Dec
16
2009
Keller on Responding to Criticism
Tim Keller’s post How Do You Take Criticism of Your Views? is an important read. Here’s the opening:
Recently several people have asked me ‘how do you deal with harsh criticism?’ In each case, the inquirer had felt stung by what they felt were unfair attacks on him or her. In this internet age, anyone can have their views censured unfairly by people they don’t know. So what do you do when that happens? Here’s is the gist of the counsel I give people when they ask me about this. For years I’ve been guided by a letter by John Newton that is usually entitled “On Controversy.”
Read the whole thing.
Related materials: Here’s the text for John Newton’s letter, and here is a very good article by David Powlison on how to respond to criticism.