We are a Movement

Mark Driscoll's We are a Movement Video from the Acts 29 Raleigh Bootcamp:



Great stuff...well said...we need to Plant...we need to reach.

Mark Driscoll and Crappy Christians

Mark Driscoll has been under a lot of criticism as of late:

• Ingrid Schlueter assassinated him in her blog in regard to his talking about sex from the pulpit.
• The Baptist Press also wrote an article on him intitled "Driscoll's Vulgarity Draws Media Attention"

Both of these articles spoke very negatively about Driscoll and his "vulgar" speech. Now, I admit Driscoll is very blunt, but most of these are refereing to Don Miller's book Blue Like Jazz which is not really a great theological book. In it Miller refers to Driscoll as the "cussing pastor." This was around 10 years ago when Driscoll was still a relatively new Christian. Obviously Christians, espescially pastors, need to refrain from unwholesome speech and talk...but 10 years ago is a long time.

Praise God, that I am not remembered for my past or my past sins. Grace showed up big in my life, and because of that I have freedom from them.

I am okay with people targeting people who preach the Gospel. Most Pastors or Ministers would agree that to serve Christ puts a bih bullseye on your back and because of that people will always be critizing you...that goes with the job. The problem that I have is when a Christian Publication totally assassinates the character of a Pastor who is sold out to Jesus and doing all that he can to change his culture for the sake of Christ. The SBC should be embarrassed that it published that it let someone write such a horrendous article.

Upon reading the article it is apparent that the "annonymous" writer had an agenda against Driscoll...

Ed Stetzer (from the SBC's Lifeway) upon speaking to Driscoll wrote a response to the whole situation in his blog. Stetzer and Driscoll are friends and Stetzer admits to criticizing Driscoll's language. Now Driscoll has repented publically...that means that biblically we should forgive him and move on.

Now on a positive note...Driscoll has also had a great amount of positive publicity from the secular press:

• New York Times article
• ABC News Video Interview
• And most recently he was on D.L. Hughley's CNN Show

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Driscoll is possibly the voice of the current generation...and he is apparently paying the price for it, but it shouldnt come from Christians...its a shame that the secular press seems to like him more than his Christian counterparts...maybe that is why is making a difference.

Men are From Mars Hill

A great interview with Mark Driscoll about his Church.

Some good stuff about how he came to be the type of leader that he is.

Helpful Books on the Cross

Helpful Books on the Cross: Compiled by Mark Driscoll in
Death by Love.

This is a beautiful book written by Mark to members of his church regarding the crap that they are dealing with and how it relates to the Cross of Christ. It is painful to read because you relize that people are dealing with some heavy stuff, but you rejoice because you come to understand different ways that Jesus has dealt with their crap by His supreme Sacrifice on the Cross.

Compiled by Mark Driscoll

Beilby, James, and Paul R. Eddy, eds. The Nature of the Atonement: Four Views.
Boice, James Montgomery, and Philip G. Ryken. The Heart of the Cross.
Demarest, Bruce. The Cross and Salvation: The Doctrine of Salvation.
Denney, James. The Death of Christ: Its Place and Interpretation in the New Testament.
Hengel, Martin. Crucifixion in the Ancient World and the Folly of the Message of the Cross.
Hill, Charles E., and Frank A. James, eds. The Glory of the Atonement: Biblical, Theological, and Practical Perspectives.
McDonald, H. D. The New Testament Concept of Atonement: The Gospel of the Calvary Event.
McGrath, Alister E. The Enigma of the Cross.
Morris, Leon. The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross.
——. The Atonement: Its Meaning and Significance.
——. The Cross in the New Testament.
Nicole, Roger. Standing Forth: Collected Writings of Roger Nicole.
Piper, John. Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die.
Smail, Tom. Windows on the Cross.
Smeaton, George. The Apostles’ Doctrine of the Atonement.
——. Christ’s Doctrine of the Atonement.
Sproul, R. C. The Truth of the Cross.
Stott, John R. W. The Cross of Christ.
Tidball, Derek. The Message of the Cross: Wisdom Unsearchable, Love Indestructible.
Wallace, Ronald. The Atoning Death of Christ.
Wells, Paul. Cross Words: The Biblical Doctrine of Atonement.

Mark Driscoll - "Good Soldier"

This is an amazing challenge to men in regards to Church Planting. Driscoll has an amzing heart for pastors, and for church planting and his challenge his from a heart that knows the challenges and the pain of planting a church.

Church planting is the new frontier.