Evangelical thinker, author, and Christian pastor John Piper stirred the Christian community and a larger public intrigued with how Christians may vote in the this election with his recent essay, “Policies, Persons, and Paths to Ruin: Pondering the Implications of the 2020 Election.” Piper concludes: “I will not develop some calculus to determine which path of destruction I will support.” After rejecting the sin of boastfulness with a terminology diagnosed in the Greek with the term “eristikos,” he is willing to forswear voting on or in the Presidential election of 2020.  Piper’s critique of leadership character is one of several made by other major evangelical thinkers like Max Lucado and Beth Moore.  Piper’s thesis cannot be reconciled to the rhetoric and arguments of basic Biblical hermeneutics.  Piper complains early in the essay: “I find it bewildering that Christians can be so sure that greater...(Read Full Article)