The glory of God is real. It brings breakthrough and deliverance. The church should be tapping into this glory through righteous living. There is more to God than what we are experiencing now. The glory of the latter house ought to be shining today for all the world to see, leading people to accept JESUS as Lord and Savior of their lives and living a victorious and spirit-filled life on this earth. Christians are God's temple, the latter house, and Jesus is the glory of the latter house. Through the work of the Holy Spirit, righteous people can experience the full manifested glory of God. May this book ignite within you a hunger and thirst for the full manifestation of the glory and power of God. As a believer, you need to arise and enter the glory of the latter house. The church must become the shining star, the glow, that place where all seek comfort, joy, peace of mind, a purposeful life, a walk of power and people taking great stride in fulfilling their destiny on this earth as designed by God for their lives. I call the church to action, let the glory of the Lord rise among us.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has 6 million members in the United States today (and 13 million worldwide). Yet, while there has been extensive study of Mormon history, comparatively little scholarly attention has been paid to contemporary Mormons. The best sociological study of Mormon life, Thomas O'Dea's The Mormons, is now over fifty years old. What is it like to be a Mormon in America today? Melvyn Hammarberg attempts to answer this question by offering an ethnography of contemporary Mormons. In The Mormon Quest for Glory, Hammarberg examines Mormon history, rituals, social organization, family connections, gender roles, artistic traditions, use of media, and missionary work. He writes as a sympathetic outsider who has studied Mormon life for decades, and strives to explain the religious world of the Latter-day Saints through the lens of their own spiritual understanding. Drawing on a survey, participant observation, interviews, focus groups, attendance at religious gatherings, diaries, church periodicals, lesson manuals, and other church literature, Hammarberg aims to present a comprehensive picture of the religious world of the Latter-day Saints.

Who is Jesus Christ? You've never met Him in person, and you don't know anyone who has. But there is a way to know who he is. How? Jesus Christ - the divine Person revealed in the Bible - has a unique excellence and a spiritual beauty that speaks directly to our souls and says, "Yes, this is truth." It's like seeing the sun and knowing that it is light, or tasting honey and knowing that it is sweet. The depth and complexity of Jesus shatter our simple mental frameworks. He baffled proud scribes with his wisdom but was understood and loved by children. He calmed a raging storm with a word but would not get himself down from the cross. Look at the Jesus of the Bible. Keep your eyes open, and fill them with the portrait of Jesus in God's Word. Jesus said, "If anyone's will is to do God's will, He will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority." Ask God for the grace to do His will, and you will see the truth of His Son. John Piper has written this book in the hope that all will see Jesus for who he really is and will come to enjoy him above all else.