tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962813280464774110.post7637753823198367085..comments2023-04-26T07:49:22.904-05:00Comments on A Cold Day in Hades: Mark Driscoll, Mississippi Sorority Girls and The Mind of GodTom Cannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305828765156496811noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962813280464774110.post-52033738893549652452012-06-25T12:23:49.127-05:002012-06-25T12:23:49.127-05:00I fully embrace that finger-wag. To put it indelic...I fully embrace that finger-wag. To put it indelicately as I can, this is harder than it looks! Seems to me the on-time bloggers tend to be 1) Academics, 2) Full-time bloggers or 3) pastors with sinecure positions (by way of a large staff or laziness.)<br /><br />Chills indeed.Tom Cannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305828765156496811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962813280464774110.post-53765290034712609802012-06-25T10:37:39.117-05:002012-06-25T10:37:39.117-05:00TC,
1 - I've found the perfect way to read yo...TC,<br /><br />1 - I've found the perfect way to read your blog. Check it every three months then read the two or three articles there with much profit. You are too good a writer with too distinct a take to write so infrequently. Consider the finger wagged in your general direction.<br /><br />2 - You must have had more compassion on the Rice students when you spoke to them on the same topic a few years ago. Your material was rich, but you didn't ice out the room. There was the classic interaction with the Pentecostal girl who told you she discerned the Holy Spirit's leading whenever she "got a chill" (pronounced "cheer.") <br /><br />Chills!<br />PGRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962813280464774110.post-75041463854226041922012-04-26T16:16:01.049-05:002012-04-26T16:16:01.049-05:00In other words, how does one know he/she is called...In other words, how does one know he/she is called to celibacy? I asked a 75 year old man, never married, when he found out he was supposed to be unmarried. He replied in all seriousness, "What do you mean? I'm still looking."<br /><br />The cult of marriage can be as bad as overemphasizing anything else. Give it the weight it is due, expect nothing more from it, and see what happens. The Joy of the Lord is our strength. And those are the best promises we have.<br /><br />I'm glad you quoted Mike Mason. His *Mystery of Marriage* is probably still the best book on marriage.Dale Fincherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01731582817969852733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962813280464774110.post-67824994283314176172012-03-30T23:13:34.997-05:002012-03-30T23:13:34.997-05:00I find Driscoll to be a refreshing change of male ...I find Driscoll to be a refreshing change of male leadership in the church. I hope you all keep in mind the challenges he embraced with his church planting efforts...how brave to tackle the most liberal, unchurched terrain of the US! He calls men to man-up in the church. To protect the widow, the orphan, the abused. I find this very wanting in any church I've attended since being a believer for 22 years. His brave and fierce protection for women is to be commended. I am sure the Lord is pleased. Every one has faults and flaws... I admire Mark for risking judgment for the sake of women.RShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06122351594241980686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962813280464774110.post-105095414009224802012-03-22T19:57:17.593-05:002012-03-22T19:57:17.593-05:00Thanks for the comments Jake.
I think a conundrum...Thanks for the comments Jake.<br /><br />I think a conundrum is, as you put it, the 'call to celibacy'. In 30 years of ministry I've known more than a few who've very much wanted to be married, felt no call to celibacy but have remained single. Some now heading into late middle age..... they despair and are disillusioned. They've been told there's that person out there they haven't met yet. It's all a bit cruel. The weight of Scripture tells us to seek wisdom and maturity to choose among what may be many choices in spouses (with the one we end up with being "the one"!) ... but also to navigate through a life that may mean no spouse at all, and to know God is still just as good.<br /><br />I suspect you agree with this Jake. And it could very well be that I'm making too much of Driscoll's sloppy language. But good grief, in the position he's in he should be a lot more careful.<br /><br />Thanks again.Tom Cannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305828765156496811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962813280464774110.post-4962603017919781162012-03-22T07:10:15.798-05:002012-03-22T07:10:15.798-05:00Brilliant, Tom, and many thanks for this!
I'...Brilliant, Tom, and many thanks for this! <br /><br />I'm fan-requesting a follow up post on the flip side of the phenom you've described (referred to in the comment above) of being 'called to celibacy,' or, more often, 'obviously NOT called to celibacy since I'm not going to be a missionary in Pakistan and want to get married.'Jeremy Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16149208509553070968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962813280464774110.post-81558866520218014002012-03-22T03:31:13.403-05:002012-03-22T03:31:13.403-05:00I largely share your view of Driscoll, perhaps wit...I largely share your view of Driscoll, perhaps with a little more appreciation. And just based on this one quote, largely agree with your take here. But... <br /><br />Overall Driscoll's advice to young men hasn't been "sit on your haunches until THE ONE appears." This is actually one of the areas where I think he's the most helpful. He encourages (OK, sometimes browbeats) single guys to get jobs, pursue healthy relationships with single women and families, serve in the church, actively look for a wife, start a family and take care of them. <br /><br />I think Driscoll would agree with what you've said about the "God has this person out there for you" idea; I know I do. But at the same time, unless you're called to celibacy, God <i>does</i> have a future spouse out there. To expect him to reveal her name or shine a halo on her when you meet is bad, as is to expect that finding her will deliver you from all earthly misery. But I don't think praying for your hoped-for future spouse necessarily involves those errors.Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17642858396611263846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962813280464774110.post-68077966816805466972012-03-21T22:15:14.859-05:002012-03-21T22:15:14.859-05:00I still remember that talk you gave at the women&#...I still remember that talk you gave at the women's retreat a few years back on knowing God's will. More people need to hear this.Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10508555292235741118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962813280464774110.post-82311594591822026132012-03-21T21:00:35.331-05:002012-03-21T21:00:35.331-05:00So, so good to read truth spoken to ignorance. Tha...So, so good to read truth spoken to ignorance. Thanks for blogging this!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09823944093655227417noreply@blogger.com