ONE THING
By Sam Storms
Christian Focus. 188 pages. £7.99
ISBN 1 85792 952 7
Small title, big book. The title tells you almost nothing, the subtitle, 'Developing a passion for the beauty of God', tells you everything. Only when we see Psalm 27.4 quoted after the title page do we remember that the 'one thing' David asked of the LORD was 'to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD'.
Sam Storms comes from John Piper's Desiring God stable, and taught theology at Wheaton College before becoming President of 'Enjoying God Ministries' in Kansas. He takes one step further Piper's thesis that our chief aim is to glorify God by enjoying him for ever. Storms shows that the more we know of the beauty of God the more we will desire him and enjoy him. In recent times evangelicals have not moved much beyond the thought of God's beauty in the natural world. This book, however, will 'waken your heart to the treasure of Christ who is the image of the Beauty of God' (Piper).
