John Piper is right to focus on responsibilities more than rights. The world talks often about 'human rights' but talks much less about human responsibilities. However, every human being is crammed full, so to speak, of responsibilities, firstly upwards towards God, who made us, owns us and loves us, and secondly to other human beings.
Perhaps you folks should do a teaching for former children who grew up with parents whom both parents made ALL of these mistakes and how to overcome them. I'm 58 years old and I have yet to hear of ANY christian organization helping adults with these issues.
Children are typically emotionally and mentally fragile, so it is quite right to say that parents need to be careful to encourage and not discourage. This is a very big deal in parenting. Discouraging kids can cause long-lasting problems.
John Piper gives good reasons for why Paul tells fathers, and not parents generally, not to provoke their children. But it is still true that mothers should also be careful not to provoke their children. Paul's teaching is more relevant for fathers than for mothers, but it still has some relevance for mothers.
I simply cannot believe I have to school an educated man, ostensibly “scripture-saturated”, in the very basic tenet of Christianity is stunning. Yes, Piper, life is precious: human life doesn’t cease to matter if you don’t like the personality of “a certain kind of person.”
Matthew 5:8😊❤ Genesis 1:20- 23❤ "20 And God(😊100%❤) said, " Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures❤ , and let birds❤ fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens. 21 So God(😊100%❤) created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds(❤) , and every winged (😊1st❤)bird(❤) according to its kind. And God saw that it was good(😊❤) . 22 And God( 😊100%❤)blessed(😊❤) them, saying, " Be fruitful(❤) and multiply(❤) and fill (❤) the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply (❤) on the earth." 23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day."( Gensis 1;20-23 Zondervan NIV Study Bible). Matthew 1:18-24( The birth of Jesus(😊1st❤) "18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ(Jesus😊1st❤) took place in this way. When his mother Mary(😊❤) had been betrothed to Joseph(😊❤), before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit(😊❤). 19 And her husband Joseph(😊❤), being a just(❤) man( " Just man"😊❤) and unwilling(❤) to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he considered these things behold, an angel(😊❤) of the Lord appeared to him( Joseph😊❤) in a dream, saying❤, " Joseph, son of David❤, do not be fear to take Mary 😊❤ as your wife😊❤, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit(😊❤). 21 She( Mary😊❤) will bear a son( Jesus😊1st❤), and you shall call his name Jesus(😊1st❤), for he will save❤ his people❤ from their sins." 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet❤: 23" Behold, the virgin( Mary😊❤) shall conceive and bear a son( Jesus😊❤, our savior in Christ), and they shall call his( Jesus' 😊1st❤) name Immanuel"(which means, God( God😊100%❤) with us). 24 When Joseph(😊❤) woke up from sleep( remenber of Matthew 1:20), he did as the angel of the Lord(😊❤) commanded him: he took his wife, 25 but knew her( no sex before marriage ) not until she had given birth to a son( Jesus😊1st❤). And he( Joseph😊❤) called his( Jesus') name Jesus(😊1st❤)."( Matthew 1:18-25 ESV. I also praise to the Lord( Jesus😊1st❤) and thank God for Joseph was"... being a just man..." in Jesus'name, i pray( John 14:6😊❤ and Thank God for the love😊❤( John 3:16😊❤;John 13:34😊❤; John 14:21😊❤) we have for one another in Christ by God's grace( Ephesians 2:8😊❤) with love for one another and humanity in Christ. Thank You God of the Bible. In Jesus'name, i pray( Psalm1:1-3😊❤; Matthew 6:9-10😊❤ , Matthew 28:19-20 😊❤and Romans 8:28❤) Amen.
John Piper is right to focus on responsibilities more than rights.
The world talks often about 'human rights' but talks much less about human responsibilities. However, every human being is crammed full, so to speak, of responsibilities, firstly upwards towards God, who made us, owns us and loves us, and secondly to other human beings.
thank You Lord for the blessing of Your children! help us to raise them the way You want us to!
