)es whenthey were -ade to feel good about seeing God is li*e ta*ingso-eone to the >lps and loc*ing the- in a roo- full of -irrors.4athological at the Grand anyonThe really wonderful -o-ents of 1oy in this world are not the-o-ents of self$satisfaction, but self$forgetfulness. Standing onthe edge of the Grand anyon and conte-plating your owngreatness is pathological. >t such -o-ents we are -ade for a-agnificent 1oy that co-es fro- outside oursel)es. >nd each ofthese rare and precious -o-ents in life:beside the anyon,before the >lps, under the stars:is an echo of a far greater e0cel$: 99 :- 15 -Breakthroughthe Beauty of Christ, My Joylence, na-ely, the glory of God. That is why the Bible says, Thehea)ens declare the glory of God, and the s*y abo)e proclai-shis handiwor* (4sal- 1#"1'.So-eti-es people say that they cannot belie)e that, if thereis a God, he would ta*e interest in such a tiny spec* of realitycalled hu-anity on 4lanet +arth. The uni)erse, they say, is so)ast, it -a*es -an utterly insignificant. 3hy would God ha)ebothered to create such a -icroscopic spec* called the earth andhu-anity and then get in)ol)ed with usABeneath this ;uestion is a funda-ental failure to see what theuni)erse is about. (t is about the greatness of God, not the significanceof -an. God -ade -an s-all and the uni)erse big tosay so-ething about hi-self. >nd he says it for us to learn anden1oy:na-ely, that he is infinitely great and powerful and wiseand beautiful. The -ore the ,ubble Telescope sends bac* to usabout the unfatho-able depths of space, the -ore we shouldstand in awe of God. The disproportion between us and the uni)erseis a parable about the disproportion between us and God.>nd it is an understate-ent. But the point is not to nullify us butto glorify hi-.@o)ing 4eople 6eans 4ointing The- to the>ll$Satisfying God2ow bac* to what it -eans to be lo)ed. The idea has been al-osttotally distorted. @o)e has to do with showing a dying soul thelife$gi)ing beauty of the glory of God, especially his grace. Yes,as we will see, we show God.s glory in a hundred practical waysthat include care about food and clothes and shelter and health.That.s what /esus -eant when he said, @et your light shinebefore others, so that they -ay see your good wor*s and gi)eglory to your 5ather who is in hea)en (6atthew F"1!'.+)ery good wor* should be a re)elation of the glory of God.3hat -a*es the good deed an act of lo)e is not the raw act, but: 9B :the passion and the sacrifice to -a*e God hi-self *nown as glorious.2ot to ai- to show God is not to lo)e, because God iswhat we need -ost deeply. >nd to ha)e all else without hi- is toperish in the end. The Bible says that you can gi)e away all thatyou ha)e and deli)er your body to be burned and ha)e not lo)e(1 orinthians 19"9'. (f you don.t point people to God for e)erlasting1oy, you don.t lo)e. You waste your life.(s +ternal @ife a ,ea)en 5ull of 6irrorsA2ow thin* what this -eans for God.s lo)e. ,ow shall God lo)eusA 6ere logic could gi)e us the answer" God lo)es us best by gi)ingus the best to en1oy fore)er, na-ely hi-self, for he is best. Butwe are not dependent on logic alone. The Bible -a*es this clear.5or God so lo)ed the world, that he ga)e his only Son, thatwhoe)er belie)es in hi- should not perish but ha)e eternal life(/ohn 9"1!'. God lo)es us by gi)ing us eternal life at the cost ofhis Son, /esus hrist. But what is eternal lifeA (s it eternal selfestee-A(s it a hea)en full of -irrorsA nd( want the fullness of -y 1oy to last fore)er. (f you respond thisway, then you will also ha)e an answer to the fear ( -entionedearlier, that you are 1ust being used by God when he creates youfor his glory. 