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That would make his mercy conditional. God's mercy is unconditional.

Did piper say being in the middle is wrong or sinful?

Is God using Islam to hasten the end times? Is that the sole purpose of Islam? Their savior 'maadi' corresponds to the Christian idea of Antichrist.

Could you explain?

If satan is the one causing diseases and disasters, then why is God allowing him to?

I am too poor to afford a bible or anything at all. I come from a poor, third-world country, trying to survive. The forum is the only thing I have.

Then why do many believers suffer terrible illnesses and god doesn't seem to cure them? Seems like Satan is more powerful than God, according to your logic. Which doesn't mean god is not love. But he is righteous, so he maintains order by punishing people with plagues, tsunamis etc. He wants to...

Not much mention is made of Satan. Genesis starts with the fall of A and E, only the serpent is mentioned. Just who is Satan? Assuming he was the serpent, did he actually do a good thing by tempting A and E to acquire knowledge? I mean, knowledge is a good thing, right? A and E were ignorant...

I am not denying God's good nature. But his good nature or righteousness is revealed to us as wrath. Father is synonymous with wrath.

Father in OT, son in NT. Since they are both God, it means God has not changed. God is revealed as father in OT, and as son in the NT. This doesn't mean God changes, it means the persons of the trinity are being revealed. And since the persons are distinct, their actions toward us are also...

Satan is under God's control, so our diseases and sorrows are certainly from God's hands.

Father is righteous, so he punishes us. This appears merciless in our eyes although it is just. I don't recall saying he changes. But father and son are distinct persons, else the trinity concept will make little sense.

No, they are not. Father and Son are distinct persons, which is why the OT differs so much from the NT. In OT, it's Father's reign - he is righteous and punishes sinners without showing any mercy. In NT, it's the Son's reign - he showers his mercy even on the chief of sinners. Father and Son...

I am just saying that Father is characterized more by righteousness than love, whereas in the Son's case it is the other way around.

Father is too righteous to love sinners like us. It is Christ who loves us, his sacrifice is proof,

God the Father hates sin, so he hates us and wants to destroy us. He destroyed Sodom for its sin. He is so righteous that he can't tolerate sinners in his midst. He wants to destroy us, but because the Son took the punishment on our behalf, he has spared us. Goes on to show that Father is...

God has so generously given me psoriasis. Maybe, it's his plan for me to join a circus.

She is a fraud.

A child may rebel, but if you discipline him he may soon come to see the light.

Suppose a nation invades another country to spread the gospel, would that be okay? I mean, such an invasion could Christianize pagans quickly and effectively. A Christian Afghanistan is better than an Islamic Afghanustan, right? Discuss.