I would suspect that if you knew what Piper truly believed about salvation, particularly his Calvinistic beliefs, you may not be so willing to call him, "the man." Do you realize he actually has repeatedly stated that man has no free will? Do you realize that he does not believe Jesus died for everyone's sin, and thus God does not provide for all of man's salvation? Do you realize that he joyfully declares that God's sovereignty requires that He choose some for salvation and some for damnation, and then he calls that "Grace"? I would suggest reading Dave Hunt's book, "What Love is this?" so that you can be up on the true, evil, scripture twisting beliefs of like people (such as Piper) you might, on the surface, be tempted to idolize. BTW, if you do some homework about Francis Chan, particularly his seminary, you will find he holds to the same twisted, Reformed, Calvin-ladened confessions.
"Come now, let us reason together," says the Lord. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool."
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I'm Danny. I'm married to my beautiful and most amazing wife, Courtney. I love her way more than I could ever express here. We have a crazy cat, Mogli. She catapults off of walls. I lead worship at Turning Point Church. I also work for a non-profit organization called Family First, where I manage the radio feature called The Family Minute. This blog is called *greater thingsbecause I am hopeful. I am hopeful because I know that wherever I am or wherever I am going, God is not done with me. The best is always yet to come. This blog is where I will write, post videos, pictures, or whatever about my life or things that are important to me. Sometimes it will be funny, sometimes serious. It will always be real.
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I would suspect that if you knew what Piper truly believed about salvation, particularly his Calvinistic beliefs, you may not be so willing to call him, "the man." Do you realize he actually has repeatedly stated that man has no free will? Do you realize that he does not believe Jesus died for everyone's sin, and thus God does not provide for all of man's salvation? Do you realize that he joyfully declares that God's sovereignty requires that He choose some for salvation and some for damnation, and then he calls that "Grace"? I would suggest reading Dave Hunt's book, "What Love is this?" so that you can be up on the true, evil, scripture twisting beliefs of like people (such as Piper) you might, on the surface, be tempted to idolize. BTW, if you do some homework about Francis Chan, particularly his seminary, you will find he holds to the same twisted, Reformed, Calvin-ladened confessions.
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