A student at Liberty, one with both an active mind and some time on his hands, sent me these, and they humored me. The Baptist blogosphere has been pretty serious recently, so here’s a couple of perspectives on “The Kerfuffle” (Driscoll’s term for the controversy over his appearance at Liberty tomorrow).
Also, I am told that Mitt Romney will be the commencement speaker at Liberty this year, an action that will surprise only clueless people oblivious to Liberty’s political stands.
He said that the Romney appearance was likely to be “Kerfuffle 2”, and sent me these posters in preparation.
Wow. Think I’ll skip Liberty for the PhD. Mostly cause I can’t afford it (that’s almost entirely it) but a Mormon? I thought the thought Driscolls stance on sex was bad!
Its funny to see people throw a hissy fit over different views on charismatic issues and sex, but they barely say anything on differences of Trinity, salvation, etc.
Agreed.
The Trinity is no longer a primary doctrine for many Southern Baptists. Doctrinal anemia.
Matt, well, I don’t know nothin’ ’bout the differences some folks have about the Trinity and salvation, etc. But I can sure tell you young whipper-snappers a couple of things about the aforementioned issues. 🙂 I been garblin’ my words since I was a bit younger than dirt. And I’ve been hoppin and a jumpin’ in the pews long before Charismatic was cool. And well…that other subject, is a bit “beyond my discomfort” zone to get “beneath the sheets” about. If ya know what I mean…:) I do happened to know a few things about “hissy fits” though. Have a… Read more »
I’m gonna get moderated huh.
Personally, I’m making a commitment to use the word “kerfuffle” as often as I can.
I’ve used it several times the last few days. It has been a joy. 🙂
So long as the decision to use the word kerfuffle does not lead to its own kerfuffle. Because I think we are all kerfuffled out.
Smusch, are you trying to start a kerfuffle?
Kerfuffle…no…
A foofaraw…YES!!!
I prefer broohahah’s
I would like it better if it was spelled kerfluffle. I think it’s because I think a kerfuffle is kind of like fluffing pillows. But mostly because I mispronounced it the first time I read it and have been stuck with the mispronunciation ever since.
It was my word of the month a few months ago. This post is so last year. 😉
Didn’t Liberty have Glen Beck a few years back as well? This doesn’t surprise me. I wonder if the SBC blogsphere will be up in arms again.
I was going to make a media firestorm with Glen Beck’s book. I figure if that guy in Florida got all that press by threatening to burn the Koran, burning Beck’s book would do something. But alas, I was too cheap to buy the books.
If you ask around, someone in the media might be willing to buy you a copy of the book for you to burn and then cover the event for you too.
What is the difference between a kerfuffle and a brouhaha, and are they better baked or fried?
Imagine the kerfuffle and/or brouhaha if it is revealed that those of the “reformed” theological type favor one side over the other. Would that indicate a kerfuffle (or brouhaha) takeover of the SBC?
Maybe a brouhaha is something with alcohol and a kerfuffle is non-alcoholic.
That would be “brew-haha.”
URBAN DICTIONARY says the spelling is ‘Kerfluffle ‘
Verb: To rile up, confuse, or anger a cat (especially kittens) into fluffing up. Sometimes results in a cat spazzing out and running around the residence.
The cat was so kerfluffled you could hardly see its legs under all the fur.
I prefer the term dust-up.
Kerfuffle, brouhaha, dust-up – there are so many good words.
I’m afraid that posts like this bring out the worst (or best) in the Voices community.
My only real critique of the movie posters is that he should have Photoshopped some faces in as well. That would have been a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious effort.
Other “movie” titles…
Lord of the Rings: The Two Kerfuffles
Star Wars: Episode Two: Attack of the Kerfuffles
(or for the TRUE sequel)
Star Wars: The Kerfuffle Strikes Back
Star Trek 2: Wrath of Kerfuffle
Kerfuffle’s 12
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Kerfuffles
Grumpier Old Kerfuffles
The Borne Kerfuffle
The Dark Kerfuffle
I will forward these suggestions.
I can’t believe you posted these ungodly movie posters on this site! Why don’t you just post Harry Potter while you’re at it? Heretic.
No true Christian would have anything to do with Harry Potter.
Oh, and….Avada Kedavra!
Was that wrong?
