Great response.
*Job suffers loss, finds hope in God.*
John Piper: I pray that Oklahoma and all of us will find hope in God, just like Job.
Brian: You’re just like Job’s friends.
Terrible response.Brian didn’t disagree with what Piper said, he simply added on a caution. How is that terrible?
I think the disagreement is obvious. Job’s “friends” didn’t try to explain it all, they accused Job of doing wrong. This is obviously a shot at John Piper lol. Also, Job’s friends didn’t sit at a comfortable distance. They sat with Job for a week and did not leave his side, mourning with him. So this is why I think there is disagreement.
See that’s where we’re gonna have to disagree because Job’s friend both tried to explain it all and accused him of doing wrong. Pretty much this reply is in reference to the tweet Piper deleted AND this one as well. And he (Brian) never stated that Job’s friend’s sat at a comfortable distance, I’m pretty sure he’s aware of that…what he is saying is that in a time like this, trying to understand why this happened isn’t the best thing to do…especially when you want to paint it as ‘judgement’.
That’s it. If you ask me this response was pretty civil considering the follow he posted previously.I know that Brian wasn’t saying that Job’s friends sat at a comfortable distance. that’s why I think it was a terrible response. it wasn’t about how we shouldn’t try to explain tragedies. That would be even worse lol. We need to understand why things happen in this world.
And if it is in reference to this tweet and the one that John Piper deleted, that gives me more confidence that Brian’s comment is indirectly directed at John. It doesn’t matter what John posted previously. He obviously thought that was a bad idea. As if no one else has ever posted something and then deleted it because they figured it was a bad idea. So it’s quite obvious that this is indeed directed at John, and because it is, it is petty and poor.
John is hoping and praying for Oklahoma, and we should be as well instead of typing away at how John Piper is wrong about finding hope in God and seeing His mercy and compassion.You honestly cannot expect people to not react to what Piper said, whether he deleted it or not. And in my honest opinion I think that he only deleted it because of the uproar it caused, not because he thought otherwise after (probably since this isn’t the first time I’ve heard he made a comment like that).
In any case, you can’t blame people for being upset or responding to what he said (especially if he didn’t apologize). As I said, Brian responded pretty civil to him whether you agree with it or not and it’s far better than how disputes are handled on this website.
So I’m just agreeing to disagree right now because this isn’t going anywhere.http://www.desiringgod.org/blog/posts/those-deleted-tweets
We can end with this article explaining what actually happened on John Piper’s side of the story.
I read that today and although he explained himself, I couldn’t help but notice he didn’t apologize, to which was probably the first thing he should have done. But I guess it’s better than nothing.
To be honest, If I were him, I wouldn’t have apologized because I would have done nothing wrong. He said something intended for comfort, was misunderstood, and is the public jumped the gun on him. if anything, those who were criticizing him should apologize for jumping the gun on him, once again.
It’s called common courtesy. If I unknowingly offended someone (and in this case he offended a LOT of people) I would apologize and clarify myself. But then again, getting an apology from Piper is probably like squeezing a nickel out of a dime so I wouldn’t be too surprised if that was his train of thought. Either way, he saying or not saying sorry is not increasing the value of my life so I really don’t care tbh. That’s between him and God.
He clarified himself and that’s all he needed to do. I wouldn’t ask an apology of him just for “common courtesy.” That’s quite unnecessary to expect of anyone. All we should expect is sincerity. He should not be expected to apologize for something he didn’t do. I wouldn’t expect that from anyone Anyway, this is long drawn-out and we’re not really getting anywhere lol
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Great response.
*Job suffers loss, finds hope in God.*
John Piper: I pray that Oklahoma and all of us will find hope in God, just like Job.
Brian: You’re just like Job’s friends.
Terrible response.Brian didn’t disagree with what Piper said, he simply added on a caution. How is that terrible?
I think the disagreement is obvious. Job’s “friends” didn’t try to explain it all, they accused Job of doing wrong. This is obviously a shot at John Piper lol. Also, Job’s friends didn’t sit at a comfortable distance. They sat with Job for a week and did not leave his side, mourning with him. So this is why I think there is disagreement.
