Our appetites dictate the direction of our lives—whether it be the cravings of our stomachs, the passionate desire for possession or power, or the longings of our spirits for God. But for the Christian, the hunger for anything besides God can be an archenemy. We can stuff our souls with the things of the world so that there is little or no room for the greatness of God. In A Hunger for God, John Piper looks at the biblical teaching on fasting, and shows how the denial of our stomach’s appetite for food might express, or even increase, our soul’s appetite for God.

Author  John Piper (born January 11, 1946) is an evangelical Calvinist Christian preacher and author, currently serving as Pastor for Preaching and Vision of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota.