here is Mark Driscoll talking briefly about the use of harsh language in the Bible.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUwO1i4ImPA&hl=en&fs=1]
Hat tip to Joe Thorn.
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Interesting video. I would like to hear more of what he has to say on the topic, but I have one small problem with an early comment,
“If that’s how God speaks, then that’s how we should speak.” I know he goes on to qualify this talking about sparingly and such, but the premise itself gives me pause.
Because God does something, does that make it ok for us to do so? I’m not so sure that is the case. God judges the non-believer. Are we to do so? No, in fact we are told not too specifically (1 Cor. 5:12-13). I just think we have to be careful that in trying to conform ourselves into the image of Christ that we don’t think we are God.
Thanks for making me think.
Michael
Thanks Michael. I kind of cringed when he said that too. But then I wondered how much of my cringing comes from living in a namby pamby feminized church culture.
One of the things I love about reading the gospels is how much Jesus was in the face of the pharisees. He had zero tolerance or patience for them. He called them names (see all of Matthew 23) and he ridiculed their ignorance (Matthew 16:2-4). I like the way Mark clarified his remarks to say that God’s use of that kind of rough language was mostly reserved for the self righteous who needed their balloons punctured.
I agree that we have to be careful, and I think Mark would agree with you too. (I am really looking forward to the full conference to hear the expanded version of this talk. This topic is near and dear to my heart). But I also think that in some situations we need to be bolder, and yes, harsher than we usually are.
Keith
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