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

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: 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.

By: Colt Carter

Colt Carter — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:40:35 +0000

Yeah, this certainly wasn't a "calling out"…might want to find a better example next time. Of course we know you only posted this just to draw some attention to your blog.

By: Kyle Reed

Kyle Reed — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:49:29 +0000

These last couple of weeks have been a whirlwind of people calling each other out over the blogosphere.

What is funny is that MPT did that to piper (a little different obviously) and got blasted for it.
It seems like a very touchy thing to do. Depending on the way it is handled it can really be very divisive and often leads to bad results. I often find when I start to call someone out there are several things that others could call me out on as well.
It just seems that it is often done to get attention and not very productive.

Now if it is something like Piper did (kind of in a fun way but still wanting to call attention to) then I really do not have a problem with it. It was not that he was question drischolls character he was simple saying he was wrong in and of the fact of his statement.

I tend to be very pretty harsh sometimes with statements and so I try and stay away from criticizing. But the beauty of the blog world is it allows people to say what they think. I just hate it when they make it anonymous and hide behind their computer.

By: John Saddington

John Saddington — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:10:23 +0000

you should get an gravatar bro. get a gravatar. now.