tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14386953.post3625560637451830796..comments2023-05-01T05:20:32.574-07:00Comments on Observations and Opinions: Feed?Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01950476090876270020noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14386953.post-3343911101111076222009-03-13T13:13:00.000-07:002009-03-13T13:13:00.000-07:00I have only heard a few of Mark Driscoll's sermons...I have only heard a few of Mark Driscoll's sermons. I don't find him to be as good as some claim, nor as bad as others claim. <BR/><BR/>I think that his discernment falls prey to his desire for <I>'relevancy'</I>.<BR/><BR/>I don't know Mark personally, and as I stated, I have not listened to many of his sermons, but the bits that I have heard just seem to come across as wanting to be viewed as 'cool'.<BR/><BR/>Of course, truth be told, if every word I ever spoke was recorded and blogged by hundreds of others, I am sure that there were be plenty to critique.<BR/><BR/>Bottom line - I don't think that it's proper to be vulgar, or lewd, just because you can. <BR/><BR/>I am at a church full of people from all walks of life -- from bikers to ex-addicts to the man on the street. And I have never felt the compulsion to be 'cool' by using gutter language to show how 'in touch' I am with the people around me.Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01950476090876270020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14386953.post-69193106915653316002009-03-13T11:31:00.000-07:002009-03-13T11:31:00.000-07:00I'm curious ... based on some of your statemen...I'm curious ... based on some of your statements... how would you evaluate the ministry of Mark Driscoll at present? I find he has remarkable gifts at Biblical insight & exposition; but seemingly poor discernment at how absolutely worldly and narcissistic he appears with his "wit" -- in a way that seems incompatible with the NT requirements of an elder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14386953.post-48858571439108617612009-03-13T11:30:00.000-07:002009-03-13T11:30:00.000-07:00Good observations, Ray.I'll add that out of curios...Good observations, Ray.<BR/><BR/>I'll add that out of curiosity I clicked through to the offending church... and struggled (as a fairly web savvy user) to find their sermon archive.<BR/><BR/>And found myself shaking my head thinking, "The best sermon subjects they can come up with is cheap knockoffs of our corrupt culture?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com