Don’t Waste Your Life: Study Guide

This valuable resource is designed to be used in a ten-session, guided group study that examines each chapter of John Piper’s best-selling book.

The average person would sum up his ideal life in words that describe the American dream: College. Job. Marriage. House. Kids. Comfortable income. Retire. But did God design people for far more than this?

Yes, declares John Piper. Nevertheless, millions waste their lives on such trivial pursuits-all because they have not awakened to the simple, biblical reality that “to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” This individualized resource, in accord with the other components in the redesigned Don’t Waste Your Life Group Study Kit, can assist churches, small groups, and teachers in reversing that empty trend.

This full-length study guide is designed for use in a ten-session group study that explores each chapter of John Piper’s best-selling book. It contains clearly defined objectives for each lesson, questions for reflection and discussion, a leader’s guide and other supplemental resources, and blank pages for note-taking-all to stimulate life-changing discussion within a group and to convey Piper’s passion to make our lives count for eternity.

About the Author

John Piper (DTheol, University of Munich) is the founder and teacher of desiringgod.org and the chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. He served for 33 years as the senior pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is the author of more than 50 books, including Desiring God; Don’t Waste Your Life; This Momentary Marriage; A Peculiar Glory; and Reading the Bible Supernaturally.