Comments on: Why Is Mark Driscoll Such A Jerk?

By: duxfan

duxfan — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:51:18 +0000

Yeah, no Sexism…its called Complementary-inism(spelling?)
Widely adopted by all except the Libral/emergent church…

By: duxfan

duxfan — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:44:47 +0000

ive never heard it said better….wow…

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:29:29 +0000

vicarious cruelty? Really?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:14:21 +0000

Bob,
I just moved to Seattle myself and have found myself in the same conundrum. Ive spent the past few weeks attending Bethany Community Church and really love it. The pastor is probably a little “limp wristed” for Driscoll’s taste. But he’s a very intelligent man who manages to keep his pulse on culture while humbly (that’s the key for me) preaching some really convicting stuff. As a result, Bethany is growing almost as fast as Mars Hill. You should give it a visit : http://churchbcc.org

By: Esther

Esther — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:36:28 +0000

Thank you for acknowledging his rather anti-women type of views, I guess I didn’t read the book, and your answer makes sense. thanx

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:49:53 +0000

Specifically, I believe Mark Driscoll mentions past mistakes in his sermon on Idolatry in the 1 & 2 Peter series.

I must say, in addition, that Burnside Writers have been an instructive and valuable resource for me and I am really enjoying the new website.

God Bless.

By: Dan Gibson

Dan Gibson — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:22:45 +0000

Matthew, I should have been a little more clear. You were pointed, but polite, although I would say that some of Driscoll’s other defenders haven’t afforded me the same courtesy. So be it.

I’ll check out one of Driscoll’s more recent sermons sometime. Still, it’s not really a nuance problem with the chapter of the book on humor, as far as I’m concerned. He is brazenly unapologetic for his behavior, although certainly when books usually have a year turn around time, things might have changed recently.

By: Jordan Green

Jordan Green — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:36:11 +0000

By Emily’s analysis that writing does not “do/accomplish”, C.S. Lewis has had far less impact on Christianity than Mark Driscoll, Dostoevsky was worthless, and The Bible is a gigantic waste of time.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:20:04 +0000

@Dan:I don’t believe anything I wrote attacked you personally. In fact, I specifically stated the content of people’s responses and not your original post. Your post was a fair assessment of the book, which I read several weeks ago. Although, I do believe the tagline was a bit snarky and stresses the same tone for which you criticize Driscoll.

I have been downloading Mark Driscoll’s sermons for about a year now, and his tone has changed. Specifically, in discussing his tone with John Piper, it has caused Driscoll to publically admit that he wishes he has handled things differently. Unforunately, the written word is a bit more difficult to convey tone than public speaking.

By: Dan Gibson

Dan Gibson — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:41:18 +0000

@Matthew: I’d be interested in learning more about this change of face for Driscoll. Could you point me to something online? It seems a little difficult to process for me personally, since the book we’re talking about here only came out a few months ago.

Being right seems to be an excuse that covers a multitude of sins, but I think your perspective might be different if you were the subject of his brand of humor.

What everyone quick to jump to Driscoll’s defense seem to ignore is whether his behavior is excusable or not on even a personal level. The ends never justify the means, as far as I’m concerned, so the success of his ministry or his level of fame are irrelevant to whether I’m personally right or wrong. If you can defend his actions, fine, but attacking me for bringing it up doesn’t really prove anything.