OPINION:
Count me among the many Americans who believe prayer and faith (Christianity specifically) have been wrongly banished from public life.
But Mr. Piper’s latest column/sermon (“The stunning rise of antisemitism in America’s churches,” Web, Nov. 23) jumps entirely over the line of what polite Christians can and should express publicly (faith in Jesus, our Lord and Savior) and then lectures on what other Christians must believe in terms of foreign policy and to which radio personalities they should or should not listen.
Yes, I am aware that Tucker Carlson recently interviewed somebody named Nick Fuentes, whom many consider antisemitic. I have never heard of him, nor do I care who he is. In Mr. Piper’s eyes, this makes Tucker Carlson, anyone who listens to him and perhaps “millions” of conservative Christians “shameless antisemites.”
Really? Mr. Piper may want to rethink that hyperbole. It is not just that he is wrong here (he is), but this is the type of lecturing no one wants to hear. It therefore puts polite Christians at a disadvantage proclaiming their faith in a secular world.
JAMES RYAN
Silver Spring, Maryland
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