Last weekend I witnessed a very meaningful and memorable event. During the 2010 Desiring God National Conference Sam Storms and Justin Taylor presented our friend John Piper with a festschrift project (kept secret for three years!) titled For the Fame of God’s Name: Essays in Honor of John Piper (Crossway, 2010).

As you will see in the following presentation video, John was surprised. He was deeply moved—even overwhelmed—by the project. You can watch the 14-minute presentation here:

 

John was honored by the book, but all readers will benefit from this project. Just look at the long list of contributors at the bottom of this post! This book represents some serious scholarship on many very important topics. (I was honored to play a small role in honoring my friend John with the contribution of one chapter, “The Pastor and the Trinity.”)

To preview For the Fame of God’s Name, you can download the table of contents and chapter 8, “What is the Gospel?—Revisited” by D.A. Carson as a pdf .

And here is a list of the contents:

Introduction

A Note to John Piper
 • Sam Storms and Justin Taylor

Part 1: John Piper

1. A Personal Tribute to the Praise of God’s Infinite Glory and Abounding Grace

 • David Michael

2. Three Doors Down from a Power Plant

 • David Livingston

3. Who Is John Piper?

 • David Mathis

Part 2: Christian Hedonism

4. Christian Hedonism: Piper and Edwards on the Pursuit of Joy in God

 • Sam Storms

5. When All Hope Has Died: Meditations on Profound Christian Suffering

 • Mark R. Talbot

Part 3: The Sovereignty of God

6. The Sovereignty of God in the Theology of Jonathan Edwards

 • Donald J. Westblade

7. Prayer and the Sovereignty of God

 • Bruce A. Ware

Part 4: The Gospel, the Cross, and the Resurrection of Christ
8. • D.A. Carson


9. Christus Victor et Propitiator: The Death of Christ, Substitute and Conqueror

 • Sinclair B. Ferguson


10. The Role of Resurrection in the Already and Not-Yet Phases of Justification

 • G. K. Beale
Part 5: The Supremacy of God in All Things

11. A Biblical Theology of the Glory of God

 • Thomas R. Schreiner

12. The Kingdom of God as the Mission of God
 • 
Scott J. Hafemann

13. The Mystery of Marriage

 • James M. Hamilton Jr.

14. Pleasing God by Our Obedience: A Neglected New Testament Teaching

 • Wayne Grudem

15. The Glory and Supremacy of Jesus Christ in Ethnic Distinctions and over Ethnic Identities
 • 
Thabiti Anyabwile

16. Dethroning Money to Treasure Christ above All

 • Randy Alcorn

17. “Abortion Is about God”: Piper’s Passionate, Prophetic Pro-Life Preaching

 • Justin Taylor

18. A God-Centered Worldview: Recovering the Christian Mind by Rediscovering the Master Narrative of the Bible
 • 
R. Albert Mohler Jr.

Part 6: Preaching and Pastoral Ministry

19. Proclaiming the Gospel and the Glory of God: The Legacy of Jonathan Edwards for Preaching

 • Stephen J. Nichols

20. The Pastor and the Trinity

 • C.J. Mahaney

21. The Pastor as Worshiper

 • Ray Ortlund

22. The Pastor as Shepherd
 • 
Mark Dever

23. The Pastor as Counselor

 • David Powlison

24. The Pastor as Leader

 • John MacArthur

25. The Pastor and His Study
 • 
William D. Mounce

Part 7: Ministries

26. The Vision and Ministry of Desiring God
 • 
Jon Bloom

27. The Vision and History of the Bethlehem Institute
 • 
Tom Steller

 

Posted by C.J. Mahaney