The more I read Mark Driscoll, the more I'm convinced that he has captured a unique balance of theological integrity and missional passion that is rarely found in an evangelical pastor in America. Hear the realism of this man's search to bring the Gospel into the messy lives of people without Jesus:
If you are really seeing lost people meet Jesus, they make a mess. Their questions are messy, their lives are messy. I'll give you an example: a lesbian couple comes into the church that has two or three kids. They get saved. Now what do you do? They can't be married. What do you do with the kids? It's messy!
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If your church and its ministry are unfamiliar with such messiness, then you really need to hear Driscoll's challenge and take it to heart. Far better to assume an uncertain degree of risk in reaching people with the Gospel, messy lives and all, than to worry about what others may think of our efforts.
Any church that is about safety, security, predictability, uniformity, order and simplicity are probably not doing the work of the Gospel. Does that mean that mistakes will be made? Yes. Because I am a theological Calvinist, I do not believe that perfection is possible, at all. That doesn't mean I excuse sin, endorse sin, but it does mean that I . . . sin. And I'm not gonna live in such a way that my greatest fear is to commit a sin. My greatest fear is to live a passionless, fruitless existence. That's my greatest fear, to hear Jesus say 'not well done, unfaithful and not-so-good servant.'
Fully agree with you. I am a big fan of Driscoll and the agenda he promotes