TY - BOOK AU - Piper, John TI - Finally alive: what happens when we are born again SN - 978-1-84550-421-2 AV - BT 751.2 .P57 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - Ross-shire, Scotland PB - Christian Focus KW - Salvation KW - Christian life KW - Biblical teaching KW - Regeneration (Theology) KW - Spiritual life KW - Christianity KW - Conduct of life N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; What is the new birth? -- The supernatural creation of spirtual life -- You are still you, but new -- Why must we be born again? -- We are spiritually dead -- We are willing slaves to sin and satan -- Faith, justification, adoption, purification, glorification -- How does the new birth come about? -- Ransomed, raised, and called -- Through the washing of regeneration -- Through faith in Jesus Christ -- Through intelligible good news -- What are the effects of the new birth? -- It overcomes the world -- Regeneration, faith, love - in that order -- Freedom from the practice of sinning -- Loving others with the love of God -- How can we help others be born again? -- Tell people the good news of Jesus Christ -- I am sending you to open their eyes -- Conclusion -- The new birth and the new world ER -