Yet again, Pastor John Piper calls us to rethink the way we think about guns, martyrdom, and the use of our discretionary money.
Yet again, Pastor John Piper calls us to rethink the way we think about guns, martyrdom, and the use of our discretionary money.
June 30, 2008 at 3:21 pm |
I read Piper’s posting on this. On one hand, I agree with his reasoning. On the other, I think he is WAY off. If I am in the jungle, spreading the gospel to a potentially hostile group of people, then I have accepted the risk I could be killed. It is TOTALLY different if I am in my house and someone breaks in trying to harm me or my family. The former example is intentional exposure to potential danger. The latter is me performing my God-given duty to defend my family. I have wrestled with this question a good bit having studied the martial arts for 13 years. But, I have made up my mind on one thing: if a person tries to harm my family while we are at home or performing normal daily activity, I’ll defend them with whatever means necessary. I think Piper is falling into extreme passivism on this one.
June 30, 2008 at 4:55 pm |
[...] above, I must disagree with Dr. Piper. Here is a comment I left on my good friend’s blog Cross on My Back: I read Piper’s posting on this. On one hand, I agree with his reasoning. On the other, I think [...]
July 1, 2008 at 5:36 pm |
Yeah, Martin, I would tend to agree, but I do think the command to turn the other cheek reminds us to constantly check our motives for so-called “self-defense.” We can only use force in other-defense, I would argue.
Great thoughts, though.