Piper believes God created men to be in charge: Paganism entered the Church P/7

                                                      Read Part One HERE

In this post I will compare a statement from the Pagan Greek Philosopher Aristotle with a statement from Bible College Chancellor John Piper.

Aristotle has said the following:

The male is by nature superior and the female inferior, and the one rules and the other is ruled.


John Piper has said the following:

Before sin entered the world God ordained and fitted Adam to be a loving, caring, strong leader for his wife Eve. And before sin entered God ordained Eve to be a partner who supports that leadership and helps carry it through.

The two arguments for not permitting a woman to have authority over men are:

1. The order of creation (man first, women second) implies a unique leadership role for the man.
2. The neglect of the divine pattern leads to transgression.


My comment:

From the above statements we can learn that Reformed Pastor John Piper's thinking is very like that of the Pagan Greek Philosopher Aristotle when discussing the roles of men and women. It is very obvious, therefore, that John Piper is very influenced by past cultures in his understanding of the word of God when it is related to that particular subject, which in turn will have influenced the view of the Reformed Church on the role of men and women.

 

Read Part Eight HERE