Comments on: John Piper and Mark Driscoll: Twitter-Blog Fight

By: MRWBBIII

MRWBBIII — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:00:45 +0000

JOHN PIPER ON MARK DRISCOLL SERMON JAM

By: MRWBBIII

MRWBBIII — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:01:56 +0000

JOHN PIPER ON MARK DRISCOLL SERMON JAM

By: human3rror

human3rror — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:11:07 +0000

thanks for your thoughts here. interesting perspective.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:00:59 +0000

I would comment on this but I cannot…I would feel like I was publicly confronting John Piper which is not biblical. If I have a problem with what he did I would have to go to my brother and talk to him…not publicly shame him. Then if he did not listen I might bring all you with me to confront…Matthew 18.

By: Nathan Creitz

Nathan Creitz — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:33:58 +0000

I called someone out for what I saw to be a misguided use of emotion during a large Christian conference. It was interesting how many people then called me out after barely reading my post or any of the comments (much less anything about me to understand why I was blogging about it in the first place). I wanted to post for edification but ended up just riling people up. It's important to think carefully about not just what you are saying, but also about how what you say will be perceived. I only call someone out on my blog publicly when they do something in a public setting. I've called out Wiley Drake for praying for Obama's death. I've called out Joel Osteen for not preaching the gospel. I've called out a lot of people but my blog is much less public than the public arena in which some people disgrace Christianity. I think even though some people will disagree with me, it's important to share with my readers and with unbelievers that what some people do in the name of Christianity is not what all of us do. On the other hand, I don't usually get into theological debates.

By: human3rror

human3rror — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:50:06 +0000

my point is more about my curiousity than anything else.

By: LayGuy

LayGuy — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:25:39 +0000

Piper & Driscoll are above this so called "Twitter-Blog Fight" – you shouldn't have to sensationalise this beyond what it is. Except if you like to draw visitors to your blog!

By: Tyler_Braun

Tyler_Braun — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:52:47 +0000

I've done it before (without using the actual names of the people I called out)…..

all I would say is that you can expect to have the supporters of that person to come out in droves and to be large and in charge about it.

By: stephen

stephen — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:52:20 +0000

I like the exposed nature of confrontation between leaders online. I think it shows authenticity of social media and of those leaders to be bold enough to say their opinions. I'll shy way from saying that I don't like _____ store because of fear that I may one day want them to let me take photos for them and it'll bite me in the butt… but, to be truly authentic and say what you feel is your right as a leader, person, believer, etc and I assume they'd both say this to their face, so it's not really that different in social media (other than it's a couple thousand people seeing it)…

and BTW – it really really really isn't a big deal what they're disagreeing about. It's personal opinion vs. having an argument on something fundamental to their faith.

By: human3rror

human3rror — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:45:04 +0000

well, he did call out mark on something. thankfully it was a benign example, right? could have been worse.