Or is that, "A big, little man?" I don't know. I googled Mark Driscoll concerning his height and the only thing I came across was 5'10". So I'm not sure how tall he is. But I know he's little inside. Do you know how I know? Here is what he says about women according to my friend who has researched him, Freedom4Captives, in her own words:
From his statements in his Spiritual Warfare Series, part 2, he seems to demand quiet submission from women, and he appears to demean women who have opinions and speak about what they want, such as, “I want to be married to a pastor.” Mark says to single men, “Run. She’s satanic. She wants to be in the middle of things and have power and be a drama queen.” Well who says? How do you know her heart, Mark? That may or may not be true. But see, she is a strong woman who knows what she wants which, according to former members, is a big “no, no” at MHC. Mark goes on to say that the woman who really wants to be a leader of women’s ministries is the one to avoid for the same reasons. Then his voice becomes soft and gentle as he says that the woman who is quiet and non-assertive, who wouldn’t even ask for that position, she is the one that would be best in that position. Well, that kind of temperament certainly wouldn’t cause Mark many problems and would be more easily controlled.
Mark makes terribly small boxes for women to fit into, while making a huge box for himself. He fears strong women so bad that he builds microscopic structures for them so that his manhood won't be threatened by them. I'm not sure how tall Mark is, but it doesn't seem to matter if he's tall because he still suffers from nervous, little man syndrome.
Here's the link to Freedom's blog for where you can read other things about how Mark overcompensates for his feelings of insecurity, if you care to read it.
http://freedom4captives.wordpress.com/discoveries/
As a bonus feature, here's a link to another blog post that explores Mark Driscoll's very serious issues with women.
http://lklouise.com/392/driscoll-misogyny-masculinity/
Friday, April 29, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
A Sad, Strange, Pitiful, Little...(ahem) Male
This youtube video is entitled, "Worst Preacher Ever".
And it may be true. The only thing good about this preacher is that very few will ever take him seriously, even Piper followers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VRP5xIeqBB8
And it may be true. The only thing good about this preacher is that very few will ever take him seriously, even Piper followers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VRP5xIeqBB8
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Another Nervous Little Man
I guarantee that Wayne Grudem is shorter than I am.
No man over 5'10" would work so hard to make God a submitting helper in order to enforce the idea that a helper always submits because the woman in Genesis is referred to as a helper. Since women are made as full time helpers and submitters, Grudem would rather make God a submitter to whom He's helping than back one inch off the little "Womanhood" structure he is determined to build for us gals. Read it if you can. Once you get past the puking sensation in the back of your throat, his faulty logic loop de loops are quite entertaining.
http://books.google.com/books?id=NHPxcYNV0BwC&pg=PA104&lpg=PA104&dq=Wayne+Grudem+God+submits+to+us+when+he+helps+us&source=bl&ots=ysQ-qlbAA9&sig=Ztbjkom1VNczhT_xib7hir9P0Ak&hl=en&ei=URCiTeHpFNCgtweuxNGMAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CBcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
No man over 5'10" would work so hard to make God a submitting helper in order to enforce the idea that a helper always submits because the woman in Genesis is referred to as a helper. Since women are made as full time helpers and submitters, Grudem would rather make God a submitter to whom He's helping than back one inch off the little "Womanhood" structure he is determined to build for us gals. Read it if you can. Once you get past the puking sensation in the back of your throat, his faulty logic loop de loops are quite entertaining.
http://books.google.com/books?id=NHPxcYNV0BwC&pg=PA104&lpg=PA104&dq=Wayne+Grudem+God+submits+to+us+when+he+helps+us&source=bl&ots=ysQ-qlbAA9&sig=Ztbjkom1VNczhT_xib7hir9P0Ak&hl=en&ei=URCiTeHpFNCgtweuxNGMAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CBcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Just For Fun
Here's what we should say to nervous little men. Take it from Buzz Lightyear. He may have had delusions of grandeur, but at least he knew when other men were being small and petty. Remember, it was Woody's jealousy that got them into this pickle in the first place.
"You are a sad, strange, little man and you have my pity."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXu6lQqhieA
"You are a sad, strange, little man and you have my pity."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXu6lQqhieA
Monday, April 25, 2011
A Nervous and Threatened Small Man
Piper "There is a certain dynamic between maleness and femaleness that when a woman begins, over time, to assume an authoritative teaching role in your life, the manhood of a man and the womanhood of a woman is compromised."
