In a nutshell it is all about how this guy ran his church, from small beginnings, to much bigger times now. It's a really great read, very honest, scary and also funny. I read it in a day so that must make it good!
I've just started to listen to his sermons occasionally from his church website. His church is currently doing this series on tough questions. Which he mentions in this book that he is about to start doing.
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ReplyDeleteChris, I don't know how much you know about Driscoll beyond this book. On some level I love what he is doing but he scares me. He says things that are just inappropriate about women, he attacks other preachers like Rob Bell for things that he obviously hasn't thought through and he has used some pretty racially charged words to describe other ministers. His church planting society seems to be doing some great things but I fear that he is breading an army of people who are as divisive as he is on things that aren't that important. He is reformed (as I realize you are, being Anglican and all) but he calls heresy things that most Christians who are not reformed believe with little backing. I hate divisiveness so writing anything against Driscoll seems a bit hypocritical but he worries me. I sat through a session at the last Youth Specialties conference with this old academic lady who is really well versed in church history. She left our generation with a charge not to let our disagreements within "The Great Emergent" become violent and Driscoll is the leading voice of hatred amongst others like Bell. He preaches Jesus and he does it well. Just be careful buying in to his divisiveness.
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ReplyDeleteWent to a talk by Mike Frost the other weekend. (I wagged the Gathering!)
ReplyDeleteMike has toned down a bit these days. That organic and traditional church structures should exist alongside each other to work towards a common mission.
But he still encourages that we change our view of God, and reassess the meaning of church 'ecclesia' to take it back to its original meaning of being the wise ones or elders of society who can be called upon to bring peace and justice to our community.
It seems there are some lessons being learnt amongst his sphere of influence, I will be interested to read this book and compare.