![]() On the one hand, I love my Lord, my wife, my five children and their families first and foremost and I love my work of preaching and writing and leading Bethlehem. ![]() I asked the elders to consider this leave because of a growing sense that my soul, my marriage, my family, and my ministry-pattern need a reality check from the Holy Spirit. It was announced on the Desiring God website – John Piper's Upcoming Leave – and this is a portion of what Piper wrote: However, we have not forgotten that around five and a half years ago John Piper took a sudden leave of absence. John and Noël were married in 1968 and have four sons and one daughter, along with a growing number of grandchildren.Īs he worshipped, Piper said the power of the Gospel brought real change in him. – He is founder and teacher at Desiring God ![]() – He pastored Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis for 33 years – He was Chancellor of Bethlehem College and Seminary The CT article also highlights Piper's career: Mahaney, and an audience of pastors at the 2016 Sovereign Grace Churches Pastors Conference held in late October in Indianapolis, Indiana. The CT article states:īefore he admitted it, no one had any inkling that Pastor John Piper-one of the most influential pastors, authors, and theologians in America-had a troubled married life.īut he did, and revealing it for the first time in public stunned his interviewer, fellow Pastor C.J. Last week Christianity Today reported on this stunning revelation. Now that you have read the words that were exchanged, take a look at the clip, paying close attention to Piper's voice inflections. And then picked me up, enabled me to preach and go home and press on. You proud arrogant selfish jerk! And He did that with the Gospel. And that's what happened to me repeatedly in song, in corporate worship God struck me down with hope He struck me down. I would feel like what an Idiot! I'm an Idiot, that you made that much of that. And in those moments of singing His greatness, His mercy, the Gospel, I would generally be melted, and I would feel hope. And I would go I would go to church under those awful conditions, and I'm supposed to preach. (laughter) Noël and I would have periodic real struggles, real struggles – not communicating, hurting each other with our words, um feeling hopeless that we could be happy. Mahaney: What do you mean by that? (laughter) Piper: I think I'm still married because of corporate worship. (Should you wish to hear the entire interview, go here.) What follows is a transcript of the exchange between John Piper and C.J. John Piper was a guest speaker, and he also spoke on Making the Authority of Scripture Practical. Mahaney and John Piper at the 2016 Sovereign Grace Churches Pastors Conference, held in late October. It focuses on a brief exchange between C.J. Several weeks ago Desiring God, a website that produces and distributes resources from the ministry of John Piper ( link), featured an interesting post entitled Corporate Worship Saved My Marriage. Mahaney Interviews John Piper at 2016 SGC Pastors Conference "Noël and I would have periodic real struggles, real struggles – not communicating, hurting each other with our words, … feeling hopeless that we could be happy."Ĭ.J.
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