Although not my favorite book by author, pastor, and theologian, John Piper, I think Piper, in the book, "Think", addressed some critical issues within the culture and especially within the Evangelical world. Often feelings and thinking are pitted against each other as if the Christian life is either all thinking with no feelings, or, given the other extreme, the Christian life is all "feelings" with no thinking. One ends up with either dead orthodoxy or emotional frenzy, depending upon which extreme one takes. Sadly, deep thinking has taken a hit within the church in recent decades. "Knowledge puffs up" became the banner cry of many as they attempted to put down knowledge and promote an agenda that was feeling driven with an "all we need is love" mindset. Sadly, that mentality has more in common with a Beatles' song than it does a sound understanding of God's Word. In the pages of the book, Piper explains the meaning of "Thinking" and how critical thinking is to salvation and to living a life of faith. In fact, Piper spends one chapter explaining how we love God by treasuring God with all of our mind. One of my favorite sections was where Piper addresses the issue of Relativism, given that relativism has saturated the mindset of our culture and sadly, the church in some cases. After this section, Piper gives attention to the Anti-Intellectualism that has seeped into the church and shows how it isn't godly to be opposed to intellectualism. Piper challenges the reader to think and to think deeply about the person and character of God and His wonders. He challenges the reader who is opposed to deep thought to change and to, not only think, but to think deeply about the glories of the Creator and the salvation He has provided. Last, Piper ends his book with a final plea, which I think should be at, both the start and the finish. The plea is in two parts. One is to those who are all about knowledge at the expense of feelings. The other part is a plea to those who have neglected knowledge and have bought into the idea that they are the more spiritual because they simply love and have feelings. I suspect that the book won't be widely read because it tends to be more philosophical in essence, but it should be read since it will stimulate the reader to THINK!