Comments on: Contemplating the Hyper-Pipers http://putmeinabox.com/2010/02/contemplating-the-hyper-pipers/ AND I'LL GET OUT Mon, 05 Sep 2011 18:54:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: PUT ME IN A BOX » Blog Archive » A New Kind of Christianity http://putmeinabox.com/2010/02/contemplating-the-hyper-pipers/comment-page-1/#comment-238 PUT ME IN A BOX » Blog Archive » A New Kind of Christianity Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:29:59 +0000 http://putmeinabox.com/?p=178#comment-238 [...] few weeks ago, I wrote a somewhat emotionally reactive post about (hyper-) Calvinism and the seeming militant commitment to it by its adherents.  I didn’t [...] [...] few weeks ago, I wrote a somewhat emotionally reactive post about (hyper-) Calvinism and the seeming militant commitment to it by its adherents.  I didn’t [...]

]]> By: Rosemary http://putmeinabox.com/2010/02/contemplating-the-hyper-pipers/comment-page-1/#comment-237 Rosemary Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:10:37 +0000 http://putmeinabox.com/?p=178#comment-237 I know where you're coming from. What I don't know is where all these Calvinists are coming from. Seriously, they are everywhere these days! My own family is still pretty much standard fundamentalist Pentecostals, not really Calvinists--but my husband's family is totally in the hyper-Piper camp. Not a day goes by when one of them is not posting a Bible verse on Facebook about what wretched sinners they are, etc. I like what Anne says--"If they think I need their prayers they are welcomed." I sometimes resent feeling like a large group of my friends think I am "backslidden" and unBiblical because I don't agree with them or go to the same kind of church they do anymore, but I guess I should be glad they care enough to feel bad for me. I am still somewhat "in the closet" about my own disagreements with my fundamentalist friends, but I think they've cottoned on to the fact that I'm at least in a mainline denomination now and most don't approve of that. It's hard for me to come out completely and tell them how I really think because I am so non-confrontational. I know where you’re coming from. What I don’t know is where all these Calvinists are coming from. Seriously, they are everywhere these days! My own family is still pretty much standard fundamentalist Pentecostals, not really Calvinists–but my husband’s family is totally in the hyper-Piper camp. Not a day goes by when one of them is not posting a Bible verse on Facebook about what wretched sinners they are, etc. I like what Anne says–”If they think I need their prayers they are welcomed.” I sometimes resent feeling like a large group of my friends think I am “backslidden” and unBiblical because I don’t agree with them or go to the same kind of church they do anymore, but I guess I should be glad they care enough to feel bad for me.

I am still somewhat “in the closet” about my own disagreements with my fundamentalist friends, but I think they’ve cottoned on to the fact that I’m at least in a mainline denomination now and most don’t approve of that. It’s hard for me to come out completely and tell them how I really think because I am so non-confrontational.

]]> By: Anne http://putmeinabox.com/2010/02/contemplating-the-hyper-pipers/comment-page-1/#comment-236 Anne Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:20:44 +0000 http://putmeinabox.com/?p=178#comment-236 I have had pleasent conversations with some serious Piper fans and even read a few books on their recommendation. In the end I can't embrace their point of view. It has become almost a passion of mine--Free Will. I have made peace that they at times pity me. If they think I need their prayers they are welcomed. I have had pleasent conversations with some serious Piper fans and even read a few books on their recommendation. In the end I can’t embrace their point of view. It has become almost a passion of mine–Free Will. I have made peace that they at times pity me. If they think I need their prayers they are welcomed.

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