Actually, I dont think anyone involved would use the Avada Kedavra. If anything, the “Reformed” takeover types are using the Imperius Curse on a few SBC folk, forcing them to start Kerfuffles.
Brilliant.
That’s funny right there
I knew you was an evil warlock. A certain blogger was right bout u!
The word kerfuffle makes me hungry. It sounds like it should be some kind of food, kind of like souffle or something. And if it shows up in Star Trek 2: Wrath of Kerfuffle, I suppose it would be served cold.
For the record, me and a few unnamed bloggers will be driving to the Liberty graduation this year, not to watch, but to protest. I’m thinking of joining with some staunch heretics because the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Whatever you do, don’t cause a kerfuffle.
We wouldn’t you to end up on an certain unsavory blog for praise or rebuke.
I consider the lightheartedness directed toward all those who challenge the status quo in Christian community of faith for their lack of discernment as merely a “kerfuffle” less than amusing. In fact, if this is meant to “amuse” we might evaluate what a-muse means. “A” is “not” and “Muse” is “to think”. When we treat admonishment and exhortations as amusing, we are simply “not thinking”. That said, I defer to John MacArthur on the involvement of Christians in societal and cultural problems today such as speakers for a Christian school: “Reclaiming the culture is a pointless, futile exercise. I am… Read more »
Hariette, based on your recent blog post, and this comment, you seem to be an expert on what Christians can and cannot discuss, even though you get onto pastors for discussing subjects they’re not experts on. Have you applied the argument you made against Stetzer and others to yourself in that you’re not an expert on what Christians can and cannot discuss? So, now we can only joke about things you deem are appropriate? Also, this statement, “It’s disheartening to see the amusements of Christians fall on the lines of that which other Christians find in opposition to the Gospel… Read more »
Inconsistency abounds.
I remember getting an email from one blogger years ago chastising me for lighthearted comments about a controversy. Interesting that just a day or two before, he had been yukking it up with his friends making fun of another situation. So often, we find humor we agree with funny, and that with which we disagree we find offensive.
Dave and Jared Moore, You are right. Inconsistency abounds. But please don’t take this lady to task today. Her perspective about what is happening at LU is shared by many solid follower of Christ, SelahV being one of those. Jared Moore, you have seemingly a quick trigger to to drop the hammer on women who frequent this blog. Maybe you should check your motive. SelahV, Dear lady this post is just a lark. It is nothing more than humor. It has been a long week in the SBC, the Homeland for many of us here, Dave included. I assure you… Read more »
CB, I’m an egalitarian commenter. Whether someone is male or female, if they’re making an inconsistent argument, I’m going to point it out. I hope others, whether male or female, will do the same for me.
Let’s have a truce today Jared Moore.
Leave SelahV alone today. How about it? Cut her some slack. OK?
CB,
Thanks brother. I really wanted to say something like this, but the words weren’t there for me. Well said.
CB, I don’t get you. Hariette didn’t cut Stetzer, Driscoll, or Akin any slack in her recent article at SBC Encounters. I don’t understand why you arbitrarily expect her to be treated differently than she’s treated other believers. My comment was very tame compared to her rebuke of Stetzer, Driscoll, and Akin. Go read her article.
