Title
"John Piper, 1946-)", "John Piper" or "The Pied Piper" [5]
Introduction
Dr. John Piper is an American Theologian, Author, Pastor for Preaching and Vision at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota [1|11], and Founder of Desiring God Ministries [1|8|9].
Convictions
Piper is a Baptist [11], Continuationist [12], Federal Visionist [2] and Neolegalist [4|5]. He also claims to be a Calvinist [11], but in reality he's more of an Arminian [5].
Agreements
We both uphold and defend the doctrines of Total Depravity, Compatibilistic Free Will [10], Conditional Election [5], Limited Atonement [13], Irresistible Grace [10], Eternal Security [8|9].
Differences
We disagree on the doctrines of Federal Vision [2|3] and Neolegalism [4|5].
» Piper upholds the Doctrine of Universal Immortality [17|18], while I defend the Doctrine of Conditional Immortality.
Responses
For my Public Responses to Piper, please review "A Response to 'Behold The Kindness & Severity of God: The Echo & Insufficiency of Hell' by John Piper".
Associations
» American Theologian, Professor at Fuller Theological Seminary and Neolegalist, Prof. Dr. Daniel P. Fuller, seems to be a good friend, since Piper described him as the "most influential living teacher in his [my] life" [5].
» American Theologian, Author and Pastor, Rick Warren (1954-), seems to be a good friend of John Piper [2|12|14|15], since he was invited as guest speaker to the 2010 Desiring God National Conference. [2|12]
Detractors
» American Theologian, Author and Founder of The Trinity Foundation, Dr. John W Robbins (-2008), opposed Piper in a number of essays, including "John Piper Invites Rick Warren to speak at 2010 Desiring God Conference" [2], "The Gospel of Jesus Christ versus Neolegalism" [4], "Pied Piper" [5] and "The Justification Controversy: A Guide for the Perplexed" [7].
» Karlberg opposed Piper in an essay, entitled "The Changing of the Guard" [6].
» American Theologian, Author and Blogger at Apprising Ministries, Pastor Ken Silva, opposed Piper in a number of essays, including "A 'Prophetic Word' from Dr. John Piper" [12] and "Questions Concerning Dr. John Piper" [20].
» American Theologian, Author, and Blogger, Mike Ratliff, opposed Piper in "An Open Letter to Frank Turk" [19].
» South African Theologian and Blogger at Discerning The World, Deborah, opposed Piper in a number of essays, including "John Piper - Oh those 'Secondary Separation Issues'!" [14] and "John Piper – Accepting One Mountain with All the Others" [16].
» South African Theologian and former Charismatic Pentecostal Pastor, EJ Hill (1977-), opposed Piper in a number of essays, including "John Piper, 1946-" and "A Response to 'Behold The Kindness & Severity of God: The Echo & Insufficiency of Hell' by John Piper" [21].
Videos
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Bibliography
1. Who Is John Piper? (Desiring God; 24 November 2011)
2. Dr. John W Robbins. John Piper Invites Rick Warren to speak at 2010 Desiring God Conference (The Trinity Foundation; 2 July 2010)
3. VIDEO: John Piper Endorses the Federal Vision Heresy (YouTube; 7 July 2010)
4. Dr. John W Robbins. The Gospel of Jesus Christ versus Neolegalism (The Trinity Foundation; 7 July 2010)
5. Dr. John W Robbins. Pied Piper (The Trinity Foundation; 7 July 2010)
6. Karlberg. The Changing of the Guard (The Trinity Foundation; 7 July 2010)
7. Dr. John W Robbins. The Justification Controversy: A Guide for the Perplexed (The Trinity Foundation; 7 July 2010)
8. VIDEO: John Piper. What is perseverance of the saints? (YouTube; 7 January 2008)
9. VIDEO: John Piper. No One Born of God Makes a Practice of Sinning (YouTube; 15 March 2008)
10. VIDEO: John Piper. Irresistible Grace (YouTube; 27 April 2009)
11. John Piper (theologian) (Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; 27 September 2010)
12. Ken Silva. A 'Prophetic Word' from Dr. John Piper (Apprising Ministries; 20 July 2010)
13. Dr. John Piper. For Whom Did Christ Die? & What Did Christ Actually Achieve on the Cross for Those for Whom He Died? (Monergism; 4 October 2010)
14. Deborah. John Piper - Oh those 'Secondary Separation Issues'! (Discerning The World; 20 October 2010)
15. VIDEO: John Piper. Why Rick Warren @ the Desiring God 2010 National Conference? (Desiring God; 31 March 2010)
16. Deborah. John Piper – Accepting One Mountain with All the Others (Discerning The World; 26 May 2010)
17. Dr. John Piper. If our souls are immortal, why do our bodies need to be resurrected? (Desiring God; 23 January 2006) ✔
18. EJ Hill. The Doctrine of Universal Immortality (Ejays; 24 November 2011) ✔
19. Mike Ratliff. An Open Letter to Frank Turk (Possessing The Treasure; 5 February 2011)
20. Ken Silva. Questions Concerning Dr. John Piper (Apprising Ministries; 16 June 2010)
21. EJ Hill. A Response to 'Behold The Kindness & Severity of God: The Echo & Insufficiency of Hell' by John Piper (Ejays; 7 January 2012) ✔
22. Christine Pack and Cathy Mathews. We're Really Not Out To "Get" John Piper and Beth Moore (Sola Sisters; 11 January 2012)
For more information on John Piper, please visit the official Desiring God website.
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Revisions
07.07.2010 / 26-28.09.2010 / 04.10.2010 / 06.12.2010 / 24.11.2011 / 07-08.01.2012 / 12.01.2012
