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John Piper
[edit]Why do you keep deleting "Reformed Baptist" from John Piper (theologian)? It is an accurate, uncontroversial, and helpful description to have in the lede. --Flex (talk/contribs) 18:18, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
To Flex: I don't think Reformed Baptist is the most helpful way to label John Piper. Yes, he is Reformed in his soteriology. And yes, he is a Baptist. But that does not mean that Reformed Baptist is the best category. I take Reformed Baptist, as I believe many others do, to have strong connections with ARBCA and the Founders Movement within the Southern Baptist Convention. John Piper is associated with neither of these groups. His church is officially connected to the Baptist General Conference--far from Reformed Baptist! Baptist is accurate; so is Reformed. Although neither of these--or the two together--do I find to be the best headline adjective for John Piper. Davidcmathis (talk) 14:11, 17 December 2007 (UTC)