Jared Moore, I read everything she writes. I read everything you write. Jared Moore, I think highly of Danny Akin. He is the president of SEBTS, the Homeland for me. I don’t care for it much when folks pile on him or Nathan Finn either for that matter. I count Ed Stetzer as somewhat of a friend. I think his work is very needful for Southern Baptists. I kinda feel that those who hammer on him do not understand his value and his contribution to us as Southern Baptists and who we are and what we seek to accomplish in… Read more »
CB, you are such a peacemaker. 🙂 I love you, and appreciate every single word you say. Every single word. You crack me up. Even when I want to scream. You remind me of my son when I was mad at him for something. He’d come in and give me a huge bear hug and say, “c’mon, now momma, you know you don’t wanna be mad at me.” And I would try my best not to laugh…but he wouldn’t let go till I did. Never crushed my hip, though. 🙂 Praying God uses you mightily, my friend. I can always… Read more »
Huh SelahV, it is just a Kerfluffle I guess. Think nothing of it. 🙂
Jared, good morning. I read the whole post. and to be sure, you might want to check Dave’s emails as to the reason he stated that my comment was deleted (at least what he stated to me). So…that said. I only did at my blog, what Ed Stetzer said to do. I went back and shared what I saw as an inconsistency and a direct oppression of a voice dissenting any interest, in Acts29 Network and the SBC. Amazing what one tiny deleted comment can do to further the debate on what more than likely would have become a buried… Read more »
Look, a blogger blogs according to his personality. God called me to preach, so I preach. But if I didn’t preach, there were two paths that appealed to me. I’d have really loved to be a trial lawyer – arguing for a living. Perhaps that desire informs some of my blogging. The other thing I would have loved to try my hand at is being a stand-up comedian. I have emceed several banquets and other events and have done some observational humor. Obviously, that also informs my blogging. So, here it is. I like to laugh. You can psychoanalyze that… Read more »
Dave, Now THAT was funny! 🙂 Seriously, though. Way back when, before all these kerfuffles began poppin’ up in blogland, I found a lot of humor in what you had to say. I’m trying to get to know the new and improved dave, if you will. Forgive my intrusion of seriousness into your humorous post, please. I tend to take a lot of things more seriously than I should these days. I think I’ve been reading too much of John MacArthur and The Vanishing Conscience. Or it may be the comment streams of mercy I find on so many blogposts.… Read more »
I keep wondering about mixing those two alternate careers. I suppose we already have stand-up lawyers, but I can’t help but think that a few trial comedians wouldn’t do some good.
Sixth Sense II: “I see kerfuffles”.
Well said by Bob “Willis” Cleveland. 😉
That is brilliant, Bob.
Hmm…So this thread joking about kerfuffles, actually leads to a kerfuffle as it makes light of the original kerfuffle. Man…I am getting kerfuffled out.
We can only joke for so long around here. Would you like a nice souffle?
LOL, That’s a true Kerfuffles there, Smuschany. Well done!
Jared, I will go there if you want me to and then Dave can firebomb the comment if he wants to. The deleted comment that raised such a stir cannot be called “unChristlike” in my opinion. I don’t remember Dave stating that as the reason it was deleted. It was deleted for other reasons. I don’t want to rehash that whole kerfuffle, but I am not going to let that accusation stand. They pushed back on Dave for perceived inconsistencies in moderation behavior. They have that prerogative. Moderation is a pain and it is bound to make people mad. It… Read more »
Jeff, Thank you kind sir. May God pour out his abundant blessings of grace upon you today. As for:
It came from CB’s heart. He does have one, you know. a very very big one. selahV
I know he does. That’s why I added the smiley face afterward (that and to tweak Dave just a bit). CB kind of reminds me of one of the pastors I know here in the Dakotas. When I first met the guy, he scared the willies out of me. Now that I have gotten to know him, I love the guy wholeheartedly.
Jeff Musgrave,
Thanks for the step-in. I appreciate it.
It’s the least I could do after you had to suffer the embarrassment of a broken championship trophy in Sabanation this week.
That did stink didn’t it? How on earth can guys who got scholarships for catching footballs drop a $30, 000.00 imitation?
Kerfluffle maybe?
I read today that it was the father of the long-snapper who was last to touch it. It was on ESPN.com.
I think it was divine justice.
The whole team went to visit the President this past Thursday. They gave him a jersey and a helmet. Safe I guess. It is pretty hard to drop and break a helmet. And BAMA jerseys never hit the ground anyway. 🙂
Maybe I should say a BAMA jersey has never been “dropped” to the earth by a Harvard grad. Such a Kerfluffle is a physical impossibility.
Jeff, That claim is original with her, not me.
I’m fine with letting this drop though.
Who knew the kerfluffle would start such a brouhaha.
That’s funny.
Only in Southern Baptist life can such kerfluffles cause such a brouhaha. And you are right Jared Moore. Dan Barnes can say funny things and kerfluffle things also.
Move on, folks. Nothing to see here.
Jeff, I did my best to follow what Dr. Stetzer said to do. but those pesky things kept popping up in my mailbox, one right after the other. 🙂 what can I say? just another one of the “kerfuffles” of life, I suppose.
selahV
Because I disagree with Mark Driscoll about almost everything, let me say that this really wasn’t a kerfuffle at all. It was more of a fracas.
It seemed to me to be more of a melee.
Hi Rick, I’m just praying for him, now. Constantly. And for those he is influencing with this little “kerfuffle” as he puts it. selahV
Hi Harriette,
You’re right. No sense piling on. We need to pray for him.
With just a hint of imbroglio.