Week 1: Preface & Chapter 1 — My Search for a Single Passion to Live By

1.Piper describes his younger self as someone who desperately wanted 'one passion' to give his life to, but struggled for years to identify what that was. Can you relate to that struggle? What has functioned as your defining passion up to this point?

2.He traces his intellectual and spiritual formation through teachers like C.S. Lewis and professors at Wheaton and Fuller, noting how each pushed him toward a vision of God's glory as the supreme reality. What people, books, or moments have most shaped your own vision of what life is for?

3.Piper coins the phrase 'Christian Hedonism' — the idea that God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him. In your own words, what does he mean by this? Does it strike you as obviously true, surprising, or even troubling? Why?