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Hi Hannah – sorry for the mix up. After I posted that I went over to your blog and started reading some of your stuff and I have to giggle myself because I was thinking to myself – “she doesn’t seem to support the ‘role’ thing here in her blog”. I, like Cheryl and Rain above, have been skimming some of the entries and I got a little mixed up. Never the less, it provided an opportunity to get a bunch of stuff off my chest.

Rain – living in the Twin Cities, where Piper’s ministry is based, I have had a lot of exposure to him and his teaching. Simply put, he is a big deal here. I have also found much of what he says over the years to be thought provoking, inspiring, and instructive. In particular, I remember a rebuttal he wrote to an article in Christianity Today, which promoted an open attitude toward divorce, to be especially well received. But, like with any other human, we must evaluate each and every utterance from him against scripture. I’m afraid his views on marriage don’t stand up well at all when placed under that microscope. Unfortunately, as Cheryl points out, a large part of his broader theology, encompassing everything from gender relations to parenting to church operation, has this flawed view of marriage as the base. As such, even when he says something which on the surface you may agree with, you need to carefully consider what lies just beneath the surface of his commentary.