I just seen a video of Mark Driscoll being interviewed by TPUSA. TPUSA is an organization that was founded by the now late Charlie Kirk, who was recently murdered a little over a month ago. Many Christians are still grieving over his assassination due to his bold stances on abortion, gender identity, and religious freedom.
Mark Driscoll is no stranger to controversy, a few years ago a podcast was made about his former church called "The rise and fall of Mars Hill" it was a podcast that exposed the behind scenes drama of what happen to Mars Hill Church in Seattle Washington. Mark was friends with Charlie and shared a lot of his core values.
Mark Driscoll made a recent comeback to pastoral ministry and still share a lot of the same criticisms he faced during his Mars Hill days. Mark brought a level of bravado and angst toward to the evangelical world. He was loud, aggressive, charismatic, funny, crude, while also being theological.
This is not to bash Mark Driscoll but to examine how God can use broken and deeply flawed men for His glory. Mark may not be the most conventional pastor, but his impact was huge during the Young Restless And Reformed movement in the 2000s.
I'm by no means defending Driscoll, but I'm saying that throughout history God used men with glaring character flaws for His ultimate good. Men like Abraham, David, Samson, and Jacob were men in Scripture who God used to prepare for the coming of Christ. God also used men like Nebuchadnezzar, Cyrus, and Artaxerxes to bring his people back to Him and away from their idolatry despite them being pagan kings.
In an era where biblical values is being under attack, it's important that we as Christians look to Christ as the ultimate source of fulfillment and not man. There are a lot of great and godly men that are standing for truth in our culture, but they are still men at the end of the day. As much as we like to champion guys like Voddie Bauchman, John MacArthur, and Charlie Kirk for standing against modern feminism and for biblical values we don't have to co-sign everything they say.
Ecclesiastes 7:16-18 NIV
[16] Do not be overrighteous, neither be overwise— why destroy yourself? [17] Do not be overwicked, and do not be a fool— why die before your time? [18] It is good to grasp the one and not let go of the other. Whoever fears God will avoid all extremes.
Mark Driscoll is no stranger to controversy, a few years ago a podcast was made about his former church called "The rise and fall of Mars Hill" it was a podcast that exposed the behind scenes drama of what happen to Mars Hill Church in Seattle Washington. Mark was friends with Charlie and shared a lot of his core values.
Mark Driscoll made a recent comeback to pastoral ministry and still share a lot of the same criticisms he faced during his Mars Hill days. Mark brought a level of bravado and angst toward to the evangelical world. He was loud, aggressive, charismatic, funny, crude, while also being theological.
This is not to bash Mark Driscoll but to examine how God can use broken and deeply flawed men for His glory. Mark may not be the most conventional pastor, but his impact was huge during the Young Restless And Reformed movement in the 2000s.
I'm by no means defending Driscoll, but I'm saying that throughout history God used men with glaring character flaws for His ultimate good. Men like Abraham, David, Samson, and Jacob were men in Scripture who God used to prepare for the coming of Christ. God also used men like Nebuchadnezzar, Cyrus, and Artaxerxes to bring his people back to Him and away from their idolatry despite them being pagan kings.
In an era where biblical values is being under attack, it's important that we as Christians look to Christ as the ultimate source of fulfillment and not man. There are a lot of great and godly men that are standing for truth in our culture, but they are still men at the end of the day. As much as we like to champion guys like Voddie Bauchman, John MacArthur, and Charlie Kirk for standing against modern feminism and for biblical values we don't have to co-sign everything they say.
Ecclesiastes 7:16-18 NIV
[16] Do not be overrighteous, neither be overwise— why destroy yourself? [17] Do not be overwicked, and do not be a fool— why die before your time? [18] It is good to grasp the one and not let go of the other. Whoever fears God will avoid all extremes.
