Since the old, hoary sermonizing is turning young folks away from the evangelical church, New Calvinist Seattle pastor Mark Driscoll, known as "the cussing pastor," is giving conservatives the vapors as he tries to attract the next generation with a foul mouth that's still spewing of brimstone and hellfire. It's just dressed up with jeans, T-shirts and tattoos.




Make no mistake -- Driscoll doesn't represent anything close to an enlightened man of the (denim) cloth. He believes women should submit to their husbands, and is aghast at the modern interpretations of Jesus. Driscoll is obsessed with the idea that today's churches have feminized -- even homosexualized -- Christ. I guess he believes Jesus was an ass-kicking, crotch-grabbing, leering kind of guy, and if that view isn't changed, there's no way "real men" are going to return to the church.

Take a look at Driscoll's masculinity issues below the fold.



This man has serious issues. Why on earth is patience and tenderness a horrible thing? Even more disturbing, Driscoll tolerates no dissent in his church and it sounds like the guy is more like a power-mad mafia don than a spiritual leader.



So this is the future of the bible-beating movement? Folks are just plain terrifying.