2ow we see that in creating us for his glory, he iscreating us for our highest 1oy. ,e is -ost glorified in us whenwe are -ost satisfied in hi-.God is the one being in the uni)erse for who- self$e0altationis the -ost lo)ing act. >nyone else who e0alts hi-self distractsus fro- what we need, na-ely, God. But if God e0alts hi-self,he calls attention to the )ery thing we need -ost for our 1oy. (fgreat paintings could tal*, and they saw you wal*ing through thegallery staring at the floor, they would cry out, @oo*= @oo* at-e. ( a- the reason you are here. >nd when you loo* and e0ultin the beauty of the paintings with those around you, your 1oy: 9! :would be full. You would not co-plain that the paintings shouldha)e *ept ;uiet. They rescued you fro- wasting your )isit. (n thesa-e way no child co-plains, ( a- being used when his fatherdelights to -a*e the child happy with his own presence.5inally 5ree to +-brace the Single 4assion- 17 -for 3hich ( 3as 6ade3ith these disco)eries ( now felt free to affir- God.s purpose for-y life re)ealed in the Bible. ( didn.t ha)e to be afraid that ( -ustchoose between what is right and what is ine)itable:betweenpursuing his glory and pursuing -y 1oy. ( was free to e0periencethe single passion for God.s supre-acy in all things for the 1oy ofall peoples. ( was rescued fro- the wasted life. 2ow life couldha)e ulti-ate -eaning:the sa-e -eaning God.s life has" en1oyingand displaying his greatness.( was free to e-brace the end of -y old ;uest" the 4oint,the 4urpose, the 5ocus, and the +ssence of it all. (t was real. (twas ob1ecti)e. (t was there. >nd it was rooted in the )eryessence of what God is in hi-self. ,e is glorious, beautiful,and -agnificent in his -anifold perfections. They are infinite,eternal, and unchanging. They are Truth and /ustice andGoodness and 3isdo- and 4ower and @o)e. 5lowing outfro- what he is in hi-self co-es the purpose for our e0istence.God.s passion for his own glory gi)es birth to ours. That is thesingle, all$e-bracing, all$transfor-ing reason for being" a passionto en1oy and display God.s supre-acy in all things for the1oy of all peoples.God created us to li)e with a single passion to 1oyfully displayhis supre-e e0cellence in all the spheres of life. The wasted lifeis the life without this passion. God calls us to pray and thin* anddrea- and plan and wor* not to be -ade -uch of, but to -a*e-uch of hi- in e)ery part of our li)es.: 9G :Breakthroughthe Beauty of Christ, My Joy2ow +nters the Glor y of /esus hristSince Septe-ber 11, %&&1, ( ha)e seen -ore clearly than e)erhow essential it is to e0ult e0plicitly in the e0cellence of hristcrucified for sinners and risen fro- the dead. hrist -ust bee0plicit in all our God$tal*. (t will not do, in this day of pluralis-,to tal* about the glory of God in )ague ways. God withouthrist is no God. >nd a no$God cannot sa)e or satisfy the soul.5ollowing a no$God:whate)er his na-e or whate)er his religion:will be a wasted life. God$in$hrist is the only true Godand the only path to 1oy. +)erything ( ha)e said so far -ust nowbe related to hrist. The old *itchen pla;ue co-es bac*" ugustPSepte-ber, %&&%'" FBL a)ailable online athttp"PPwww.firstthings.co-PftissuesPft&%&IParticlesPlin*er.ht-l.9 8aniel 5uller, The 4nity of the /ible1 4nfolding %ods 5lan for)uanity (Grand 7apids, 6ich." Qonder)an, 1##%'.B (bid., BF9$BFB.F /onathan +dwards, The $or*s of 2onathan &dwards, Col. 1(+dinburgh" Banner of Truth, 1#G!', 00$00i.! /onathan +dwards, 2othing Mpon +arth an 7epresent the Glories of,ea)en, in The $or*s of 2onathan &dwards, Col. 1B, ed. Henneth 4.6in*e-a (2ew ,a)en, onn." Yale Mni)ersity 4ress, 1##G', 1BB.: B1 :Breakthroughthe Beauty of Christ, My Joy