I think I’m dying, are you?

11 Responses to “I think I’m dying, are you?”

1. Kathryn
   September 18th, 2006 @ 2:46 am

   Please don’t say that! Remember that “Death and life are in the power of the tongue” (Proverbs). As to pastor Driscoll, I’m sorry to hear from another source that he has been perpetrating prejudice against women by (mis)quoting the Bible to prove that a woman’s place is in the home. Ladies, that is a lie of the devil. God anointed Bible women to be prophets, judges, military leaders, apostles, ministers, deaconnesses, and businesswomen; their ministries become all the more remarkable when you consider that the prejudice against women was 100 times worse then than it is now.

2. joannmski
   September 18th, 2006 @ 10:10 pm

   Well, I don’t know enough about what Pastor Driscoll has been writing to be able to say anything about his views. However, I do think that it’s an excellent post, and as a pastor’s wife I can see that if one does not watch out, ministry can certainly suck the life out of you or your husband.

3. Kathryn
   September 20th, 2006 @ 5:33 pm

   I hope that none of your readers adopts the sad theology of Mark Driscoll when it comes to women and the Bible. It is unscriptural and unhealthy. It is complementarianism at it’s worst. Same with Wayne Grudem.

4. Karen
   September 22nd, 2006 @ 10:46 am

   Hi Amy,

   I have visited your church and have seen some of what your husband believes about women’s roles (or lack of). I find it interesting that for all of your candor on this blog, you do not respond to the few comments on women’s rolls. I think if you want this blog to truly reflect who you are, you could tell us what you believe. Are you afraid of loosing readers, or are you trying to project something you are not by omission, or am I totally wrong?

5. pat
   September 22nd, 2006 @ 12:57 pm

   The beauty of this blog and it’s forum is that we can converse with people outside of our own denominations. People we might not otherwise fellowship with on a church wide basis. There are many, many opinions on the role of woman in the church and I find the choice of words above unfortunate. As we respect you and your views about the role of woman in the church please consider that those who choose to leave woman out of certain leadership roles are not doing so out of oppression or hosility toward woman but because of a genuine conviction that this is what God wants. Would you want anyone to do any less than follow God and His word to the best of their ability as they understand it?

6. Amy
   September 22nd, 2006 @ 3:47 pm

   Ah yes. I will certainly throw in my two cents on this issue, but don’t look for it here. It’ll be the topic of my next post.

7. Solana
   September 22nd, 2006 @ 5:16 pm

   I look forward to reading a new post about women in leadership and the balanced interpretation and application of scripture in our modern context.

   Whilst I am not a feminist bra-burner or a wannabe Betty Crocker, I believe that there is a lot of confusion and false teaching over the roles/functions/named positions of women in church. Indeed there is a lot of confusion about femininity and masculinity and the roles of the sexes in our society.

   If we really desire to know what God wants us to apply and teach, we have to know how to interpret scripture correctly. (And not with agendas fuelled by modern feminism or chauvanism).

8. Kathryn
   September 22nd, 2006 @ 9:19 pm

   For a good book, I recommend The Vision Of His Glory, by Anne Graham Lotz. She is an evangelist, and the daughter of Billy Graham. She explores the book of Revelation.

9. Kathryn
   September 22nd, 2006 @ 11:14 pm

   Another suggestion would be to contact evangelist Joyce Meyer. She has books and tapes too, and puts out a monthly magazine for all her ministry partners.

10. Rachelle
    August 15th, 2007 @ 9:35 am

    AHH!!! Not Mark Driscoll. When I was a student at Seattle Pacific University, so many of my friends went to Mars Hill. I even went a couple of times myself. I cannot tell you how many horrible things Mark has said. He always makes offensive comments and then has to write public apologies. In my opinion, he is not someone who people should take advice from… One Sunday that I attended his church, one of the leaders made a joke from the pulpit about how the bulletin was a good read but without the porn… I couldn’t believe my ears! I was so offended and haven’t been back. The sad thing was that most of the congregation laughed at this comment. I do know that Mars Hill has many great ministries, but the bad out-weighs the good to me.

11. Rachelle
    August 15th, 2007 @ 9:46 am

    Sorry… I don’t want to sound like I’m bashing Mark… I just have really strong feelings about things that he has said. Also, I have a lot of personal experience with him and his church. Mars Hill does have good ministries as I mentioned earlier, but I do have a lot of concerns with what Mark teaches. One of my best friends attends his church and it honestly worries me.

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