Coward #1: Little Boy Larry

Men who don't understand masculinity in general and marriage in particular are prone to go in one of two directions: chauvinism or cowardice.

In this clip, Pastor Mark Driscoll introduces the 1st of 4 profiles of typical cowards: Little Boy Larry, a sweetheart, who works part-time, maybe lives at home. His mom does his laundry and picks up groceries for him and he's looking for a wife who'll take care of him the way his mom does now. But he's a joke, and tends to be majority in the Christian church.

This clip is part of the Marriage and Men sermon on I Peter 3:7, preached on March 22, 2009 at the Ballard campus. The sermon is a seminal introduction to Mars Hill's teachings on biblical manhood. Watch the full sermon here: http://www.marshillchurch.org/media/trial/marriage-and-men

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[abbeyism]

Did this idiot just say "dumb ideas like stay at home dads" word for word?

[Jerkwad152]

@smokiepost

An eyeball by the looks of it. Looks serious.

[Samalamalamdam]

@cbartlett800 Don't get bent out of shape. He's not referring to guys like you.

[Samalamalamdam]

@cadmus98 Thanks for the reply. I ask because I have Asperger's Syndrome and recognized some aspects of myself in Mark's message.

[cadmus98]

@Samalamalamdam No, because in that case the person is a victim of a physical disability. In the same way, you don't call a man bedridden with a disease "lazy." In those cases it's not an issue of lack of virtue. I have a brother who is autistic -- he is not simply a lazy coward, but disabled.

[cadmus98]

@cbartlett800 OK, but you're not a stay-at-home dad because you are trying to avoid work, or are trying to leech of your partner, or so on? I think that's what Mr Driscoll was getting at.

[cadmus98]

@abbeyism No.

Mark said, "He'll come up with dumb ideas, like, 'I'll be the stay-at-home dad'"

When used as a way to shirk responsibility or avoid having to work, or in order to be a leech, then it's a dumb idea.

[tprovostdia]

Is sitting across the table from a heretic and calling him a brother make you a coward. Mark Driscoll is a coward in a sense that makes "Larry" look like a super hero

[cbartlett800]

Mark, do you consider your wife to be lazy because she is a stay at home mom? Or do you just think that women are not fit to be in the work place?

[cbartlett800]

Stay at home dad here, and I have to just say one thing, this guy is a douchbag. I raise my kid and hold down a full time job from home. And if I did not work, that would be ok as well, since raising a kid is and should be a full time job in and of itself!

[Stefandurrr]

@abbeyism I don't think he's heard of the term "home business" or "work from home" or "my wife's job pays more than mine".