Tag: John Piper

Two of the best things that your preaching should do

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Let me share two stories from personal experience with you.  In the first case, I was the preacher.  Imagine the scene.  I’ve completed my second year of theological training and my home church pastor has arranged for me to do a summer internship at a little village church (Halling Baptist) without a pastor at that… Continue reading Two of the best things that your preaching should do

Memes and Piper

Talking of bad takes I’ve picked up in other places than the much maligned Twitter, here’s something else I came across on Threads. Why is this a bad take? Well, first of all consider the theology offered here as an alternative to Piper’s.  There are three things that strike me. First, what exactly is “a… Continue reading Memes and Piper

John Piper and coffee in the sanctuary

The other day John Piper tweeted Now, Piper tends to tweet regularly, everything from Bible verses to pithy comments and his tweets range from the profoundly encouraging to the provocatively controversial. In that respect, he’s pretty much like any of us.  Some of his tweets can sound a bit grumpy from time to time.  My… Continue reading John Piper and coffee in the sanctuary

Can we talk about ugliness?

John Piper hosts a podcast called “Ask Pastor John”. Recently he was asked: ““Pastor John, why did God make some people ugly and unattractive? How can I accept the fact that God, though capable of making me beautiful or at least average looking, chose to create me in an unattractive manner?” Now I guess, Piper… Continue reading Can we talk about ugliness?

The Goal

Before becoming a pastor, my role in industry was to do with process and system design implementation and improvement. One of the key thinkers or gurus in this area was a man called Eli Goldratt.   Goldratt wrote a book called “The Goal” which set out his thinking in the form of a story about a… Continue reading The Goal

The election that affects us all

Often it is those most affected by a decision who get the least say in it. Think about the London Mayoral election. The Mayor has been able to impose a congestion charge and also has powers over how the London Underground functions but who is most affected by those decisions? Well arguably it is the… Continue reading The election that affects us all

John Piper is right -the US Presidential Election is about character and pride first

John Piper has been raising eyebrows this week. In an article, he argued that pride in a presidential candidate is as dangerous and likely to cause death as having a president with a liberal attitude to abortion laws. The surprising thing is that this in effect puts him at odds with his generation and his… Continue reading John Piper is right -the US Presidential Election is about character and pride first

Recovering from Biblical manhood and womanhood – a review

I finally sat down to read Aimee Byrd’s book Recovering From Biblical Manhood and Womanhood today (birthday present). You may recall that a few weeks back I had written in defence of Aimee following some rather unpleasant goings on in an online facebook group. Well I thought it was important to sit down and read… Continue reading Recovering from Biblical manhood and womanhood – a review