justice

For my second video post in a row, I want to share a video from a series where people submit difficult questions to be answered by John Piper. For anyone who follows me on Twitter or reads this blog regularly, you know that I’m a fan of John Piper’s teaching (though I don’t agree with everything he says).

In this video he answers a common question that even I sometimes struggle reconciling. I agree wholeheartedly with how he addresses the question. You need to watch it all the way to the end.

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Jeremiah 22:15-17

October 7, 2007

in everything

Did not your father eat and drink
And do justice and righteousness?
Then it was well with him.

He pled the cause of the afflicted and the needy;
Then it was well.
Is this not what it means to know Me?

Declares the Lord.

But your eyes and your heart
Are intent only upon your own dishonest gain,
And on shedding innocent blood
And on practicing oppression and extortion.

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A Memo

October 7, 2007

in everything

To: America (her people, her government and especially the Church in her midst)
From: God
Courier: Jeremiah (22:3,5)

“Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. Also, do not mistreat or do violence to the stranger, the orphan, or the widow; and do not shed innocent blood.

If you will not obey these words I swear by Myself, that this house will become a desolation.”

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Free the Jena 6?

September 30, 2007

For the past few weeks I’ve been pondering the situation in Jena, LA. There has been a ton of outrage about 6 black high school students who have been charged (and in one case convicted) of 2nd Degree Attempted Murder against a white student. The story is a bit convoluted and has raised the ire [...]

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