Summit VI – John Piper

Posted by Patrick Corkum on April 30, 2010

Closing talk is John Piper, pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis. Things I like

1. He pointed out something that I have been trying to tell people…. they should not exclude the last part of James 1:27… “remaining unstained by the world.” He and I disagree about what James was saying, but the concept is close enough. People should not forget that part.

2. The point of his talk is “acting through faith”. This is so true… it is not us, but Christ working in us. We must walk by faith. He uses Hebrews 11 to make the point that it is going to be tough and painful… but that is the “risk” of faith.

3. He’s got a dynamic presentation quality.

Things I don’t like….

1. He seems to be using a form sermon. You know, take the sermon and fill in the ministry of the group you are talking to in the blank. It doesn’t make it any less true, but still.

2. He closes his eyes too much.

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He’s going through something in his life, I am not sure what it is, but it seems to be eating him to the core. He is taking a ministry break to “reexamine his soul”. I hope and pray things go well.