Mark Driscoll in the New York Times
Mark Driscoll and the young reformed were profiled in the NYT.
HT: JT
Sunday, January 11, 2009
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1 comments:
The more I read, the more it seemed that the writer of the article has an inherent disdain for Driscoll's church and theology. However, although it was evident that her bias played a part in how she conveyed Driscoll (and I know it would be lunacy to hope that a mainstream article would be exempt from bias) it's awesome that Driscoll is focusing his church and books on a Scripturally infused and founded theology and therefore denouncing the false and sadly well-spread notion that we are our own redemption and the source of our own happiness and ability.
I particularly love this portion of the article, and I'm glad the author decided to quote the Harris' boys on this point:
"Traditional evangelical theology falls apart in the face of real tragedy...Reducing God to a projection of our own wishes trivializes divine sovereignty and fails to explain how
both good and evil have a place in the divine plan."
Yes, I'm a Calvinist. =)
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