Most of us probably think of God’s judgment as a negative thing. We think of it as a consequence for our sin or the wicked ways of the world. In one sense, this is
certainly true. However, that is only one side of God’s judgment.
Talk of God’s judgement has been even more prevalent as of late due to the divisive election which is now less than two weeks away. Christian supporters of both candidates make the case that the other candidate will push our nation past the point of
no return. Whether they focus on the issue of Supreme Court nominees, abortion, racism, foreign policy, or emails, each argument seems to end with the assertion that the other candidate’s election will bring God’s judgment on America.
In an article titled “The Gift of God’s Judgment” published on John Piper’s Desiring God website, Joe Rigney argues, however, that God’s judgment is not always what we think.
“We could go so far as to say that the election of either one of them [the 2016 major party presidential candidates] is evidence of God’s judgment on America. But that’s not the whole
story,” he writes...
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