What The Star Tribune Got Right And Wrong

Jay
The Star-Tribune article about my sermon this past weekend got it partly right and partly wrong. The part that they got right was that I did not give a public endorsement for any legislation or candidate. But they got two parts wrong. First they say, “Key Minnesota pastors opt out of marriage fight.” I didn’t opt out.

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Candidate chosen to replace John Piper as Pastor of Preaching and Vision

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The Bethlehem elders are announcing to the congregation their candidate for Associate Pastor for Preaching and Vision and, God willing, John Piper’s eventual successor as the church’s senior pastor. Jason Meyer, 36-year-old Assistant Professor of New Testament for Bethlehem College and Seminary, is the elders’ recommendation for congregational consideration and vote at a special May 20 all-church meeting.

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Citizenship Confusion: John Piper and Entertainment Addiction

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There is no simple, easy way to discern what is entertainment, and what is not; or what is edifying, and what is not, with modern technology. Which means that before we can begin to cut out our “entertainment” or break our addiction, we need to do the hard work of figuring out what those actions even mean. …The Market would lead us to believe that our purpose is to be happy and to experience wonderful things (read: products, or experiences facilitated by products).

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Desiring God Ceases Direct Sales and Puts Inventory on Clearance

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“We’ll tell you more in the months to come. But here’s one implication of this clarified focus on the Web. We’ve decided that this ship could sail faster and farther if we stopped carrying hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of book inventory…We are leaving the selling business.” “Speaking of dumping the inventory, we are putting all of our books and resources on sale for $5 or less. Think of this as a transition sale.

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