See that’s where we’re gonna have to disagree because Job’s friend both tried to explain it all and accused him of doing wrong. Pretty much this reply is in reference to the tweet Piper deleted AND this one as well. And he (Brian) never stated that Job’s friend’s sat at a comfortable distance, I’m pretty sure he’s aware of that…what he is saying is that in a time like this, trying to understand why this happened isn’t the best thing to do…especially when you want to paint it as ‘judgement’.
That’s it. If you ask me this response was pretty civil considering the follow he posted previously.I know that Brian wasn’t saying that Job’s friends sat at a comfortable distance. that’s why I think it was a terrible response. it wasn’t about how we shouldn’t try to explain tragedies. That would be even worse lol. We need to understand why things happen in this world.
And if it is in reference to this tweet and the one that John Piper deleted, that gives me more confidence that Brian’s comment is indirectly directed at John. It doesn’t matter what John posted previously. He obviously thought that was a bad idea. As if no one else has ever posted something and then deleted it because they figured it was a bad idea. So it’s quite obvious that this is indeed directed at John, and because it is, it is petty and poor.
John is hoping and praying for Oklahoma, and we should be as well instead of typing away at how John Piper is wrong about finding hope in God and seeing His mercy and compassion.You honestly cannot expect people to not react to what Piper said, whether he deleted it or not. And in my honest opinion I think that he only deleted it because of the uproar it caused, not because he thought otherwise after (probably since this isn’t the first time I’ve heard he made a comment like that).
In any case, you can’t blame people for being upset or responding to what he said (especially if he didn’t apologize). As I said, Brian responded pretty civil to him whether you agree with it or not and it’s far better than how disputes are handled on this website.
So I’m just agreeing to disagree right now because this isn’t going anywhere.http://www.desiringgod.org/blog/posts/those-deleted-tweets
We can end with this article explaining what actually happened on John Piper’s side of the story.
I read that today and although he explained himself, I couldn’t help but notice he didn’t apologize, to which was probably the first thing he should have done. But I guess it’s better than nothing.
To be honest, If I were him, I wouldn’t have apologized because I would have done nothing wrong. He said something intended for comfort, was misunderstood, and the public jumped the gun on him. if anything, those who were criticizing him should apologize for jumping the gun on him, once again.
(Source: achingforcomposure)
Great response.
*Job suffers loss, finds hope in God.*
John Piper: I pray that Oklahoma and all of us will find hope in God, just like Job.
Brian: You’re just like Job’s friends.
Terrible response.Brian didn’t disagree with what Piper said, he simply added on a caution. How is that terrible?
I think the disagreement is obvious. Job’s “friends” didn’t try to explain it all, they accused Job of doing wrong. This is obviously a shot at John Piper lol. Also, Job’s friends didn’t sit at a comfortable distance. They sat with Job for a week and did not leave his side, mourning with him. So this is why I think there is disagreement.
See that’s where we’re gonna have to disagree because Job’s friend both tried to explain it all and accused him of doing wrong. Pretty much this reply is in reference to the tweet Piper deleted AND this one as well. And he (Brian) never stated that Job’s friend’s sat at a comfortable distance, I’m pretty sure he’s aware of that…what he is saying is that in a time like this, trying to understand why this happened isn’t the best thing to do…especially when you want to paint it as ‘judgement’.
That’s it. If you ask me this response was pretty civil considering the follow he posted previously.I know that Brian wasn’t saying that Job’s friends sat at a comfortable distance. that’s why I think it was a terrible response. it wasn’t about how we shouldn’t try to explain tragedies. That would be even worse lol. We need to understand why things happen in this world.
And if it is in reference to this tweet and the one that John Piper deleted, that gives me more confidence that Brian’s comment is indirectly directed at John. It doesn’t matter what John posted previously. He obviously thought that was a bad idea. As if no one else has ever posted something and then deleted it because they figured it was a bad idea. So it’s quite obvious that this is indeed directed at John, and because it is, it is petty and poor.
John is hoping and praying for Oklahoma, and we should be as well instead of typing away at how John Piper is wrong about finding hope in God and seeing His mercy and compassion.You honestly cannot expect people to not react to what Piper said, whether he deleted it or not. And in my honest opinion I think that he only deleted it because of the uproar it caused, not because he thought otherwise after (probably since this isn’t the first time I’ve heard he made a comment like that).
In any case, you can’t blame people for being upset or responding to what he said (especially if he didn’t apologize). As I said, Brian responded pretty civil to him whether you agree with it or not and it’s far better than how disputes are handled on this website.
