Heart on My Sleeve

Driscoll drills a young, polite British interviewer

abideinhislove:

ohzeitgeist:

classyliving:

(Driscoll has been a huge blessing in my life, but he can be such an ass. I used to dismiss his tone and excuse him for he is a complementarian, but I must say that his attitude goes beyond being firm about his complementarian views. He is a male supremacist.)

I have to take issue with any credit to Mr. Driscoll. His views are ignorant, outdated, piggish and his brand of Christianity does not reflect the views of Christ, the early church as a whole or any decent upstanding Christian. He should be dismissed entirely. I have no sympathy for his idiocy.

Bookmarked this to check it out after Interim since it was such a big deal at one point. This article is such crap and you’d know that if you took the time to listen to the entire interview or check out Driscoll’s side of the story.

The interviewer was no victim of Driscoll’s “male supremacy” and it gets really tiring seeing people bash a great man of God just because he’s a little rough around the edges. Driscoll was no saint towards the end of the interview and he said some things he shouldn’t, but Brierley was just as in the wrong. He used the interview to get at Driscoll for being a complementarian and it was pretty obnoxiously obvious after he only asked a question or two about Driscoll’s book and then spent the rest of the interview getting at him about the role of women.

And then when Driscoll turned the tables he couldn’t handle it. I’d just as quick call Brierley a coward, and it has nothing to do with his wife being a Pastor or him being more “feminine” or whatever—its because he doesn’t know how to conduct himself as an interviewer and, towards the end, doesn’t know how to stand up for doctrine that is considered hard or mean in the eyes of society.

I am not even going to bother to watch Discroll’s video on this— I am just gonna write down some of my opinions. I know he is exaggeratedly misunderstood a lot. It is evident that his teachings can be very effective and powerful if you can see through his some-what temper at times…, but I have to say, he needs to really know how to appeal less ignorant sounding to the public. Yes, he is a great man of God and he is a great teacher regardless of I don’t agree with everything he teaches… and that his hardcore complimentarian view of his.. can annoy me (as a woman trying to pursue full time ministry in the future esp..). But we all know that he does gets himself troubles by his ignorant sounding communication style (comments that come out of his temper). As a human being, he too isn’t a perfect saint, and I am aware that he isn’t that ignorant as he might come out to be. However, he is still a pastor. As a person of spiritual teaching/authority, he will be judged harder (James 3:1). And my view of an ideal pastor is… quite different than how Discroll is (but I acknowledge that it’s just my personal view). I sometimes just think he can at least try… to come out little more sensitive loving way.. He does not have to change his theology or teachings… maybe just how he delivers them to the public. This has been the problem for many years now. He is a popular preacher. He knows how to teach.. maybe it’s just one flaw that many christians can’t appreciate. Maybe, it can be viewed as Discroll is just really holding on to his theology not making any compromises… but seriously, sometimes, it just looks like he is just being plain stubborn. 

I used love his teachings and he did impact my walk with God for a while (although I am not much of a reformed person…). And I want to be neutral about Discroll. But I had to stop watching him because I myself started having hard time with his communicating styles. That’s not how I imagine pastors to talk like often. Because he can really come out sound ignorant about stuff that are very very sensitive and hurtful to people on the surface level… But then I also think, if he changes his preaching style, then it wouldn’t be Discroll anymore. I mean that’s what he is mostly known for it seems like.. sadly.

REGARDLESS OF ALL THESE though… I am REALLY tired of hearing people complaining about him or defending him. One Christian blogger site that I love following made a great point commenting that somehow Disroll’s name catches more attention than name of Jesus on Christian websites….
now now.. I think that’s a REAL problem.