Finally Alive - John Piper

I have just begun reading John Piper's new book Finally Alive. I'm going to write an in depth review almost chapter by chapter as I go through it.

Introduction
Piper begins with two very different stories of being born again, that of CS Lewis and Augustine, both born again but illustrating that being born again will be different. Piper's examination of our cultures use of 'born again' and 'evangelical' are timely reminders that when sued as such these terms are not Biblical. In contrast Piper contends that the New Testament moves from the absolute certainty that new birth changes people, to the observation that many professing Christians aren't radically changes to the conclusion that they are not born again.

Piper also contends that the term 'born again' is "very precious and very crucial in the Bible." He then outlines his intention in the book to look at what it means biblically to be born again and why it matters that the Christian understands what happened when they were born again.

In our age when we are shy of using this term, but when evangelical has become so falsely loaded I wonder if this isn't a timely reminder to reassert this idea of our new birth.