Tough theology.

I read this recently, it is a statement made by mark Driscoll. it sums up beautifully, some of how I feel about Christ and the way Christians have been portrayed. I realise that much of my own walk has been down the limp wristed version of Christianity, and I realise how often the wider community and the church tries to manipulate me into staying weak and insipid. I hate being challenged by Christ but I love it at the same time. I desperately need to be challenged more to be a fighter for the things I value rather than always being a doormat for peoples opinions.

See what you think.

"There is a strong drift toward the hard theological left. Some emergent types [want] to recast Jesus as a limp-wrist hippie in a dress with a lot of product in His hair, who drank decaf and made pithy Zen statements about life while shopping for the perfect pair of shoes. In Revelation, Jesus is a prize fighter with a tattoo down His leg, a sword in His hand and the commitment to make someone bleed. That is a guy I can worship. I cannot worship the hippie, diaper, halo Christ because I cannot worship a guy I can beat up. I fear some are becoming more cultural than Christian, and without a big Jesus who has authority and hates sin as revealed in the Bible, we will have less and less Christians, and more and more confused, spiritually self-righteous blogger critics of Christianity".
—Mark Driscoll, Relevant Magazine[10]