Enjoying God Ministries

I'm happy to announce that my new book, The Hope of Glory: 100 Daily Meditations on Colossians (368 pages), is now available. Crossway Books has done a marvelous job in producing this volume and I hope you find it helpful. You can purchase a signed copy on my website (http://www.samstorms.com/) for $15 (it retails for $17.99). And don't forget, this includes free shipping and handling (on as many copies as you may order). It's also available at Amazon and on Crossway's website.

This book is the first in a series that Crossway will publish. In August of this year, To the One Who Conquers: 50 Daily Meditations on the Seven Letters of Revelation 2-3 will be released. Then, in January of 2009, More Precious than Gold: 50 Daily Meditations on the Psalms will come out. As you know, I'm currently working on 2 Corinthians and hope to have it finished sometime this summer.

The Crossway website contains the following brief description of the book.

"The truth we gain from the Scriptures is wide-ranging, the treasure is multi-faceted, and the reward is incalculable. But in the book of Colossians it can be reduced to one glorious reality: Jesus Christ. This is the Apostle Paul's point in Colossians 1:27, where he describes the greatness of the "riches" of the "glory" of the mystery that God has made known to us: "Christ in you, the hope of glory."

In his newest book, The Hope of Glory, Sam provides an aid to a careful reading of Colossians. Combining stylistic simplicity and theological substance, he writes for all Christians who are passionate to know Christ better. The 100 daily meditations can each be read in five to ten minutes so that even the busiest believer can take time to read and digest them. The result is a thorough analysis of the entire book of Colossians, broken down into manageable meditations that encourage, instruct, and uplift."

This book will prove especially useful in personal devotions, in small group settings, and in larger classes and Bible studies.

Here are a couple of endorsements:

"From years of friendship, conversation, shared burdens, mutual intercession, and the same vision of our great God, I trust Sam's biblical faithfulness. He brings a keen eye and a wakened soul to God's Word. The overflow for us is fresh insight and strong feeling. I thank God for Sam Storms. My life is sweeter because of the seasoning he brings."

John Piper, Pastor for Preaching and Vision, Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota

"Many devotional books lack biblical and theological depth. Storms' work is a striking exception. His meditations on Colossians faithfully communicate the message of the letter so that readers are enriched both biblically and theologically. Moreover, the meaning of Colossians is applied with wisdom and power so that I found myself encouraged, convicted, and challenged. Here is evangelical theology at its best."

Thomas R. Schreiner, James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Sam