Theologian and author John Piper is blaming what he calls the 50 years of the “egalitarian myth” that men and women are basically the same for the rampant sex abuse now coming to light.
In a Friday edition of “Ask Pastor John” on the Desiring God podcast the former pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church and Reformed scholar commented on the series of high-profile sexual misconduct cases that have emerged in the past several months in many realms of society.
“[E]galitarian assumptions in our culture, and to a huge degree in the Church, have muted — silenced, nullified — one of the means that God has designed for the protection and the flourishing of women,” Piper said.
“It has silenced the idea that men as men — by virtue of their created, God-given maleness, apart from any practical competencies that they have or don’t have — have special responsibilities to care for and protect and honor women. This call is different from the care and protection and honor that women owe men.”
He continued to explain that…
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