I've been hanging out at a couple Evangelical blogs lately. One features a 'rant' by megachurch celebpastor Mark Driscoll in response to a column by Brian McLaren on 'the gay issue.' The first line of this highly intellectual response will probably be enough. But if you have no intention of clicking the link, here it is:
Well, it seems that Brian McLaren and the Emergent crowd are emerging into homo-evangelicals.
It goes downhill from there. If you have the time and energy to read down through the comments, I contributed my $0.02.
Then at Reformissionary they're talking about satellite churches and watching a video of the celebpastor in the middle of worship instead of, I dunno, training or hiring a real live human being. Not totally coincidentally, this centers around Driscoll's church. I'm becoming acquainted with his style and substance, and both bother me. I guess this is one of Evangelicalism's up-and-comers.
The debate rages whether a video of Mr. Personality preaching is a sufficient substitute for a pastor actually standing at a pulpit in front of you. If I want to see a movie, I'll go to a theater. I go to a church to worship and to interact with people, not to sit passively watching a screen. All that's missing is the popcorn and M&Ms. What? Megachurches sell that stuff? Oh.
Hey, sometime soon I'll write about my Lenten discussion series. It's going to be lots of fun.
3 comments:
I read your comment thinking, Do I know this P.o.C.? That seems so familiar...
That's a distressing set of exchanges.
I read McLaren's post and Driscoll's response and must say that while I've heard of Emergent, I'm not as familiar as Greg is.
However, I can say that Driscoll's rant leaves me dumbfounded and confused. I really wonder what his point was. Homosexuality is not a new aspect of society, yet he manages to sound amazed at it. The lengths he goes to trivialize a fellow pastor without taking a stand one way or the other himself is appalling. I wonder how the gay membership of Driscoll's church reacts to an outburst like this from their fearless leader.
Yeah--I read through both McC's post and Driscoll's rant. I can't figure the logic of ranting about homo-evangelicals while simultaneously congratulating yourself for not support a Focus on the Family event because that might appear to be insensitive to gays and lesbians. Huh?????
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