There, you see it. It's that structure I was telling you about. If people don't keep to the structures this man advocates, Maleness and Femaleness will be compromised. You see his manliness leaking out on the floor in a puddle of urine?
This is a small minded and nervous little man.
This is not a free man, but a bound up and threatened little man.
There, you see it. It's that structure I was telling you about. If people don't keep to the structures this man advocates, Maleness and Femaleness will be compromised. You see his manliness leaking out on the floor in a puddle of urine?
This is a small minded and nervous little man.
This is not a free man, but a bound up and threatened little man.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Small Men Make Me Nervous
Actually, I should rephrase that. Small minded men make me nervous.
This feeling goes way back. I come from a tall family and was taller than almost all the boys in my junior high and high school until they started catching up about junior or senior year. There was nothing small or dainty about me. And some of the young men in my school felt threatened, and in feeling threatened, a few were not very nice to me. Looking back, I attribute that to insecurity.
Things have changed, of course. And there are several men in my world that I'm taller than, but they are more mature and aren't threatened by my amazon height. One fellow in particular, is not only quite a bit shorter than me, but he also has a baby face and soft tenor voice. But he's not small minded. He's a big hearted missionary, married with two daughters and he goes regularly to Eastern Europe to witness to the people there, including the gypsies. I love that guy. Though small in stature, he's strong and secure in his personhood and doesn't feel the least bit threatened by me. So he doesn't make me nervous.
But small statured and small minded men? They are far different than my missionary friend. They are not secure in their "manhood" and think that if I don't make myself smaller than them, somehow, that their "manhood" will leak out on the floor in a puddle of urine.
There are small minded men in high places in Christianity. These small minded men are busy at work building doctrine and structures that assure that their "manhood" will remain intact when they come around women. They build "manhood" structures for the men that lift them up and make them feel important and "womanhood" structures to make women smaller, less-powerful, and less threatening in both the home and church.
The very sad thing about all these structures is that they don't solve the real problem. They only create new problems.
The real problem is that these men are small-minded and small-hearted because of wounds or insecurities within them. And instead of dealing with those wounds and insecurities and developing into big hearted men, they try to subjugate and oppress and disempower women to compensate for their lack.
Women need to refuse to comply to the commands of these small minded men. We are not helping them to grow and mature. When we stunt ourselves for their sakes, we are really only allowing them to remain stunted in their false security of "Biblical Manhood".
I thank God that I go to a church full of strong men, not stunted men, including my big-hearted, small-framed, missionary friend.
This feeling goes way back. I come from a tall family and was taller than almost all the boys in my junior high and high school until they started catching up about junior or senior year. There was nothing small or dainty about me. And some of the young men in my school felt threatened, and in feeling threatened, a few were not very nice to me. Looking back, I attribute that to insecurity.
Things have changed, of course. And there are several men in my world that I'm taller than, but they are more mature and aren't threatened by my amazon height. One fellow in particular, is not only quite a bit shorter than me, but he also has a baby face and soft tenor voice. But he's not small minded. He's a big hearted missionary, married with two daughters and he goes regularly to Eastern Europe to witness to the people there, including the gypsies. I love that guy. Though small in stature, he's strong and secure in his personhood and doesn't feel the least bit threatened by me. So he doesn't make me nervous.
But small statured and small minded men? They are far different than my missionary friend. They are not secure in their "manhood" and think that if I don't make myself smaller than them, somehow, that their "manhood" will leak out on the floor in a puddle of urine.
There are small minded men in high places in Christianity. These small minded men are busy at work building doctrine and structures that assure that their "manhood" will remain intact when they come around women. They build "manhood" structures for the men that lift them up and make them feel important and "womanhood" structures to make women smaller, less-powerful, and less threatening in both the home and church.
The very sad thing about all these structures is that they don't solve the real problem. They only create new problems.
The real problem is that these men are small-minded and small-hearted because of wounds or insecurities within them. And instead of dealing with those wounds and insecurities and developing into big hearted men, they try to subjugate and oppress and disempower women to compensate for their lack.
Women need to refuse to comply to the commands of these small minded men. We are not helping them to grow and mature. When we stunt ourselves for their sakes, we are really only allowing them to remain stunted in their false security of "Biblical Manhood".
