{"id":1198,"date":"2012-08-28T06:19:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T06:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.dminlgp.com\/claiming-weather-as-acts-of-gods-judgment-dminlgp\/"},"modified":"2012-08-28T06:19:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-28T06:19:00","slug":"claiming-weather-as-acts-of-gods-judgment-dminlgp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/claiming-weather-as-acts-of-gods-judgment-dminlgp\/","title":{"rendered":"Claiming weather as acts of God&#8217;s judgment? #dminlgp #seouladvance #typhoonbolaven #hurricaneisaac #johnpiper #jonestony #JohnPiper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media.tumblr.com\/tumblr_m9gc6uKTYc1qzr25q.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>So I am sitting here in Seoul, as\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2012\/08\/28\/world\/asia\/typhoon-bolaven-duplicate-2\/index.html\">Typhoon Bolaven<\/a><span>\u00a0tears up through Seoul, with the wind and rain increasing in intensity.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>It reminded me of how Christians all to easily and to often lay claim to weather events as acts of God. \u00a0For example Hurricane Isaac is currently interfering with and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/08\/27\/bobby-jindal-isaac_n_1833618.html?utm_hp_ref=elections-2012\">affecting the republican convention<\/a>\u00a0(and see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/ezra-klein\/wp\/2012\/08\/27\/wonkbook-party-interrupted\/?print=1\">here<\/a>)\u00a0in the USA. \u00a0Can we claim that God is trying to warn people not vote republican or that he is expressing his judgement of their behaviours?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>John Piper seems to use weather events for claims of God expressing his judgement, with his hermeneutic for that approach given\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/blog\/posts\/the-tornado-the-lutherans-and-homosexuality\">here<\/a>. \u00a0His reasoning can then be applied to suggest that God is warning the Republican party with my question above. \u00a0That&#8217;s the problem of laying claim to weather events.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Then there is the validity of using the weather in this way for supporting claims about God. \u00a0Tony Jones (who I often disagree with) has\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/2012\/06\/28\/where-is-gods-wrath-burning-now\/\">this response<\/a>\u00a0to such a hermeneutic and approach, that explores why this might be less than a biblical approach to take. \u00a0I resonate very strongly with his concerns in that post.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>And of course for people reading this blog post there is another issue, that the issue I am exploring here will not be considered, due a love or hate for either John Piper and Tony Jones, republicans or democrats. \u00a0This post is about using weather events as warrants for biblical claims about God&#8217;s actions in the world. \u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I am sitting here in Seoul, as\u00a0Typhoon Bolaven\u00a0tears up through Seoul, with the wind and rain increasing in intensity. 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