Jun 28, 2022
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From what I’ve seen of him, I don’t mind him. A guy I work with heads a Firefighters for Christ arm and was getting flack for sending out a sermon from a guy who preaches so openly about sex. Some choice quotes from one of his correspondants:
Those quotes are pure gold. She actually hyphenated sex. Like when hardcore believer’s hyphenate G-d.
In any case, for my co-worker’s benefit, I did a couple hours’ worth of research and watched one of Driscoll’s hourlong sermons entitled, “Bad Sex, Good Sex.” Or something like it. I found it on Google Video. Though I did put the E back into that naughty word.
I didn’t see anything wrong with what he was talking about. Especially where he is responding to people’s questions, like: Is masturbation sin? What about non-missionary positions? Oral? Anal? Dominatrix? Stuff like that. These are the questions people want answers to.
I oughtta know. I’ve spent ten years getting paid to answer people’s theological questions. And fifteen years in youth ministry.
The Danes last blog post..20081119.ChurchLies
Mark Driscol is a phenomenal communicator, a brilliant writer, and an excellent theologian. You won’t find anyone out there more committed to properly understanding and communicating the truths of scripture. His ministry is in the most unchurched city in the U.S. An incredibly high percentage of his 8000 church members were unchurched before they attended Mars Hill. His ministry is to be commended. His doctrine is solid and conservative. He takes contextualization to a level we have not seen done successfully by others. These methods are what make him a lightning rod for criticism. His biggest critics are self righteous religious hypocrites. They are the ones who don’t know how to relate to lost people because it involves crossing their self imposed moral code (phariseeism) that is above and beyond scripture. I find him to be a breath of fresh air and a voice that we will look back on one day as a man used by God for a spiritual awakening in America. He’s not perfect and I don’t agree with him on everything but he is as good as there is in contextualizing the gospel for a generation that has otherwise left the church for dead.
I am a huge fan of Mark Driscoll and his ministry at Mars Hill in Seattle, WA. His church planting ministry, Acts 29, is really amazing as well. He is theologically solid, orthodox, Reformed (even). I think his “edginess,” furthermore, has brought the great truths of the gospel to many people who otherwise wouldn’t have darkened the doorway of a church or given an evangelist the time of day. That’s my two cents anyway.
I am one of the pastors at an Acts29 church plant in Atlanta and we would not be having the success we are having without the help of Driscol.
I smell fanboys!
The Danes last blog post..20081119.ChurchLies
You caught me red handed Dane
I’ll more or less echo the Dane: I don’t mind him. I mean, he’s not really my cup of tea, I have some problems with his philosophy of ministry, but I don’t really find him offensive.
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