EMAIL OF THE DAY

“I’m a great admirer of your writing, and consider myself an evangelical Christian. The article that you cited as a Derbyshire award nominee “Do you have a Pitbull Attitude” by Doug Giles I think may have been misunderstood on your part. This seems to me (I’ve never read anything by Mr. Giles before) to be a piece that is representative of a small fad in evangelical writing. The most prominent of this fad is “Wild at Heart” by John Eldredge. The concept is that the current church has been feminized as men have not lived up to their role as depicted in scripture. To counteract this trend, these authors depict the spiritual life as one that can be seen as a masculine challenge rather than passivity. The challenge in this article by Giles is to live authentically what you preach, and to not insulate oneself in a christian bubble. You may object to his machismo style, but it’s likely targeted to those that see the christian life as too feminine for themselves. I don’t think that this article deserves a Derbyshire as it’s not concerning public policy or bullying anyone, just to have courage to practice what you preach, be authentic, and break through your bubble. How is this not like Jesus?”