A Theology Of Fear
Are we creating a theology of fear? I’d like some feedback on this. The embedded video is from Advance 09. The panel is discussing issues related to church and missions. But at 17.20 the moderator asks: Q: What ways do you council a young pastor to overcome their fear of man? Piper: Grow like crazy in your fear of God. …
Loving Your Enemy
I just read one of the coolest posts in a long time. It reminds me why I decided to participate in the Emergent conversation. In the end, love wins. John Piper recently announced a leave of absence from ministry. No this isn’t about John Piper. But it’s important to understand the background. I applaud Piper for making this move. It …
Who Needs Convincing
What if John Piper’s diatribe is really a need to convince himself about an angry God? The Piper dust up has really gotten me thinking about something. How often have we seen someone really go out on a limb to prove a point about God, or doctrine, or something of significant importance? And in the wake of that, the person …
Piper’s God
I feel sorry for Piper. If you’ve been anywhere near a blog in the last couple of days you probably couldn’t go two or three clicks before running into something about John Piper’s now infamous post on the ECLA’s “Consideration: Proposed Social Statement on Human Sexuality.” Piper concluded that the tornado than ran through the city was in his own …
