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'How do you balance your reading between modern works and the great classics of the past?' This question was put to me a few months ago and it has stayed with me as a lingering accusation. If, like me, you would have to confess that you only read contemporary authors then this book may whet your appetite for a better balance. John Piper sets out to introduce us to three great men of the past - Augustine of Hippo, Martin Luther and John Calvin. His theme is that they all discovered the power of 'sovereign joy'.

Peter Comont