So I’m just agreeing to disagree right now because this isn’t going anywhere.
http://www.desiringgod.org/blog/posts/those-deleted-tweets
We can end with this article explaining what actually happened on John Piper’s side of the story.
(Source: achingforcomposure)
Great response.
*Job suffers loss, finds hope in God.*
John Piper: I pray that Oklahoma and all of us will find hope in God, just like Job.
Brian: You’re just like Job’s friends.
Terrible response.Brian didn’t disagree with what Piper said, he simply added on a caution. How is that terrible?
I think the disagreement is obvious. Job’s “friends” didn’t try to explain it all, they accused Job of doing wrong. This is obviously a shot at John Piper lol. Also, Job’s friends didn’t sit at a comfortable distance. They sat with Job for a week and did not leave his side, mourning with him. So this is why I think there is disagreement.
See that’s where we’re gonna have to disagree because Job’s friend both tried to explain it all and accused him of doing wrong. Pretty much this reply is in reference to the tweet Piper deleted AND this one as well. And he (Brian) never stated that Job’s friend’s sat at a comfortable distance, I’m pretty sure he’s aware of that…what he is saying is that in a time like this, trying to understand why this happened isn’t the best thing to do…especially when you want to paint it as ‘judgement’.
That’s it. If you ask me this response was pretty civil considering the follow he posted previously.
I know that Brian wasn’t saying that Job’s friends sat at a comfortable distance. that’s why I think it was a terrible response. it wasn’t about how we shouldn’t try to explain tragedies. That would be even worse lol. We need to understand why things happen in this world.
And if it is in reference to this tweet and the one that John Piper deleted, that gives me more confidence that Brian’s comment is indirectly directed at John. It doesn’t matter what John posted previously. He obviously thought that was a bad idea. As if no one else has ever posted something and then deleted it because they figured it was a bad idea. So it’s quite obvious that this is indeed directed at John, and because it is, it is petty and poor.
John is hoping and praying for Oklahoma, and we should be as well instead of typing away at how John Piper is wrong about finding hope in God and seeing His mercy and compassion.
(Source: achingforcomposure)
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Anonymous asked: I think it's fair to read Brian's tweet not directed at Piper, but adding onto it. I think they're both good thoughts that work together in a synthesis, not against each other.
I think they would both be excellent thoughts, but I do think it was directed at Piper and what he has said in the past.
Great response.
*Job suffers loss, finds hope in God.*
John Piper: I pray that Oklahoma and all of us will find hope in God, just like Job.
Brian: You’re just like Job’s friends.
Terrible response.Brian didn’t disagree with what Piper said, he simply added on a caution. How is that terrible?
I think the disagreement is obvious. Job’s “friends” didn’t try to explain it all, they accused Job of doing wrong. This is obviously a shot at John Piper lol. Also, Job’s friends didn’t sit at a comfortable distance. They sat with Job for a week and did not leave his side, mourning with him. So this is why I think there is disagreement.
(Source: achingforcomposure)
Great response.
*Job suffers loss, finds hope in God.*
John Piper: I pray that Oklahoma and all of us will find hope in God, just like Job.
Brian: You’re just like Job’s friends.
Terrible response.
(Source: achingforcomposure, via 116boy)
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sonshineandflowerythings asked: Okay, I love love LOVE your blog so much. I was reading your "I Should Be Dead" page and when I got to the last paragraph about the names, I just wanted to cry and cry and cry!The story of God's Glory in your life is incredible.
I’m glad God has been glorified in this way! Thank you for the encouragement. If you have any questions or comments, let me know!
God bless,
Samuel Assaf
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“Do everything without grumbling or arguing.”
A reminder of what we have and how we should temper our reactions.
Awesome looking creature from the depths of the sea, one the ones that have only ever been seen once or twice.
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Anonymous asked: What do you think about Christian women wearing head coverings and hijabs?
Modesty is huge, and I have major respect for anyone who cares about it. And so, if they want to wear a head covering and/or hijab, I’m fine with that. It’s not a sin to wear a covering or not. However, if they do believe it is a sin for others not to, that is where it would bother me. For Scriptural reference, read Romans 14.Is there any reason for your asking?
If we created it, then why can’t we stop it, bend it, change it, or relive it?
The inevitable truth of our constant decline.
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