I thank God that I go to a church full of strong men, not stunted men, including my big-hearted, small-framed, missionary friend.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Hind's Feet on High Places
I have another book to recommend. It just sort of goes along with the heart healing message of Wild at Heart, but is geared more for women. Also, like WaH, people either loved it or hated it. So I recommend it with the warning, your milage may vary. It is fiction and allegorical and I liked it better than Pilgrim's Progress.
http://www.amazon.com/Hinds-Feet-Places-Hannah-Hurnard/dp/0842314296
http://www.amazon.com/Hinds-Feet-Places-Hannah-Hurnard/dp/0842314296
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
A Deeper Magic
There is another phrase from the Chronicles of Narnia that I feel applies to this whole John Eldredge, "Wild at Heart" discussion.
Just as an explanation, when the Hero, Aslan the Lion, defeats the Snow Queen He does it by applying a "Deeper Magic" than the magic the Snow Queen knows.
What I love about John Eldredge's book, "Wild at Heart" and what Eldredge is trying to do is to heal the deep wounds of the hearts of men. Now, I'm sure most of you know that many men would rather jab their eye repeatedly with a sharp object than to talk about their feelings. Yet, Eldredge is able to open up his heart and get to the heart of many men through his book. So, in the end, this is what I love about "Wild at Heart".
Some of the negative reviews that I have read about "Wild at Heart" accuse Eldredge of being 'shallow'. I could not disagree more. The things of the soul are very deep and hidden from view. "Wild at Heart" deals with the deep places of a man's heart and the deep wounds that a man can acquire as a boy, specifically from his father. And, though he never uses the phrase from the Narnia books, Eldredge appeals to a "deeper magic" than even the level of the soul. He points men to draw on the deeper things of the Spirit and get their healing from God their heavenly Father.
As a person who also looks to the Father, the Spirit, and to Jesus as the Healer, the over all message of Wild at Heart is much appreciated.
The short comings are that Eldredge focuses a bit much on the wounds that a father gives to the neglect of other wounds, like from a mother, or from culture. There are so many things that can wound a child. It can be one or both parents. It can be passed down curses or family dynamics. It can be negative ancestral influences. It can be cultural influences.
My point is this. When a child is conceived and given birth to, there is much foundation building in the early part of the child's life. Anywhere along the way, things can be missed or abuses can be committed. What the child should have been given, in the way of development was withheld. Also what the child might have developed naturally, if just given a stable environment, can be destroyed by someone or something in the child's surroundings.
Anyway, whatever goes on that wounds or even destroys the child, this is a deep wound in a deep place of who the child is. It takes something deep to reach that soul realm. The soul is very deep. But there is "a deeper magic still" that is found in the spirit realm.
And we are encouraged in the Bible to look at and trust in that which is deep an not readily seen.
2 Corinthians 4:8 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen, for the things that are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Hebrews 11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds (ages) were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.
Sometimes going deeper is intimidating or even frightening. But I believe in the deeper things of the Spirit.
Just as an explanation, when the Hero, Aslan the Lion, defeats the Snow Queen He does it by applying a "Deeper Magic" than the magic the Snow Queen knows.
What I love about John Eldredge's book, "Wild at Heart" and what Eldredge is trying to do is to heal the deep wounds of the hearts of men. Now, I'm sure most of you know that many men would rather jab their eye repeatedly with a sharp object than to talk about their feelings. Yet, Eldredge is able to open up his heart and get to the heart of many men through his book. So, in the end, this is what I love about "Wild at Heart".
Some of the negative reviews that I have read about "Wild at Heart" accuse Eldredge of being 'shallow'. I could not disagree more. The things of the soul are very deep and hidden from view. "Wild at Heart" deals with the deep places of a man's heart and the deep wounds that a man can acquire as a boy, specifically from his father. And, though he never uses the phrase from the Narnia books, Eldredge appeals to a "deeper magic" than even the level of the soul. He points men to draw on the deeper things of the Spirit and get their healing from God their heavenly Father.
As a person who also looks to the Father, the Spirit, and to Jesus as the Healer, the over all message of Wild at Heart is much appreciated.
The short comings are that Eldredge focuses a bit much on the wounds that a father gives to the neglect of other wounds, like from a mother, or from culture. There are so many things that can wound a child. It can be one or both parents. It can be passed down curses or family dynamics. It can be negative ancestral influences. It can be cultural influences.
My point is this. When a child is conceived and given birth to, there is much foundation building in the early part of the child's life. Anywhere along the way, things can be missed or abuses can be committed. What the child should have been given, in the way of development was withheld. Also what the child might have developed naturally, if just given a stable environment, can be destroyed by someone or something in the child's surroundings.
