John Piper Show and Tell
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For some strange reason, evangelicals continue to tolerate John Piper’s bizarre teachings—including the belief that Christians are still dead in trespasses and sins. However, and per the usual, he chooses his words very carefully so as to not come right out with stating it. Nevertheless, just in case you think he is speaking of the unregenerate, consider that he says: “….why you would call dead people to do things.” If he had the unregenerate in mind, this is certainly a strange choice of words. One might also think to himself: “Wasn’t Lazarus a believer?”
Furthermore, Piper shows his close kinship with Sonship Theology with the whole concept of “speaking life into people.”
And by the way, what’s the difference between what he is saying in the video and this description of metaphysical Christian Science: “In metaphysics the higher rules the lower. What we control in the spiritual realm will manifest in the physical. This process is done by seeing or speaking, affirmations. In the word faith philosophy words have power, they contain the force when spoken in faith…. The concept is to have it birthed in the spiritual realm first and then it will come about in the natural. As one takes the Scripture believing and confessing it the process of supernatural faith begins. One is to speak what they want into existence.”
And no John Piper verbiage would be complete without a direct contradiction to the plain sense of Scripture. He says we “can’t please God” when the apostle Paul makes it clear that we “make it our goal to please Him” and will be judged accordingly at the Bema Seat judgement.
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Paul,
My wife actually calls you “my whore.” Actually, it is that I don’t like to see anyone being misrepresented, least of all, ME
Randy
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The new birth is what makes the gospel work, not the gospel.
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For some reason, most of my comments are not being posted tonight.
Randy
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Lydia,
Men have to pat each other when they hug, otherwise. . . . Well, you know
Randy
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Lydia,
Did you ever get my website info?
Randy
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I told you before that my only exposure to Zens was to meet him briefly on a mission trip in Mexico years ago. He is not my Daddy? And frankly, I don’ t give a rip what Walt or Al said, They are fallible human beings, who, incidently didn’t have a clue what they were talking about on this issue.
Randy
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Lydia,
http://www.new-covenant-theology.org
Randy
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Lydia,
Email me at rseiver1@hotmail.com
Randy
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Lydia,
I have tried to answer your post about why I came here but it won’t post.
Randy
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I came here looking for discussions of NCT. Paul quickly pigeonholed me as a New Calvinist. The truth is, I am an Old Calvinist and have no affinity for NC. That doesn’t matter to Paul. I knows what I believe even if it isn’t what I believe.
Randy
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