tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080491.post111819537566646889..comments2024-01-12T09:37:16.515-06:00Comments on paleoevangelical: One String Banjo? A Piper Book Review (part 1)Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07113808932788409800noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080491.post-1118251898740746512005-06-08T12:31:00.000-05:002005-06-08T12:31:00.000-05:00When I first heard the sound of Piper's single str...When I first heard the sound of Piper's single stringed bajo (a legitimate albeit imprecise analogy) I could not pick out the harmony that one string brought to my Christian life. In fact I initally saw it more as the cursed 1-3 beat (or 2-4 whichever is from Gehenna). But now I am so grateful for the resonance of that one string! What a difference it makes.<BR/><BR/>That preface is the most God-centered thing I have ever read on singleness. Sadly it was not until age 25 I came across such radical biblical thinking--oh to have been presented with it in Bible college.<BR/><BR/>While at the SASC conference last fall I asked Mohler some questions regarding what he was saying about singleness/marriage but due to the developing line behind me I did not get to the one regarding what he thought of that preface (I saw some tension there). I would love to hear his response. Perhaps sometime Paleo when you get into Mohler's take you can post a comparison of the two.<BR/><BR/>During the panel discussions at the conference (arguably the best part which won't be in the book) Piper did have some things to say to Mohler's position but unfortunately there was not as much direct interaction between the two as I was hoping for. Dever should have done more make it happen! Where did he learn to moderate interviews anyway?<BR/><BR/>That conference was excellent; I look forward to getting the book. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the quality posts Paleo--keep it up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080491.post-1118238692234695772005-06-08T08:51:00.000-05:002005-06-08T08:51:00.000-05:00amen on the foreword. ESPECIALLY the margaret clar...amen on the foreword. ESPECIALLY the margaret clarkson bits. even though she did write "so send i you" (which is not my fave), she wrote a ton of other gospel-packed hymns, and -- obviously -- some other helpful stuff. the excerpts quoted in piper's/grudem's foreword are wonderfully encouraging -- "and it is good."<BR/><BR/>i downloaded the SSC conference mp3s in january sometime and haven't made it through all of them, but they await me on the iPod. i have listened to a few of them a few times each, and i've passed them along to several friends as well. <BR/><BR/>one string? hmm. i don't know. it's a narrowminded estimation, in my narrowminded estimation. but even if it were true, there's a lot (apparently) that can be done with one string. one sermon, one paragraph, one lightbulb-igniting moment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com