Anyway, whatever goes on that wounds or even destroys the child, this is a deep wound in a deep place of who the child is. It takes something deep to reach that soul realm. The soul is very deep. But there is "a deeper magic still" that is found in the spirit realm.
And we are encouraged in the Bible to look at and trust in that which is deep an not readily seen.
2 Corinthians 4:8 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen, for the things that are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Hebrews 11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds (ages) were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.
Sometimes going deeper is intimidating or even frightening. But I believe in the deeper things of the Spirit.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Not a Tame Lion
I'm pretty much winding down as far as talking about Eldredge's "Wild at Heart" except for a couple things.
One of the phrases that Eldredge uses is from C.S. Lewis's "The Chronicles of Narnia". Aslan, the representation of God in Narnia, is a lion which is symbolic of Jesus being the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. One of the things that is said about Aslan is that He is not a tame lion. And Eldredge uses this to refer to men, that like Aslan, men were not created to be tamed and controlled by culture and civilization.
The saying about Aslan was that He was not tame, as in controlled. But He was good. Very, very good. And Eldredge uses this to call men to be their own wild and free selves, yet to remember that they are to be good in this deliriously wild freedom.
I have difficulty with this, not because Eldredge tells men they don't have to be 'tame' and controllable but rather that the implication that can be picked up is that women ARE to be tame and controlled. Whereas men can represent themselves in God's image as a lion, women are left to represent God as lambs. And this is a completely false correlation. Both lions and lambs come in male and female versions.
Jesus is referred to as both a lion and a lamb. Both men and women are referred to as sheep in the Bible. And both men and women can think of themselves as being as bold as lions when they walk in the righteousness of Christ.
Certain men, with itching ears, do not have the right to claim "lion" status for themselves while relegating women to "lamb" status. Men who do this are creating false structures that nature, God's own creation, witnesses against.
I'm not a tame lion either. I'm not subjugated and controlled by the men and culture of this earth. I run wild in the lioness freedom that Jesus, the Lion and the Lamb, my older Brother... I run wild in the Spirit Wind freedom that He bought me. And I'm not going to let arrogant little whelps tell me any different. Those that try to take my lion status away in order to give me a lesser role are preaching a different gospel.
Now, after this rant, you may think that I really do hate Eldredge's book. But I don't. I only hate what others have done with it and how they have misused it. The next post is about the good in his book and why my love for it eventually does win out over my frustration.
One of the phrases that Eldredge uses is from C.S. Lewis's "The Chronicles of Narnia". Aslan, the representation of God in Narnia, is a lion which is symbolic of Jesus being the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. One of the things that is said about Aslan is that He is not a tame lion. And Eldredge uses this to refer to men, that like Aslan, men were not created to be tamed and controlled by culture and civilization.
The saying about Aslan was that He was not tame, as in controlled. But He was good. Very, very good. And Eldredge uses this to call men to be their own wild and free selves, yet to remember that they are to be good in this deliriously wild freedom.
I have difficulty with this, not because Eldredge tells men they don't have to be 'tame' and controllable but rather that the implication that can be picked up is that women ARE to be tame and controlled. Whereas men can represent themselves in God's image as a lion, women are left to represent God as lambs. And this is a completely false correlation. Both lions and lambs come in male and female versions.
Jesus is referred to as both a lion and a lamb. Both men and women are referred to as sheep in the Bible. And both men and women can think of themselves as being as bold as lions when they walk in the righteousness of Christ.
Certain men, with itching ears, do not have the right to claim "lion" status for themselves while relegating women to "lamb" status. Men who do this are creating false structures that nature, God's own creation, witnesses against.
I'm not a tame lion either. I'm not subjugated and controlled by the men and culture of this earth. I run wild in the lioness freedom that Jesus, the Lion and the Lamb, my older Brother... I run wild in the Spirit Wind freedom that He bought me. And I'm not going to let arrogant little whelps tell me any different. Those that try to take my lion status away in order to give me a lesser role are preaching a different gospel.
Now, after this rant, you may think that I really do hate Eldredge's book. But I don't. I only hate what others have done with it and how they have misused it. The next post is about the good in his book and why my love for it eventually does win out over my frustration.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
No Yoke of Slavery for You
Galatians 5:1 It was for freedom that Christ set us free, therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.
Why did Christ set us free? For the sake of freedom.
