tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10905506.post7425447177178412809..comments2023-05-24T11:46:22.159-04:00Comments on Voice of Grace: John Piper Taking Break From Ministry...julhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15688008902332240637noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10905506.post-48428530296751614612010-04-06T14:53:20.337-04:002010-04-06T14:53:20.337-04:00It's a challenge this subject.
On the same day...It's a challenge this subject.<br />On the same day as listening to our Piper equivalent-Greg Haslam(Westminster Chapel) preaching for 4 hours on Moses- and it was ace stuff- plus getting hold of his book which is a compendium on preaching...to raise up the lost art.....<br />I also appreciated wading thru Darin Hufford who was saying the opposite....more on the other side of things quoting Jesus saying you search the scriptures thinking that inthem you will find life....<br /><br />I wrote to Darin saying how much i appreciated both things in one day. And you know what...that's what it'd have been like following Jesus around...one minute behaving like a Master Rabbi in a synagogue, the next traipsing round a cornfield with the disciples shedding more light on how you live fulltime in God with God living out through you in normal settings.<br /><br />Let's review this<br />1. the folly of preaching is still a major Kingdom tool by which we hear and believe<br />2 we need more not less<br />3 we need a kingdom/Spirit based way of running churches...forget this Pastor CEO Pyramid thingy which is nowhere in scripture<br />4 we need the immediate implementation of my vision of ringburners in the Ship Propulsion Unit analogy.(See blog subject heading) The ship burners are discarded after 600 hours...in the kingdom we get reassigned.<br />5. This ALWAYS ON,ALWAYS ONE MAN SHOW stuff is nuts<br />6. Jack Fortenberry says it is more than nuts. It actually promotes the Corinthian evils of dissensions and jealousies. Imagine holding a placard up with the words " Demonic stronghold of dissension, bitterness and jealousy landing strip just here!" That's what we are doing.More in "Corinthian Elders"<br /><br />Good on Piper. It'd be so cool if in his later years like RT Kendal here (Haslams predecessor) he got blitzed with God's current Word so he could slipstream into what God is actually doing right now.Chris Welch - 07000INTUNEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17932291173536070080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10905506.post-4369663221879678102010-03-31T07:59:59.387-04:002010-03-31T07:59:59.387-04:00Craig, the ironic thing is that Piper preaches tha...Craig, the ironic thing is that Piper preaches that we should minister in such a way that it burns us out in every way, we should actually kill ourselves. I think he gets this idea from Spurgeon and others. <br /><br />Anyway, I'm glad he's taking a break but truly ministering under legalism will kill you and burn you out. There are far more joyful and relaxing ways to live!julhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15688008902332240637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10905506.post-76047240229175098182010-03-31T03:39:09.188-04:002010-03-31T03:39:09.188-04:00...i am burning out, my marriage is failing, and i......i am burning out, my marriage is failing, and i have some personal "demons" to deal with, hence my protracted leave...<br /><br />mmmmmCraig Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13467337337776805827noreply@blogger.com