So I just watched the Jordan Peterson "Message to the Christian Churches" video and all I have to say is #blesshisheart.
He's so serious about it. He believes he has this unique insight for a institution that he's opted out of and turns out, it's just... it's just 2007 Driscoll.
People have literally followed the exact playbook that he's suggesting (& recently!) and it didn't work.
Don't get me wrong. I'm here for the conversations about masculinity, the challenges of forming good men, the unique pressures of modernity, but friends, "Just be a better person" is not the gospel & it will fail men every time.
In all seriousness, I understand why Peterson is suggesting the approach he's suggesting. It's literally the best he has to offer. It is the kind of stoicism that resonnates with men who want to be good men.
But that's the whole point of the Christian message: You don't make yourself a good man by trying harder. You become a good man by humbling yourself before your Creator, admitting your limits & failures, & throwing yourself on his mercy.
Driscoll, Mars Hill, & so many other churches failed in their attempts to reform masculinity b/c the Christian church shouldn't be in the business of telling people to "just try harder."
The uniqueness of the Christian message is the combination of truth & grace. Let's tell the truth about ourselves & let's live in the mercy, forgiveness, and power of the Savior. Let's find a source of life outside ourselves.
Also, if you're a JP fan, I'm not dissing you. I'm just saying he needs to stay in his lane. And if he's going to be audacious enough to tell the Christian church what they should do, the least he can do is get the Christian message right.
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