Note, this is gender inclusive. This isn't just freedom for men, but for women also. There is no pink and blue freedom, different kinds of freedom for whatever gender you are.
This is radical, Spirit Wind freedom that we must continue to stand in and defend.
Paul warns them and us against subjecting ourselves to a yoke of slavery. He warns us against the teachings that say the works of the flesh earn us God's favor.
Yet there is much teaching about submitting and subjecting in the church today concerning women. Who is teaching it? Fearful men who are afraid of radically free women.
Jesus said, "You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free." (John 8:32)
But all preachers don't preach the truth. Some preachers preach the lie of patriarchy that sucks away freedom from people and makes them people of the Law rather that people of the Spirit Wind. Some preachers preach rigid roles and rules for individuals, legalism. And these preachers suck the life and wind right out of individuals.
No, Paul says to stand firm in our freedom and to not subject ourselves again to a yoke of slavery. We don't have to listen to those preachers any more. The truth in not in them.
John 8:36 If therefore the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.
Why did Christ set us free? For the sake of freedom.
Note, this is gender inclusive. This isn't just freedom for men, but for women also. There is no pink and blue freedom, different kinds of freedom for whatever gender you are.
This is radical, Spirit Wind freedom that we must continue to stand in and defend.
Paul warns them and us against subjecting ourselves to a yoke of slavery. He warns us against the teachings that say the works of the flesh earn us God's favor.
Yet there is much teaching about submitting and subjecting in the church today concerning women. Who is teaching it? Fearful men who are afraid of radically free women.
Jesus said, "You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free." (John 8:32)
But all preachers don't preach the truth. Some preachers preach the lie of patriarchy that sucks away freedom from people and makes them people of the Law rather that people of the Spirit Wind. Some preachers preach rigid roles and rules for individuals, legalism. And these preachers suck the life and wind right out of individuals.
No, Paul says to stand firm in our freedom and to not subject ourselves again to a yoke of slavery. We don't have to listen to those preachers any more. The truth in not in them.
John 8:36 If therefore the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Bewitching Your Freedom Away
Galatians 3:1 You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified?
vs 2 This is the one thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the words of the Law, or by hearing with faith?
vs 3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?
Paul here is asking the People of the Wind why they have turned in their status of freedom in the Spirit to become prisoners of the Law.
Paul asks them who has bewitched them, who has cast a spell over them that they would trade in the radical Spirit Wind freedom that Jesus bought for them with His own blood... why would they trade this in for rules and regulations and oppressive structures of religion.
He wants to know how they received the Spirit in the first place. Was is by the sweat of their own brow? And if they did not receive this Freedom by the sweat of their own brow and the carrying of heavy burdens, when did they start thinking they had to start picking up heavy loads and tying them up on their backs?
Who was bewitching their freedoms away from them? Who was demanding that they submit to structures and orders that wound them and break them down?
And this is the question we have to ask ourselves. Who is sucking our freedom away with their doctrine. Who is trying to separate us from the Spirit and freedom we have in Christ?
Jesus said, "Come unto me all who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest."
Are the teachers you are listening to giving you rest? Or are they wearing you down with their obsession with certain structures?
Are the teachers you are listening to allowing you to be free in the Spirit Wind, or do they require you to be mired in the bog of their doctrine?
vs 2 This is the one thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the words of the Law, or by hearing with faith?
vs 3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?
Paul here is asking the People of the Wind why they have turned in their status of freedom in the Spirit to become prisoners of the Law.
Paul asks them who has bewitched them, who has cast a spell over them that they would trade in the radical Spirit Wind freedom that Jesus bought for them with His own blood... why would they trade this in for rules and regulations and oppressive structures of religion.
He wants to know how they received the Spirit in the first place. Was is by the sweat of their own brow? And if they did not receive this Freedom by the sweat of their own brow and the carrying of heavy burdens, when did they start thinking they had to start picking up heavy loads and tying them up on their backs?
Who was bewitching their freedoms away from them? Who was demanding that they submit to structures and orders that wound them and break them down?
And this is the question we have to ask ourselves. Who is sucking our freedom away with their doctrine. Who is trying to separate us from the Spirit and freedom we have in Christ?
Jesus said, "Come unto me all who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest."
Are the teachers you are listening to giving you rest? Or are they wearing you down with their obsession with certain structures?
Are the teachers you are listening to allowing you to be free in the Spirit Wind, or do they require you to be mired in the bog of their doctrine?
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