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John Piper

John Piper Recreates Christianity in his Image

May 4, 2022 by Randal

In this video, I critique John Piper’s narrow, sectarian take on mere Christianity. ?

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: John Piper, mere Christianity, sectarianism

How I wrote an article critiquing John Piper … and got attacked by egalitarians

January 24, 2018 by Randal

Yesterday I posted an article in which I argued that John Piper’s ill-formed and poorly argued prohibition on women teaching in seminary reveals that he is sexist, i.e. prejudiced against the female sex and gender. I did not anticipate that my argument would receive resistance from egalitarians. Trash! One individual named Henry Imler replied: Heirarchy [sic] […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: complementarianism, egalitarianism, ethics, John Piper, Jr. Forasteros

John Piper’s Sexism

January 23, 2018 by Randal

Yesterday John Piper posted a podcast answer to the question “Is There a Place for Female Professors at Seminary?” (A hat tip to Matt Mikalatos for tweeting this.) Piper stipulates that his answer to the question of whether women should be teaching in seminaries is predicated on an assumption that complementarianism is true. (Complementarianism is the view […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: complementarianism, John Piper, sexism

Should women be allowed to preach if it is carried out under the authority of a male elder?

May 8, 2015 by Randal

This is the question addressed in Pastor John Piper’s most recent podcast. The questioner was concerned about the relevance of 1 Timothy 2:12. Pastor Piper responds by addressing verses 12-14: “12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet. 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve. […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: complementarianism, feminism, gender, John Piper, sexism, women

If God wants to damn your children, should you agree?

December 20, 2013 by Randal

I ended off my last article on John Piper’s new video with the following quote where Piper embraces the possibility that God has willed Piper’s own children be reprobate for God’s greater glory: “I am not ignorant that God may not have chosen my sons for his sons. And, though I think I would give […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Calvinism, election, John Piper, providence, Reformed, reprobation, theology

What’s so Calvinistic about John Piper’s “The Calvinist”?

December 19, 2013 by Randal

Check out this newly released video which features a long poem courtesy of John Piper, and then let’s talk: The interesting thing is that while this video is titled “The Calvinist”, and thus presumably aims to offer a portrait of theology that is uniquely Calvinist which is then worked out in the life of the […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: arminianism, Calvinism, election, John Piper, Reformed, theology

Why John Piper shouldn’t work at a battered women’s shelter

October 22, 2012 by Randal

“What should a wife’s submission to her husband look like if he’s an abuser?” This question opens a three minute commentary from John Piper. Let’s consider his answer:   Okay, now it’s time for a debrief. Piper starts out with an obvious point. What kind of abuse are we talking about? As he says: “Is […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: abuse, ethics, John Piper, marriage, submission

Rob Bell, the heresy hunters, and the evangelical culture of fear

March 6, 2011 by Randal

Apparently there was quite a kerfuffle this week when word got around that Rob Bell’s new (and as yet still unreleased) book Love Wins is, or probably does, or might, support universalism in some way. Apparently it all started when influential blogger Justin Taylor concluded after viewing a two minute promotional video that Bell is a […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Al Mohler, evangelicalism, heresy, heterodoxy, John Piper, Justin Taylor, orthodoxy, Rob Bell, universalism

How to hate your enemies: Lessons from the Psalms (Part 2)

October 13, 2010 by Randal

We all tend to look at life through rose-colored glasses, at least rose colored where our own assumptions are concerned. As I noted last time round, this is certainly evident in the way that Christians tend to read the psalms, meditating on the praises, thanksgiving and wisdom while screening out all the imprecations. And I […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bible, god-breathed, imprecatory psalms, inspiration, John Piper, psalms

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