An interesting 9 minute video by Mark Driscoll, pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle. This is my first viewing of Driscoll in action and I can see why so many people are attracted to his speaking. Bill Hybels criticized this video because it did not speak of women church planters.
I found it interesting how Driscoll equated soldiering and warfare with manhood. Of course, in the flesh, this might be a somewhat realistic picture of soldiering ... but in reality ... hello ... I know way more gals who pray and fight spiritually than guys. Sad that Mark uses 'soldier' language the way that he did. I thought that this video seems to be a very carnal take on 'soldiering'.
The cornerstone of spiritual soldiering is humility of heart ... maybe it is why we guys are so bad at it. I would be interested in a contrary (to my) perspective on the video if you have one.
I got turned off in the first minute. You are right, its all about 'guys"
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ReplyDeleteI know people who have had their hearts crucified by "teachers" such as this - and it wasn't for Christ.
Hmm. He's the one who's been called a homophobe and mysogynist. Isn't he the one that wrote something about fat, lazy, pastor's wives and how they need to stay "hot" for their husbands to keep them from straying?
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard anything positive about him, and stopped watching after he said something about "picking the best man" to plant a church.
That's God's call....the best man...or woman!
Mark can draw you in that’s for sure but I was very put off by the guns. I can’t see Jesus with a gun, I couldn’t get past that image of a Rambo Jesus. Not a fan of Mark’s
ReplyDeleteYou said you wanted contrary...
ReplyDeleteWhile I don't like most of the content of the video, I think I see what he's trying to do.
Men, by their nature, place a large importance on victory. Failure is a big deal to a man, and there is a new crop of thinkers out there trying to "raise the men up" in the church (John Eldridge, David Murrow). These thinkers tend to use a lot of fighting and rescuing-type vocabulary words as way for church to seems less "wussy" or "girlie" - which is what many of the guys I know in their 20s see church as being. I think he's trying to reach that demographic (men, not unchurched men in their 20s, that is) by "speaking their language".
I don't think Discroll was as successful as he could have been. Ironic, no?
But I'm a girl. Clearly I'm not his target audience.