John Piper Q&A at Angola Prison

"This prison is the largest maximum-security prison in America. It is one of the most famous prisons in the whole world. It has only murderers, rapists, armed robbers and habitual felons. The average sentence is 88 years, with 3,200 people in one place serving life sentences. Ninety percent of the inmates will die here. This is a place of hopelessness, so if Angola can change, the rest of the countrys prisons cant say, We cant do this." http://www.desiringgod.org/Blog/2108_as_nice_as_they_let_me_as_mean_as_they_m...

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[themalina92]

People need to start becoming familiar with the true saints who were martyred. Fox's Book of Martyrs is a great place to start. Tortured for Christ is another great book. There is no separate Christianity for Western Christians. All those who profess Christ as their Lord must be willing to suffer for Him and they must consider it a privilege. Anything short of that is just the flesh talking.

[MegaDirkie]

God Bless John Piper!

[madenew000]

don't believe anything Piper says until you check whether it is in line with the Bible!

[quadcannon95]

I love how you can just feel the love of Christ in John Piper's words and tone. :) He is so accepting and is so good about making these Scriptures relative to our culture. God Bless you all! :)

[okorewq]

@earthalien77 I wholeheartedly agree with you. And, thanks be to God that He has always been merciful to you and by His extravagant grace kept your life to you when you would have ended it many times. Please stay your hope in Him. For all us who are in Christ, all we know is mercy upon mercy. And we love Jesus because we have not merited this mercy. Sorry I didn't contribute to the debate, but when you mentioned how God has kept you from suicide, I cannot help but adore His wonderful providence

[browilliams]

This would be a fantastic video to share with new believers

[bhz]

@salilihabibi Judas walked with Jesus,and witnessed the miracles first hand.Betrayed Jesus even when he knew that Jesus knew he would betray him. Many go to church every week, like Judas they hear the bible, may read the bible but never show any fruit because they never fully believed and surrendered their lives to Jesus. God prunes the vine (representing the church) to protect the rest of the vine (the Church). Which are you, in Christ bearing fruit? or just in Church not bearing.

[salilihabibi]

how can you be not really in the vine tree but broken from it? Kind of a contradiction Piper doesn't really answer too well at all. Perhaps the Word was teaching something that doesn't sit with his 16th century spectacles....

[ChristInJeff]

@Fleasfleas2 Oops! Thought you said "inconsistent". Not "consistent".

[ChristInJeff]

@Fleasfleas2 Hello! The one who truly believes in Jesus is the one who overcomes the world. There is no contradiction. Those who were justified [by faith] were glorified (Romans 8:30). May that help!