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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John Piper who believes that you need to have works to be saved which is unbiblical.
“John Piper’s estimated net worth is $17M.”
John Boy is worshiping a golden idol.
I love piper’s preaching but his politics is just rocks cracking against each other.
EXACTLY!
Hey preacher, at least with Trump you’ll be allowed to preach your judgmental crap. It may be a problem with the Biden regime.
Trumps “DEADLY BEHAVIOR”....I guess murdering babies passes the smell test with this POS!!!!
"I am part of the New Calvinism, and feel a fatherly responsibility to continually speak into it dimensions of truth that I think it needs to hear." - John Piper
"Dimensions of truth". This kind of statement smacks of cultural Marxism and the relativism that makes it easy for people to call good evil and evil good.
Piper is a SJW proponent.
He should let one of the local imans preach in his church
+10000!!
Ding..Ding..Ding..We have a winner!
He seems to forget about King David also, an adulterer and a murderer. Shows me that God can use anyone and forgive anyone to accomplish His will.
He can talk about Trump’s faults all day long, but the only other option is Joe Biden. If he is voting for Biden, he is bonkers. End of story.
He’s a good Bible teacher but he’s dead wrong about Trump. Would he rather have the corrupt Biden and the communists in charge?
It doesn’t sound like he understands what he is preaching. If he thinks President Trump is dangerous and is committing sins that lead to death-of which the bible only speaks of one, then maybe you shouldn’t look to him for anything. Just my .02
I like him too, have read many of his books. But I disagree with him here. If God can use someone as messed up as David (murderer, adulterer) to lead a nation He can use Trump. I get that Trump is haughty, but we all have our faults.
Who? Never heard of him.
Oh, someone paid the Piper
This guy carries more baggage than Stepanfetchit.
What are the odds the pastor benefited from Obama era programs to settle Somali refugees in MN ?
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