I am fully aware that Mark Driscoll has sometimes rather creative ways of understanding the Bible. He has some strange teachings about sex. He has some controversial ideas about the Song of Songs and he has created a ecumentical group of Christians who hate him with a passion that includes Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, Baptist, Presbyterians, and other Christian sects that normally would be too busy attacking each other unless they find a common enemy like Mark Driscoll. I believe Mark Driscoll should be given an award for breaking down the walls between various Christians sects.
None of the less Mark Driscoll is a Calvinist. He has yet to become as controversial as Martin Luther, he has yet to burn anyone at the stake as a heretic like John Calvin, he repents over and over again with Godly repentance, he has lately managed to become more humble which has to evidence that he really is born again from above, and he appears to be improving in his use of the Bible verses. He does have good points on some issues like Abraham Lincoln had on the Slavery Issue; but like Lincoln there are persons who hate what Driscoll has to say on some issues. Driscoll has yet to divide Christendom like Abraham Lincoln managed to divide the United States into two waring camps. If anything Driscoll appears to be uniting Christendom against Driscoll-ism.
Therefore, I find it difficult to condemn Mark Driscoll without condemning John Calvin, Martin Luther, and Abraham Lincoln. OK, so Mark Driscoll cannot walk on water but even Peter had a difficult time walking on water per the Bible.
Whatever happened to grace? Get a life and stop attacking Mark Driscoll. He reminds me of Martin Luther and I believe American Christendom needs someone like Martin Luther as unfortunately both Greg Bahnsen and Francis Schaeffer are dead. The typical pastor in American Christendom is too boring and Mark Driscoll is anything but boring. If you cannot stand controversy when find another religion as Christianity has historically been controversial until Americans tried to water Christianity down into something family values friendly. As Driscoll has correctly proven like Lincoln proved that Slavery is a bad idea; Christianity is not family values friendly per the American 21st century attempt to force it to be.
Odds are the persons who hate Driscoll would hate Martin Luther too if he was still alive.
Yes, I know that Abraham Lincoln had very strange ideas about God. I have no idea if God’s grace was sufficient to save Abraham Lincoln or not as I am not God.
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