John Piper on Being Mocked

The work of Muhammad is based on being honored and the work of Christ is based on being insulted.

Being Mocked: The Essence of Christ’s Work, Not Muhammad’s.

John Piper has a short essay on his site about how differently Christians and Muslims deal with mockery.

Part of it:

If Christ had not been insulted, there would be no salvation. This was his saving work: to be insulted and die to rescue sinners from the wrath of God.

Philip Ryken at Reformation 21 has an addendum:

John Piper's short essay is surely the most profound thing that can be said about the current uproar.  But there are some other, lesser, points to be made.  One is that blasphemy is a foreign concept in our secularized culture.