Comments on: How Do You Take Criticism of Your Views?

By: On being criticized and bringing criticism « Faithful Discipleship

On being criticized and bringing criticism « Faithful Discipleship — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:35:09 +0000

[...] Tim Keller’s counsel on how to respond when criticized (even wrongly) is very practical and very biblical. You can read his blog post about this here. [...]

By: David

David — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:00:36 +0000

Beyond needing to hear in my life right now. Dealing with a difficult situation where I am being criticized and pushed towards a direction I do not agree with. It is hard to see any truth within the critics point of view, BUT I know that they are right on some things that I already acknowledged a while back.

I think a freeing statement being made here is that you do not have to agree with everything they are saying, just be open enough to listen without a hard heart.

By: repsonding well to criticism — cafedave.net

repsonding well to criticism — cafedave.net — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:01:31 +0000

[...] yourself: how do you take criticism of your views? Do you look for the kernel of truth in the criticism, or do you immediately get defensive or [...]

By: Around the Interweb (12/20) « Blogging Theologically

Around the Interweb (12/20) « Blogging Theologically — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:02:56 +0000

[...] Tim Keller on dealing with harsh criticism [...]

By: Saturday Links — DashHouse.com

Saturday Links — DashHouse.com — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:01:24 +0000

[...] Keller: How Do You Take Criticism of Your Views? [...]

By: Cream of blog 12.18.09 « The Sweet Dropper

Cream of blog 12.18.09 « The Sweet Dropper — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:47:34 +0000

[...] Tim Keller on how to deal with criticism, and how John Newton has helped him respond in godly ways. [...]

By: Holiday At The Sea » The Weekly Town Crier

Holiday At The Sea » The Weekly Town Crier — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:35:48 +0000

[...] Read as Tim Keller examines how we receive criticism. [...]

By: Ricky St. Claire

Ricky St. Claire — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:37:26 +0000

This applies to all areas of life, not just doctrine, and in that respect was greatly needed for me. Thank you so much. God is too good to me.

By: Jay Munroe

Jay Munroe — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:29:49 +0000

I found an extremely funny but true line in the article about Switchfoot that a "critic" posted following his strong opinions. The line was "thats my view from the cheap seats". we who are commenting would do well to take on this same attitude. its easy to respond in disagreement, and also easy to forget that the person who wrote the article believes they are following their God-given Call. rebuke well taken Pastor Keller, i even with good reason. i still disagree with some of the fundamental claims of the "Deep Church" book, but the mission of the book couldn't be any more God mandated and important to God's people in America. Some of the leaven described above has caught in my soul, and I would like to apologize directly to Mike Polhman if i came on too strong. Keep in mind that a lot of these posts are from people trying to discover their voice because we feel that we have no setting to proclaim the Gospel at all. thats our problem not yours. I'm sorry brother, keep it up.

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:53:32 +0000

Newton's thoughts make me consider how the fruit of the Spirit is connected. To have "self-control" in keeping one's identity hidden in Christ will bear the fruit of love, gentleness and kindness towards our critics. I am learning that my primary "far" idol is approval...which is inherently a "fusion of identity" with the opinions of others. Fusing my identity to Christ is the only dependency that's healthy. Thank you for this helpful reminder from Newton.