Posted on 10/23/2020 2:24:26 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
John Piper has issued a blistering condemnation of President Donald Trump, warning Christian voters that the president's “deadly behavior” will lead the U.S. to “destruction of more kinds than we can imagine.”
On Thursday, the influential pastor and writer published what he referred to as a “long-overdue” blog post in which he pondered the implications of the 2020 election.
Piper, who pastored Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis for almost 33 years, reminded Christians that "it is not a small thing to treat lightly a pattern of public behaviors that lead to death."
He pointed out that all of these sins are mentioned in the Bible and are “deadly” enough to destroy people and entire nations.
“I think it is a drastic mistake to think that the deadly influences of a leader come only through his policies and not also through his person,” he wrote. “This is true not only because flagrant boastfulness, vulgarity, immorality, and factiousness are self-incriminating, but also because they are nation-corrupting. They move out from centers of influence to infect whole cultures.”
“The last five years bear vivid witness to this infection at almost every level of society.”
Piper questioned why some Christians seem to be sure they are “saving human lives and freedoms” by ignoring the destructive effects of a “self-absorbed, self-exalting” leader.
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You’re welcome! Here are more articles for whoever is interested:
https://www.worldviewweekend.com/topics/john-piper
A "john piper" is just another (fancy) name for a "bathroom plumber", who works on the pipes in the john.
(Once they're done their nasally challenging work, it's a good idea to thoroughly flush, disinfect, and sanitize the whole place.)
I’d be very, very happy if you were right, but... who knows?
Not a Christian. You can support Trump and his Godly agenda, or you can support the party of Satan and Plugs/Whore.
I’m not a real religious person, but my understanding, as you say, is that the bible teaches forgiveness; something this guy is selective about if he believes in it at all.
There’s a lot wrong with the Catholic Church but priests make a modest living not $17 million
John Piper and a few other ‘prominent’ evangelicals are working for the left to try and reduce the number of evangelicals who voted for Trump in 2016. As such they are working to elect the most corrupt and evil man in Politics. What does that tell us about John Piper and his buds? They are not on the side of Christianity, they are on the side of confusion and evil. They started their bugaloo with telling evangelicals they should not be one issue voters, as in vote for whom is against the abortion holocaust. They are using the very same strategy used by satan with Eve. They serve the satanic empowerment.
"I like to be good. I don't like to have to ask for forgiveness. And I am good. I don't do a lot of things that are bad. I try to do nothing that is bad."
1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
God wills whatsoever comes to pass because he is God. God appointed President Trump but He can also take him away. God is merciful and he is also just. I did not vote for Romney either and I also thank God for it.
but Minneapolis says it all.....
Although I don't think President Trump is capable of admitting that he crashed the economy by letting Fauci and Birx run rampant. I think he now understands that he can't let that happen anymore. Biden will utterly wipe us out followed by Bloody Kamala with their demonic plans, if they get the chance.
Here’s a news flash for you: most people who attend church don’t fear God either, especially ones that do it for a photo op.
No he didn't.
This asshole is a little late to the NeverTrump party. He should think before he speaks.
Oh yes, God judges a proud look on the same level as the murder of babies in the womb. Uhuh.
And Donald Trump, President, is less entitled to arrogance than Pastor Piper? Leaders got ego. The leader of the free world must have a level of pride — not against God, though, which is the pride the Dems have. Pride against God is what Satan and the Dems are guilty of.
Dems are guilty of every item on that list. Donald Trump, God’s choice for President, has ego. He is strong against their assaults because of it.
Under your definition Elijah would be guiltier than the prophets of Baal!
1 Kings
Elijah on Mount Carmel
16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, and Ahab went to meet Elijah. 17 When he saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?”
18 “I have not made trouble for Israel,” Elijah replied. “But you and your father’s family have. You have abandoned the Lord’s commands and have followed the Baals. 19 Now summon the people from all over Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel. And bring the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
20 So Ahab sent word throughout all Israel and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel. 21 Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.”
But the people said nothing.
22 Then Elijah said to them, “I am the only one of the Lord’s prophets left, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets. 23 Get two bulls for us. Let Baal’s prophets choose one for themselves, and let them cut it into pieces and put it on the wood but not set fire to it. I will prepare the other bull and put it on the wood but not set fire to it. 24 Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the Lord. The god who answers by fire—he is God.”
Then all the people said, “What you say is good.”
25 Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one of the bulls and prepare it first, since there are so many of you. Call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire.” 26 So they took the bull given them and prepared it.
Then they called on the name of Baal from morning till noon. “Baal, answer us!” they shouted. But there was no response; no one answered. And they danced around the altar they had made.
27 At noon Elijah began to taunt them. “Shout louder!” he said. “Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.” 28 So they shouted louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed. 29 Midday passed, and they continued their frantic prophesying until the time for the evening sacrifice. But there was no response, no one answered, no one paid attention.
30 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come here to me.” They came to him, and he repaired the altar of the Lord, which had been torn down. 31 Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes descended from Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying, “Your name shall be Israel.” 32 With the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord, and he dug a trench around it large enough to hold two seahs of seed. 33 He arranged the wood, cut the bull into pieces and laid it on the wood. Then he said to them, “Fill four large jars with water and pour it on the offering and on the wood.”
34 “Do it again,” he said, and they did it again.
“Do it a third time,” he ordered, and they did it the third time. 35 The water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench.
36 At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: “Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. 37 Answer me, Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, Lord, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again.”
38 Then the fire of the Lord fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench.
39 When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, “The Lord—he is God! The Lord—he is God!”
40 Then Elijah commanded them, “Seize the prophets of Baal. Don’t let anyone get away!” They seized them, and Elijah had them brought down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered there.
A perfect description of the Democrat Party, Planned Parenthood, Antifa, BLM, the Clintons, the Obamas, the Bidens, Islam, the MSM:
A proud look
a lying tongue
and hands that shed innocent blood
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations
feet that be swift in running to mischief
A false witness that speaketh lies
and he that soweth discord among brethren
Well said.
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