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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

John Piper's Problem

John Piper has a major problem.

It is directly connected to a recent tweet of his that he went on to delete without so much as an apology.




The problem as I see it is, ironically, traceable within the very (con)text he draws from.

Why is this you ask?

Well, first of all, like Job's friends accusers (add to this list Pat Robertson), John Piper has a history of blaming (super?)natural catastrophes on God's wrath on homosexuals, feminists, and liberals.

So what was the purpose of his tweet? To rub salt on the wounds of the victims of the latest (tornado) catastrophe? It would appear that, in accord with Piper's history of making such statements, he meant to let us know why these tornadoes/whirlwinds came through.

Let us not quickly forget the first thing God said out of that whirlwind in Job 38: "Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge?"Job was not to listen to his accusers, because they did not know the mind of God.

Neither does Piper. He ought to learn to hear the wisdom of the text he quotes. He also ought to learn when it is inappropriate to rub salt in victim's wounds.