Powerful! I can’t believe I’m hearing what I have been thinking for so long. I’ve never been able to stick to a church because I never got past a lot of the congregation’s blindness to their own cultural and financial capital. As a divorced single mother who had been freed from alcoholism and addiction for over 2 decades why did I get the feeling that people seemed to continually want to reach, teach and save me as a member of a church?! I already had a relationship with Jesus, it happened organically not within a church, I sought a church after. I remember thinking I’m listening to my pastor preach from chapters of the Bible that if I hadn’t read alone before I would have literally no comprehension of. There is the assumption that it will make sense, it was only that I had read the Bible alone, had a relationship with Jesus that I was able to cope with the imagining myself walking in 20 years before, how I would have been alienated by the preaching, the worship music. I left my church after I bought a male friend to church, we were dating and he was not yet a Christian but he was open minded. I got an email from my pastor that he was “very concerned for my walk with the Lord”. If I hadn’t seen a woman in exactly the same situation as me, but who had been widowed instead of divorced also who had bought her boyfriend to church who was not yet a believer, but he was welcomed and she was not reprimanded as it was not assumed that she was having sex with him? But it was assumed that I was. I saw I would always be seen through their lens of reality.

It’s really good to see discussions on the church, gospel and class. I found your talk much more palatable than the one I just watched where I saw a man explaining how to plant and church in a housing estate - and then went on to reference, addict mum, suicidal dad, unruly kids, unorganised and not task orientated mentalities - without once seeing the irony that all these issues exist in the middles classes but they have the cultural and financial capital for it not to derail their lives. He also did not mention ONE positive trait of the working classes in a housing estate and I don’t have to tell you what they are. Great talk - and good for you sticking with a church. Until I sense I am seen as an autonomous, full human being with my own relationship with Jesus rather than someone to be reached, saved, avoided or pitied, I cannot stomach it. I won’t give another middle class Christian the opportunity to get a warm fuzzy feeling because they stepped up and spoke to the poor single mum with 2 kids in tow ( with head tilted to one side usually and a weird smile ) Unsurprisingly the only people who did approach me were middle aged couples. None of the young mums my age gave me any indication that I too could be part of their group. I dressed so ridiculously modestly, angle length skirts and baggy jumpers so as not to arouse any suspicion that I might be after their husbands 😂. It made no difference. I remember once a sermon about the church being the body of Christ and how every part of the body being equally needed so to volunteer for any job. They said they needed choir members, so I approached the woman and said I’d like to join the choir. It was coming up to Christmas and they are my favourite hymns. She said without missing a beat or asking my name or saying “great!” - “are you a tenor or a soprano?” Or something like that! How the hell would I know? I was then given sheet music to practice…. I can’t read music. So I went away and no one ever approached me again as to why I didn’t carry on with it. The blindness to cultural capital is just so deeply embedded.

Wow - so you’ve just described the “indigenous” of councils estates as “drug addict mum” “suicidal dad” “unruly children” “a hard place” “unproductive and ‘messy” - you say you’ve recognised these sinful prejudices and judgements you didn’t even realise you had yet you have not used these terms to describe anyone in the middle class?! All these issues reside in the middle class, the only difference is the middle classes have cultural and financial capital to cushion these issues. Addiction? Can afford private rehab. Difficult children? Can afford paediatric and psychiatric assessment. Suicidal? Well that’s a lot easier to deal with when you can take 6 months paid leave ingrained in your favourable employment contract. You’ve missed the mark entirely here. You’ve also failed to mention any positive traits that result from poverty and disenfranchisement. Those being that the poor are least likely to judge, that the poor share limited resources with each other, even if that’s a knock at the door for a bit of milk or sugar! Rather than being unorganised or not task orientated, the poor seem to manage to navigate having to get 2 buses to a job, make it back in time to get the kids from school and then make a meal from an empty cupboard. The poor start their own community initiatives, volunteer as football coaches, try to revive a community centre or entire at least one building can be accessed for warmth and tea when most churches are closed Monday to Saturday. This is so disappointing as I can tell you genuinely believe you are being “out of the middle class bubble” but all you’ve done is confirm why working class and poor people never feel like fully recognised autonomous human beings in any church in the UK. The middle class always look at us to be reached, rescued and saved - you’re always looking down even when you think you are being so progressive

Guy Mason does a sermon in Australia on “Trans Rights”… then Matt’s church invites him to do a sermon at The Village shortly thereafter. I’m starting to suspect that Matt’s preplanned push for woke-ist, false, Marxism has been in the works for longer than any of us can fathom… thank you God for using Matt to grow me for a time, and for leading me away from his church and church planting networks…

Where’s the red flag emoji?!? Sam should be kicked from any form of leadership. A29 are leading many astray.

