Thursday, June 13, 2013

Is John Piper a Hypocrite? [VIDEO]


Following his TGC13 Missions Conference plenary message, "The Heart of God in the Call to Proclaim: Our Goal: To Please Him" (2 Cor. 5:1-10), John Piper sat down with Mark Mellinger to discuss God's missionary call on the church.

Are most American missionaries prepared for what awaits them? It depends, Piper suggests, largely on what kind of church they've been in and what kind of preaching they've heard about suffering. "If you've heard a pastor come to terms with suffering over and over again, and relate the sovereignty of God to it," Piper says, "you'll be so much better prepared than if suffering has always been seen as an intrusion into the God-intended life of comfort and ease." Read more

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