Darren

I read all of the comments on the board and I think that maybe we are reading too much into John Piper’s marraige. Using our past experiences and statistics and putting a label or judgment on Piper and his marraige is really unfair.

When I look at the relationship of the God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirirt I believe that the Spirit and the Son submit to God the father’s authority. That does not make the Spirit or the Son less worthy, it merely puts them in different roles. I am a complimentarian, but it saddens me at the examples used above. I commend Jessica because she worded what a complimentarian view should be very well. I Love my wife very much, and she submits to me. I listen to her every thought, desire, and opinion and want nothing to do with “Lording” anything over her. My leadership frees her to be exactly who God is calling her to be. She has freedom under my leadership and she respects me as I Love her and make decisions when they need to be made. With all that being said I sacrifice and serve her, because that is the model that Christ has laid out for us, since he did not come to be served but to serve.

Is it possible that John Piper is realizing that he is failing at doing these things and wants to sacrificially show his wife Love? 9 months off does not necessarily mean he has “big” issues like abuse. Could it be that he is tired/drained/broken and wants to rejuvenate and fall in love with his wife again,a t least emotionally.

My guess is that many of us need to take the log out of our own eye before we pass judgement on somebody who we don’t even really know. If any here are blameless they would know better than to pass this kind of judgement on someone who has done so much for the kingdom (regardless of how much you agree with him on non-essentials).

Also, the reference to a man needing a helper more than a woman because scripture says that God made a suitable helper for the man is probably twisting scripture. A Pastor once said “Twist not scripture, lest you be Satan”. Obviously I am not calling anyone Satan, but lets be very careful about bending and twisting the Word of god whom we are all striving to know, Love, and imitate.