Mark Driscoll in the Blogosphere

Andrew Jones has a great post about Mark Driscoll and his activities in the blogosphere. Just the other day, I made a comment about Driscoll on another blog. After I made the comment, I realized that, though I tried to be balanced in my opinions about Mark, I probably could've been even more careful not to disrespect him. (Having said that, sometimes he makes himself such a big target!!)

I appreciate Andrew's comments and I must say myself that I have a lot of respect and appreciation for Driscoll. Being from the Pacific Northwest, I've had many conversations with pastors and ministry leaders who have both benefitted from Driscoll and been enraged by him. I think this tension to dialogue well (i.e., respectfully, truthfully, patiently, graciously, etc.) and still have strong opinions/convictions is really good for healthy community amongst God's people. I think it's a necessary component of the Kingdom that a skeptical world needs to see.

(CLICK HERE for what I would consider to be a very balanced and cautious description of the emerging church by Mark. Mark's opinions about the emerging church come in the context of a discussion he had with a brilliant apologist, theologian and godly man by the name of Ravi Zacharias. Ravi spoke at the first GEM Annual Conference that I attended in Budapest in the summer of 2003.)