tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984861.post116312953384476820..comments2023-10-12T03:10:09.276-07:00Comments on emerging thought...: In defense of Mark DriscollAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08894632401827590745noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984861.post-1163439335151006592006-11-13T09:35:00.000-08:002006-11-13T09:35:00.000-08:00Thanks for being real. It's a blessing to read you...Thanks for being real. It's a blessing to read your blog tonight. And thank you for the full quote from Mark Driscoll!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984861.post-1163218995066225302006-11-10T20:23:00.000-08:002006-11-10T20:23:00.000-08:00Wow, well said.Wow, well said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984861.post-1163183341175899612006-11-10T10:29:00.000-08:002006-11-10T10:29:00.000-08:00Sadly Mark has taken heat from all sides...I do no...Sadly Mark has taken heat from all sides...<BR/><BR/>I do not dislike Mark; in fact I bet if I spent time with him i would really like him... I have had issue with some of his comments about the church not being "manly"... as I see that the issue is not about being manly but about be real men in Christ... I see Marks version of manliness alienates many me who are more artistically inclined... it also misses the real issue of being like Christ Jesus...<BR/><BR/>Yet, when i read Marks words here, I thought "right on!" I have seen so many leaders taken down by sexual sin... and mostly out of bitterness about being isolated... from the body the serve to their wives and families... I am not talking about Jimmy Swaggart... but about your "average Joe" pastor. I attended a church were the pastor and wife did a marriage seminar... and began fighting over their sex life in front of us... we thought it was a joke until later he had an affair and she left him over his anger issues... they both felt they could not lose the facade of a perfect marriage and deal with their issues... then it was too late. <BR/><BR/>We are all weak people... that is why Jesus died for us... that is why we need the Holy Spirit to empower us... that is why we need to live by the power of the Resurrected Christ... because if we do not... we lie to ourselves and then in the end fail...<BR/><BR/>I want to fully acknowledge i am a failure outright before it goes so far as to lose all... especially my family. I want to acknowledge now I am morally bankrupt before i end up in an affair and then have to deal publicly with the shame... to my family, myself and my God.<BR/><BR/>That is why I call Christians to be real... to express themselves even if it is a bit crude and ugly... to let that all out so that God can fill that void... That is why I pray for others in bondage... and preach grace and mercy... because I too can fall as i am just a weak human... that is why I call out to stay close to Jesus... because only He can keep us not only form the evil around us, but the evil within us also.<BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/>iggyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08894632401827590745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984861.post-1163136119082635752006-11-09T21:21:00.000-08:002006-11-09T21:21:00.000-08:00Mark has taken a lot of heat for this. I think it ...Mark has taken a lot of heat for this. I think it stirs something deep, something deeper than the actual comment.<BR/><BR/>The advice of staying close to Jesus is right on target. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com