There are lots of people who want Mark Driscoll to fail and fall. I am not one of them. I love and respect Pastor Mark. His preaching helped saved my life.
I have profited immensely from his ministry, especially in my early
days of church planting and trying to figure out what missional ministry
could look like among young adults. I do not know Mark personally. We
have never exchanged so much as email messages. But we have mutual
friends. He was kind enough to endorse my first book. During my time
with the Docent Research Group, I did some editing work on a few of his
book manuscripts. When I wrote the piece linked above, he was gracious
enough to send a note of thanks and encouragement through his personal
assistant. It touched me deeply. I want to repeat: I do not want Pastor
Mark to fail and fall. I just want him to walk in step with the truth of the gospel.
I would “confront” him to his face if I could. Even though this is
not a Matthew 18 situation, and Pastor Mark has not sinned against me
personally, last week I tried to contact him privately through the two
avenues available to me, but I received no response. I did not demand or
even expect one. I know Pastor Mark is a very busy man, and since we do
not really know each other, he has no obligation to me, and I don’t
mean to suggest he does. He doesn’t. And if I’d had the opportunity to
speak to him, as I requested, I would have done so respectfully and
gently. I do hope what I’m writing right now will not be read as unkind
or argumentative or ungraciously accusatory. Continue at Jared Wilson
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