{"id":159,"date":"2006-10-09T22:42:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-10T02:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=159"},"modified":"2013-06-28T15:42:50","modified_gmt":"2013-06-28T19:42:50","slug":"piper-on-the-sin-of-comparing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=159","title":{"rendered":"Piper on the Sin of Comparing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is unlikely that anyone reading this blog has not already seen Justin Taylor&#8217;s posts over at <a href=\"http:\/\/theologica.blogspot.com\/\">Between Two Worlds<\/a>. Typically I do not point out posts from the really popular blogs because I figure you have already seen them. However, this time I will make an exception this time. Justin&#8217;s recent <a href=\"http:\/\/theologica.blogspot.com\/2006\/10\/what-is-that-to-you-you-follow-me.html\">post on John Piper&#8217;s comments<\/a> on the sinfulness of comparing ourselves with others is a key item for us pastors to read. Drawing from John 21:18-22 and referring to his fellow speakers at the recent Desiring God conference Piper stated:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>What is it to you that David Wells has such a comprehensive grasp of the pervasive effects of postmodernism? You follow me.<br \/>\nWhat is it to you that Voddie Baucham speaks the gospel so powerfully without notes? You follow me.<br \/>\nWhat is it to you that Tim Keller sees gospel connections with professional life so clearly? You follow me.<br \/>\nWhat is it to you that Mark Driscoll has the language and the folly of pop culture at his fingertips? You follow me.<br \/>\nWhat is it to you that Don Carson reads five hundred books a year and combines<br \/>\npastoral insight with the scholar&#8217;s depth and comprehensiveness? You follow me<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Failure to grasp this truth is in fact often what leads to the preaching of other men&#8217;s sermons as we have discussed here before. It is what leads to envy of others success rather than simply seeking to be faithful in our own calling. This is a particularly good word.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is unlikely that anyone reading this blog has not already seen Justin Taylor&#8217;s posts over at Between Two Worlds. Typically I do not point out posts from the really popular blogs because I figure you have already seen them. However, this time I will make an exception this time. Justin&#8217;s recent post on John &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=159\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;Piper on the Sin of Comparing&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=159"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3685,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions\/3685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}