I needed to hear this. As a father to a young boy, I struggle with this daily. Lord help me be more like You and less like me 🙏.
God Bless
Heavenly Father help us fathers to be more like you.
Perhaps you folks should do a teaching for former children who grew up with parents whom both parents made ALL of these mistakes and how to overcome them. I'm 58 years old and I have yet to hear of ANY christian organization helping adults with these issues.
Children are typically emotionally and mentally fragile, so it is quite right to say that parents need to be careful to encourage and not discourage. This is a very big deal in parenting. Discouraging kids can cause long-lasting problems.
John Piper gives good reasons for why Paul tells fathers, and not parents generally, not to provoke their children. But it is still true that mothers should also be careful not to provoke their children. Paul's teaching is more relevant for fathers than for mothers, but it still has some relevance for mothers.
I simply cannot believe I have to school an educated man, ostensibly “scripture-saturated”, in the very basic tenet of Christianity is stunning. Yes, Piper, life is precious: human life doesn’t cease to matter if you don’t like the personality of “a certain kind of person.”
You do seem to have a problem with pretty much everything JP stands for🤔
Hank, you havented schooled anyone. All you've done is misrepresent John Piper because you're still bitter about Trump losing
thanks!
Matthew 5:8😊❤
Genesis 1:20- 23❤
"20 And God(😊100%❤) said, " Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures❤
, and let birds❤ fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.
21 So God(😊100%❤) created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds(❤)
, and every winged (😊1st❤)bird(❤) according to its kind. And God saw that it was good(😊❤)
.
22 And God( 😊100%❤)blessed(😊❤) them, saying,
" Be fruitful(❤) and multiply(❤) and fill (❤)
the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply (❤)
on the earth."
23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day."( Gensis 1;20-23 Zondervan NIV Study Bible).
Matthew 1:18-24( The birth of Jesus(😊1st❤)
"18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ(Jesus😊1st❤)
took place in this way.
When his mother
Mary(😊❤) had been betrothed to Joseph(😊❤), before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit(😊❤).
19 And her husband Joseph(😊❤), being a just(❤) man( " Just man"😊❤) and unwilling(❤) to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.
20 But as he considered these things behold, an angel(😊❤) of the Lord appeared to him( Joseph😊❤) in a dream, saying❤,
" Joseph, son of David❤, do not be fear to take Mary 😊❤ as your wife😊❤, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit(😊❤).
21 She( Mary😊❤)
will bear a son( Jesus😊1st❤), and you shall call his name Jesus(😊1st❤), for he will save❤ his people❤ from their sins."
22 All this took place
to fulfill
what the Lord had spoken by the prophet❤:
23" Behold, the virgin( Mary😊❤) shall conceive and bear a son( Jesus😊❤, our savior in Christ), and they shall call his( Jesus' 😊1st❤) name Immanuel"(which means, God( God😊100%❤) with us).
24 When Joseph(😊❤) woke up from sleep( remenber of Matthew 1:20),
he did
as the angel of the Lord(😊❤) commanded him:
he took his wife,
25 but knew her( no sex before marriage ) not until she had given birth to a son( Jesus😊1st❤). And he( Joseph😊❤) called his( Jesus') name Jesus(😊1st❤)."( Matthew 1:18-25 ESV. I also praise to the Lord( Jesus😊1st❤) and thank God for Joseph was"... being a just man..." in Jesus'name, i pray( John 14:6😊❤ and Thank God for the love😊❤( John 3:16😊❤;John 13:34😊❤; John 14:21😊❤)
we have for one another in Christ by God's grace( Ephesians 2:8😊❤) with love for one another and humanity in Christ. Thank You God of the Bible. In Jesus'name, i pray( Psalm1:1-3😊❤;
Matthew 6:9-10😊❤
, Matthew 28:19-20 😊❤and Romans 8:28❤) Amen.
This is my dad to a Capital T
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