It’s interesting how I’ll come across different videos, links, posts, and discussions and the similarities from completely different sources are striking.
For example, what does the video below about the use of women and women’s bodies in advertising have in common with this explanation by John Piper about whether or not men should use commentaries or books written by women (Do you use Bible commentaries written by women?)?
Does anyone else think these are related? (So as not to skew your thinking before you watch and listen, I’ll put what I believe is a truly disturbing quote by Piper in the first comment.)
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Follow-up post several years here: John Piper and the Phenomenon Called Book
Gathered Around The Hearth
“She’s not looking at me, and directing me…as woman. There is this interposition of this phenomenon called ‘book’ that puts her out of my sight and, in a sense, takes away the dimension of her female personhood, whereas if she were standing right in front of me and teaching me as my shepherd…I couldn’t make that separation.” John Piper