imagining how the church can reorient around mission

"In an interview several years ago for Relevant Magazine, Mark Driscoll (well known pastor
of Mars Hill in Seattle) said,

“In Revelation, Jesus is a prize-fighter with a tattoo down His leg, a sword in His hand and the commitment to make someone bleed. That is the guy I can worship. I cannot worship the hippie, diaper, halo Christ because I cannot worship a guy I can beat up.” (You can find the original interview here).  read more

Ok, I am going to limit my comments to only two:

1) I honestly had a hard time listening to this entire conversation.  One person used the word "vacuous" in describing this interview.  Maybe too kind.  Ok, for me, there was something quite odd about McDonald in this dialogue.  I was certain that Driscoll would be the one I was most put off by on this topic…surprise.  BTW – At the beginning, why did Driscoll keep interrupting Dever, when Dever was simply giving a common lexical definition of "ecclesia."  Seriously? read more

William Paul Young’s best selling book The Shack has provided comfort to millions of people all over the world.  But not everyone likes it. Especially the pastor of Mars Hill – Mark Driscoll watch read more