Comments on: Did God Cause the Destruction in LA? http://svenontech.com/2005/09/12/did-god-cause-the-destruction-in-la/ The technology resource you can't resist! Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:00:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Evers Ding http://svenontech.com/2005/09/12/did-god-cause-the-destruction-in-la/#comment-11825 Evers Ding Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:04:11 +0000 http://svenrox.com/?p=5447#comment-11825 I actually thought this was the most powerful statement that Piper made: "This will always be ludicrous to those who put the life of man above the glory of God. Until our hearts are broken, not just for the life-destroying misery of human pain, but for the God-insulting rebellion of human sin, we will not see intelligent design in the way God mingles mercy and judgment in this world." Men sin not because they don't realize that it's bad. It's because they don't love the God whose glory sin offends above all. That's also why education can never make man better: only sovereign heart-changing grace. BTW, I think Piper is better described as a pastor/author than as a scholar. And Al Mohler's blog covers a <a href="http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=262" rel="nofollow">good interchange</a> wherein he discusses this same issue with a few other leading evangelicals. Also see <a> re: thoughts from Philip Ryken.</a> I actually thought this was the most powerful statement that Piper made:

“This will always be ludicrous to those who put the life of man above the glory of God. Until our hearts are broken, not just for the life-destroying misery of human pain, but for the God-insulting rebellion of human sin, we will not see intelligent design in the way God mingles mercy and judgment in this world.”

Men sin not because they don’t realize that it’s bad. It’s because they don’t love the God whose glory sin offends above all. That’s also why education can never make man better: only sovereign heart-changing grace.

BTW, I think Piper is better described as a pastor/author than as a scholar. And Al Mohler’s blog covers a good interchange wherein he discusses this same issue with a few other leading evangelicals. Also see re: thoughts from Philip Ryken.

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