Ask Pastor John How Important Is a Christian Writer’s Influence?
Jan 13, 2013
A discussion about how writers should use their influence responsibly and lovingly. Reflections on how writing shapes affections, clarifies thinking, and reveals new insights. Consideration of writing with a general reader in mind and sensing how words will land. Writing as a devotional practice that cultivates truth and spiritual formation.
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Writing With The Goal To Influence
- Writing must aim to influence because love and glorifying God require affecting people.
- John Piper argues writers should awaken readers to delight in God, make sin look terrible, and righteousness attractive.
Shape Content To Glorify God And Love People
- Aim to make God look better than anything, show sin's cost, and present righteous paths as beautiful despite difficulty.
- Apply this whether writing fiction, blogs, poems, or theology so form and examples serve love and God's glory.
Write For A Human Not A Demographic
- Piper writes with a generic human in mind rather than tightly segmented demographics.
- He intuitively balances phrasing to avoid being off-putting while still penetrating hearts for impact.
