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Originally Posted by armourbearer  Piper has left open the back door to self-esteem counselling by speaking of self-love as the foundation of counselling. But in saying this I understand I have a systemic difference with his view of the Christian life as one of glorifying God BY enjoying Him. |
Piper went on to say:
In view of what I have said so far, what should be the goal of a Christian who is called on to counsel a troubled person? My thesis is that his goal is twofold:
First, to be instrumental in transforming the person's values into the values of Christ, and second, to help him achieve those values. To use the biblical terms,
the counselor aims to help a person love holiness and to be holy.
Matthew, I share some of your concerns about the way Piper conceives of "glorifying God BY enjoying HIM." My point was to cite his contention that the text so often cited in this thread does not mean what some of us seem to think it does. Piper's '77
CT article hit pretty hard on denying that Jesus EVER commands us to love ourselves, he leverages the reality of people's self interest to say that we ought to show that kind of passion for the love of our neighbor.
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First Baptist Church of Alhambra, Member, Transformation Ministries (CA)
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