Of course, the realities of a busy schedule are not inherently evil. Why can the ordinary pressures of life exercise such a spiritually hindering influence? How do they stunt our flourishing in Christ? Problem with Productivityīefore we consider more fully this dynamic of seeing and soaring, it is helpful to dissect the problem further. For when the soul beholds beauty, it grows wings. We have trained ourselves in efficiency we must also train our minds in the discipline of beholding in order to contemplate glory. As we limit our love of productivity, we may learn to delight in that which is majestic. The antidote? To recalibrate our value system. “When the soul beholds beauty, it grows wings.” So often, these are the weights that cling and keep us from abounding. Endless emails that must be answered, a never-ending to-do list, another important meeting - the hundreds of worthy components that make up a productive day. Rarely assuming the form of evident sin, the hindrances that hold us back frequently claim to be of great value. What do these burdens look like? Their appearance is varied, and often subtle. They fasten themselves to our feet, hold us down, and stop the soul from soaring to heaven.
Weights cling, whenever possible, to stop us from running (Hebrews 12:1–2). One of the most popular videos he has posted is from February of this year, and it has been viewed over 866k times: “ It’s weird to make kids read the Bible.” Abraham asks, then vulgarly explains, “You wanna know one of the silliest things about being raised devoutly evangelical?” His answer, “Children are expected to read the Bible.Many are the hindrances to our spiritual flourishing. His page is filled with a plethora of videos with titles such as “ Almost nobody believes in a literal hell,” “ Why life would be pointless if there was ultimate meaning,” “ The Bible says having kids isn’t a good idea,” What I replace Christianity with,” and “ If you still live with evangelical parents.”
Abraham’s focus is geared toward debunking Christianity and the truth of the Bible. That’s almost as many followers as his father John Piper has on Twitter (over 1 million). The deconstructionist has over 925k followers on TikTok. Four years later, he returned to the church after as he put it: “God made it possible for me to love Jesus” after reading the book of Romans one day. Abraham Piper was excommunicated from Bethlehem Baptist Church when he was 19, because he wanted to stop pretending that he was a Christian.
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