Article on Mark Driscoll’s Sex Sermons

Mark Driscoll is controversial. In other news, water is wet. Examiner.com did an article on Mark Driscoll’s sermons on sex titled “Pastor Preaches Oral Sex is Biblical”.  The author of the article, Karen McCracken, warns readers that the article contains “adult content.” So in McCracken’s article on Driscoll’s poor choice of topics and language in [...]

Mark Driscoll: Christians Should Be Fun To Hang Out With

“Maybe the true mark of a Christian is someone you would eat chicken wings with, and shoot pool with or throw darts with or go to the game with, not just if they could exegete the Greek text and beat you in Bible jeopardy like some Sunday School jerk.  Maybe the true mark of a [...]

Mark Driscoll: The Worst Thing We Do

The worst thing we do – the worst  thing that we do – we say, “I’m normal, I’m going to judge everyone else by me, and if they’re not like me there’s something wrong with them.  This is what we do.”  –Mark Driscoll, 04.20.08 (source)

Mark Driscoll’s Lecture on the Emerging Church and Rob Bell

I just listened to Mark Driscoll’s recent yet already much-blogged-on lecture on Christianity and the Emerging Church.  Just a few thoughts. First, Mark is funny.  I like Mark. Second, I have a feeling Mark used every ounce of patience within him to not yell and jump up and down like he sometimes does, and the reason might [...]

John Piper on the Emergent Church

The following is an excerpt (full mp3 here) from a panel conversation (With Justin Taylor interviewing Tim Keller, John Piper, and Mark Driscoll) at the Desiring God Conference 2006, which took place on September 29. John Piper was asked about the Emergent Church, and after shocking the audience by saying a curse word (Justin said [...]