Piper says:“At the heart of masculinity is a sense of benevolent responsibility to lead”This is the essence of Biblical manhood. Piper says you can see this in a marriage by who says “let’s.”“Let’s look over the finances.”“Let’s go out to eat.”A husband should be one who takes the initiative to lead. Many wives are frustrated …
To some the thought of a God that would seek his own adoration is completely revolting. To try to draw some sense out of this John Piper used this illustration. “Why do people go to the Grand Canyon? Is it to improve their self esteem?” The truth is that there is a tremendous void of …
David Wells in No Place for Truth writes a very relevant bit concerning the effects of modernity on the idividual’s phyche. He borrows from David Riesman when describing the “other-directed” person. On the whole, contemporary individualism is thoroughly emancipated, declining to draw values from the past (even the previous generation). But, paradoxically, it gives up …