You need to close your doors & fold up, the Acts 29 name stands for BigEva type compromise.

2 of the BEST Pastors in the U.S , that preach the Gospel and we are so blessed to have these teachers in NE Fla.

Fantastic ❤

Joby is the best preacher! He is spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ in our community and around the World . Its exciting to see how Eleven 22 is planting churches all over Florida ! I Just lost my Husband sept 30 th 2024 and I will run to Jesus and this beautiful church family for love and support ! # because of the Gospel of Christ and his solid foundation I will be bold strong and courageous and i will get through this ! # Joby you are making a huge difference in our community ! # keep preaching Your congregation is listening !

When I read his book republished by the Reformed in Lithuanian translation, I thought: “What archaic Lithuanian Reformers! How can you use the rhetoric of the century before last?!” And then I suddenly learned that the author is not Lithuanian and should know that his arguments have long been destroyed by biblical scholars, philologists, historians and other scholars. But he continues to mislead people about what the Bible says. I cannot understand why some people put their cultural homophobic prejudices above the truth of biblical teachings and scientific discoveries. How can you simultaneously talk about respect for the Bible and distort its texts to support your misanthropic views?!

Is Steve Lawson going to be there? Just curious.😜

Blessings

Acts 29 member from uganda Blessings

So many Armenians are crying in the comments. 😂

Amen. Thank you Pastor John Piper for making it so clear that my salvation is nothing to do with my free will but all to do with God's Sovereignty.

What a balanced, timely message!

YET YOU gather with false teachers??? OK...guess you really DON'T care Matt!! YIKES

Roll Tide!

Chandler blowing up ministries

I kinda think it's not necessary to explain why God is not evil because ____ . Because I think the biblical answer is we don't get to judge God, and God can do whatever He wants. Just like God doesn't explain to Job why he suffered, despite clearly not doing anything to deserve those sufferings. Like if someone says how can God be good when _____ ? I just say you don't get to judge God, it's the other way around. Because like I don't want to give the impression that his opinion is the supreme court of whether something is true / just or not. Because it's not. Like the person might say why did God allow slavery ? And he might add, well I think all slavery is wrong. And why did God kill children in the flood, and in Egypt, well I think that's evil no matter what ... you're gonna put his opinion as the Supreme Court of truth. It would be an endless explanation of things, some things the bible doesn't even talk about. And like some Christians even lie, or make up explanations just to make God sound good when the bible doesn't teach it. And no matter how good the explanation is, the person can always reject it - well I think letting young children die of brain cancer is evil, no matter what you say.

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I was thinking about the millions of children who are alive because of Trump. Do you believe God holds them contemptible because they were saved by an “unqualified president”, as you put it?

Wow! one of those messages that you need to stop at every 5 minutes to pray.

The beautiful theology as taught by calvinist must be understood in the light of the separation between Gods divinity and our humility.. God is absolute good, we suffer because of our sins.. the audacity lies in the judgement of ours telling God he is not just to elect a few unconditionally to be with Him for eternity.. remember predestination is done in LOVE.. preserves us in LOVE.. accept the acceptance, you dont deserve anything but separation from Him.. accept the paradox, the tension between His absolutely sovereign will and your corrupted "free" will.. SURRENDER and Accept the acceptance with a broken and contrite heart and reformed Christianity's theology will somehow dim the rest of the world.. as sure as it is, as guaranteed as it is, as sealed as it is... im waiving the white flag, so help me God..

Nice to hear bro Ajay,good one.

Can you teach us Gods trustedness for his name, and our insurance in his name ! Can you made known the name of God for us

Imagine a world where these people worshipped Jesus Christ instead of Reformed Theology

shut up heretic

Hey Matt. How about you just teach the scriptures and stop treating all these pastors like they're your sons.

You inspire me so much. It’s your love for Jesus.

