John Piper started an interesting topic at a recent panel discussion, Bill. The panel was held at the

2026 Serious Joy Pastors Conference in Minneapolis. It was hosted by Bethlehem College and Theological Seminary.

And we're going to look at some of the segments of the video and get your response.

Let's go ahead and go to the first clip here. Here's what Piper asked theologian Kevin D. Young.

Clip number one.

Complete the sentence, quenching the Holy Spirit, grieving Holy Spirit means, and I want to know

what it means for the Spirit, not for me.

That's easy. So I'd like to hear Mr. Asciety and impassibility explain to me how the spirit can be grieved.

Because that's, and I mean, I've got, it's not an easy question, and I like those words.

I mean, I get it.

We're talking about God.

That's God. You're going to grieve God? What in the world does that mean? Well, he's referring to Paul's

statements in Ephesians 430 and 1st Thessalonians 519, for example, do not grieve or quench the spirit.

But first, he good-naturedly called DeYoung Mr. Aceity and Mr. Impassibility.

So let's take one thing at a time.

Do a little refresher here.

Refresh God's attribute of Asseity, Bill.

Then we'll get to Impassibility a little later in the podcast.

All right.

God's Aseity comes from the Latin,

a say, which means by itself.

And what it connotes is God's self-existence.

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