Here is a post by Mark Driscoll on the Resurgence blog telling us why he loves John Piper. It includes an embedded video interview of Piper by Driscoll. Excellent stuff and worth your time (almost 50 minutes long).
Here are the reasons Mark Driscoll gives for loving John Piper. Go over there for the commentary on 3 and 4.
1. He is the most passionate guy I think I’ve ever met.
Of course, he is first and foremost passionate for the glory of God. But he is pretty much passionate about everything. For example, the first time we had him preach at Mars Hill Church the nuts we had out were unsalted. I learned that he is passionate about salted nuts.
2. He does not seem to really care about his approval ratings.
He does not own a television, and I would bet he spends less time checking what people say about him through Technorati and Google than he does watching television.
3. He has a father’s heart…..
4. By not trying to be cool . . . he’s cool…..