Its so nice to hear a sermon coming from an A29 conference that isn't laced with social justice or racial wokism. Im sure there are many A29 pastors who haven't towed the company line like Matt Chandler. If that's you, you have my thanks and respect. A29 lost their way a few years back. They have to get back to their roots and throw off the priorities and beliefs of this lost world. I hope this is a sign of things to come.

YOU ARE IGNORING SO MANY SCRIPTURES AND SO MANY EXAMPLES OF THOSE WHO CLEARLY DECIDED TO CHOOSE LIFE RATHER THAN DEATH > WHY? And the fact that by choosing Satan over God is how we got here > 🤪

Captain Wackadoodles at his finest.

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On one hand you are boasting that you understand what others don't > That God is the best. That God is perfect. That God has a plan and a purpose that He will accomplish (OF COURSE) in spite of US > YET what I see and hear is an OLD MAN who is NOT at peace with God but FRUSTRATED ENOUGH to say to God's vessels who are inside of His Shop that you don't care what WE think! Why don't you simply comply with God's cyrstal clear will as written in 1 Thessalonians 5:16-19 and STOP ACTING AWESTRUCK, JOYFILLED and FRUSTRATED all at the same time scaring the children and making them hate the whole "CHURCH EXPERIENCE?" It sounds like you are FED UP having to deal with EXACTLY WHAT THE TEACHER IS BEST AT > TEASTING OUR FAITH according to "THE SCRIPTURES" that you claim to love > 🤪

Read God's word. Read thoroughly and always consider the context. Consider who is speaking or being spoken to. Read the passage completely. Allow the scripture to say what it says. Don't overlay any theological system or presupposition over the scripture. I am so thankful to have escaped calvinism/reformed theology. I'd been influenced for 20 years by church leaders who believe it is true. I must follow what the scriptures say. And I'm so thankful to now understand... Reformed theology is false. Jesus did pay for the sins of the world. He loved to the uttermost . Unfortunately not everyone loves/believes Jesus and they will be condemned because of their unbelief. (Sins have been paid for) Repent and believe...search for Him with your whole heart. Acts 17 says He is not far from any one of us. Who do you say Jesus is?

The blind 🤡 leading the blind sheep. Imagine going through life completely convinced that you specifically are chosen by your god to be (elect). But that’s not enough, you need to make sure everyone around you knows it as well!

Great Message. Thanks John! At 34:10 was thrown by the CS Lewis mention, probably was referring back to Einstein talked about earlier. I guess CS could be in the same camp as Oprah and Brad, but only the Father can see into the heart and know us...Praise Him for his Amazing Grace! Just recently reading through the first 5 books of the Bible and it's abundantly clear that none of His chosen can stand with Him apart from Atonement and Grace, No one before Israel, in the original priesthood, or any Saint since. Amazing Grace, and Jesus being the fulfillment. Oh how I need Him every moment, every day. Praise God.

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Brilliant

Oh yes amazing grace!! I once was blind , deaf free willing my desires , traped , in bondage to the world's offerings seeking my selfish love until my heart was pierced and the Lord of mercies spoke to me thru His prophet Malachi and Christ healed me, this is Amazing grace! I am being " Reformed" into His image ✝️🙏

He is talking plain and simple, Critical Race Theory. Is church the place to preach this? If he feels he is too "privileged" to take the job, he shouldn't have taken the job.

I prefer hearing him than watching him. He is an excellent expositor of Scripture.

I really like John Piper, but every time I watch him it feels like he is performing on Broadway.

God Centeredness is Essential to Life. It's like the sun in our galaxy.

@mikelyons2381 what is your complaint? Are you born again? If so, your whining is irrelevant. If your friend is banging on God's door, who do you think drew him there? Are you saying people want to be saved but can't? Are you kidding me?

“Piper, we’ve got a problem. As I’m sure you know, the threat of a Trump-reign-of-terror redux is real. What are YOU doing NOW to prevent this? May I suggest renaming the previously named sins-in-the-Greek to Latin or Aramaic? Anything to re-elect Biden, you know…”

Pastor Joby, You have an incredible gift from God that draws people to Him. May the Lord protect and keep you,

Yeah real beautiful.

Yes God is supreme to all is creation WHO CAN RESIST IS WILL?