The Pleasures of God
E622660
The Pleasures of God is a Christian theological book by John Piper that explores the nature of God’s joy and delight as revealed in Scripture and its implications for Christian life and worship.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Pleasures of God canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6837355 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Pleasures of God Context triple: [John Piper, notableWork, The Pleasures of God]
-
A.
The Love of God
"The Love of God" is a Christian worship song, notably recorded by the band MercyMe, that reflects on the vastness and depth of God's love.
-
B.
For the Love of God
For the Love of God is Damien Hirst’s infamous platinum cast of a human skull encrusted with diamonds, emblematic of his exploration of mortality, value, and spectacle in contemporary art.
-
C.
Of Communion with God
Of Communion with God is a classic Puritan theological work by John Owen that explores the believer’s intimate, distinct fellowship with each person of the Trinity.
-
D.
De diligendo Deo
De diligendo Deo is a spiritual treatise by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux that explores the nature, reasons, and degrees of loving God.
-
E.
Elect of God
Elect of God is a reverential title used for Haile Selassie I, the former Emperor of Ethiopia who is regarded by Rastafarians as the returned messiah and a central spiritual figure.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Pleasures of God Target entity description: The Pleasures of God is a Christian theological book by John Piper that explores the nature of God’s joy and delight as revealed in Scripture and its implications for Christian life and worship.
-
A.
The Love of God
"The Love of God" is a Christian worship song, notably recorded by the band MercyMe, that reflects on the vastness and depth of God's love.
-
B.
For the Love of God
For the Love of God is Damien Hirst’s infamous platinum cast of a human skull encrusted with diamonds, emblematic of his exploration of mortality, value, and spectacle in contemporary art.
-
C.
Of Communion with God
Of Communion with God is a classic Puritan theological work by John Owen that explores the believer’s intimate, distinct fellowship with each person of the Trinity.
-
D.
De diligendo Deo
De diligendo Deo is a spiritual treatise by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux that explores the nature, reasons, and degrees of loving God.
-
E.
Elect of God
Elect of God is a reverential title used for Haile Selassie I, the former Emperor of Ethiopia who is regarded by Rastafarians as the returned messiah and a central spiritual figure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian theological book
ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | John Piper ⓘ |
| basedOn |
the Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| centralTheme | God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| emphasizes |
God’s delight in His Son
ⓘ
God’s delight in His own glory ⓘ God’s delight in His people ⓘ God’s delight in His purposes ⓘ |
| explores |
how God’s joy relates to Christian obedience
ⓘ
how God’s joy relates to His glory ⓘ how God’s joy relates to missions ⓘ how God’s joy relates to salvation ⓘ how God’s joy relates to worship ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
biblical revelation of God’s pleasure
ⓘ
the nature of God’s delight ⓘ the nature of God’s joy ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian spirituality
ⓘ
Christian theology ⓘ religious non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasEdition | revised edition ⓘ |
| hasForm |
audiobook
ⓘ
ebook ⓘ print book ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Jonathan Edwards
ⓘ
Reformed evangelical theology ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
Christians
ⓘ
linked to:
Christian Church
pastors ⓘ students of theology ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| publisher | Multnomah Publishers ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Desiring God
ⓘ
linked to:
Desiring God Ministries
|
| subject |
Christian hedonism
ⓘ
Christian life ⓘ Christian worship ⓘ God ⓘ divine delight ⓘ divine joy ⓘ the glory of God ⓘ |
| theologicalPerspective | Christian hedonism ⓘ |
| theologicalTradition | Reformed theology ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Christian discipleship
ⓘ
church teaching ⓘ seminary courses ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Pleasures of God Description of subject: The Pleasures of God is a Christian theological book by John Piper that explores the nature of God’s joy and delight as revealed in Scripture and its implications for Christian life and worship.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.