John Piper on Tolerance

I thought I would post a link to John Piper’s article Tolerance, Truth-Telling, Violence and Law: Principles for How Christians Should Relate to Those of Other Faiths.
Some may consider his assertions to be extraordinarily arrogant. He carefully lays out twenty principles for Christians in this pluralistic society. Anyways, it is worth a read.

Tolerance

Tolerance—what is it? Is it the same as acceptance? Is it synonymous with open-mindedness? Our society, in my opinion, has become crippled by its understanding of what tolerance means.
Perhaps, we ought to examine what individuals call intolerance. For some, holding a belief strongly equals intolerance. For others, merely expressing your opinion is intolerant.
It seems to [...]

My Best of 2007 CD Picks

1. Neruda Songs: (Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Boston Symphony Orchestra, James Levine)
2. Brahms: Complete Works for Violin and Piano (Nikolaj Znaider and Yefim Bronfman)
3. Brahms: String Quartets, Piano Quintet (Emerson Quartet, Leon Fleisher)
4. Chen/He: The Butterfly Lovers Concerto; Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (Gil Shaham, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Lan Shui)
5. Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Kreutzer Sonata (Vadim Repin, [...]

Thoughts on Emergence Part 1

I have always been independent from others. As far as I am concerned, doing what “everyone else” is doing has never interested me. Furthermore, I have never accepted what the supposed “authorities” on a particular subject have said unless I have worked through it in my own mind.
Recently, in American evangelicalism (for lack of [...]

Imago Dei

“To me the chaconne is one of the most beautiful, incredible compositions. On one staff, and for a small instrument, this man pours out a world full of the most profound thoughts and powerful emotion.” – Johannes Brahms
I have often been asked who my favorite composer is. I never know how to answer. Bach, Beethoven, [...]