Over the past several years John Piper has piped in on many things. And, yes friends, his pipes are loud and proud (well, not Whopper proud ;-) ). He is known for a having a very specific view of God, the Scriptures, and culture.
On God, Piper pipes about God’s glory. I affirm this wholeheartedly – except much of what he means when he uses this language. It seems to me that unless God is “omni” everything (as defined by conservative hyper-Calvinism) – Omnipresent (everywhere at once), Omniscient (all knowing), and Omnipotent (all powerful) – that God’s glory is compromised. So, realities such as who goes to heaven (renewed creation) and hell, who is victimized, who gets sick, who goes hungry… God foreordained these things as part of some sort of cosmic plan. And, all of these things lead to one place: God’s glory.
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