This Would All Be Cool (If Jesus Ever Existed)

"What really grates is the portrayal of Jesus as a wimp, or worse. Paintings depict a gentle man embracing children and cuddling lambs. Hymns celebrate his patience and tenderness. The mainstream church, Driscoll has written, has transformed Jesus into 'a Richard Simmons, hippie, queer Christ,' a 'neutered and limp-wristed popular Sky Fairy of pop culture that . . . would never talk about sin or send anyone to hell.'"

-- Molly Worthen, on pastor Mark Driscoll (“the cussing pastor”) and the new Calvinism, for The New York Times.

Hat Tip: Althouse