When considering Mark Driscoll’s recent Song of Solomon video clip, I cannot help but reflect on the work of Jonathan Edwards in his The Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit of God. I am reading through The Spirit of Revival: Discovering the Wisdom of Jonathan Edwards with a modernized text of The Distinguishing [...]

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Mark Driscoll has recently put out a video clip (view with caution) describing how, for him, the Song of Solomon should be understood. It could be, that in many ways, he is correct in his view of this Old Testament book.
In any case, the real question is this, is Driscoll honoring God and operating in [...]

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This comes directly from the books web site:
Roughly two thousand years ago, Jesus was born in a dumpy, rural, hick town, not unlike those today where guys change their own oil, think pro wrestling is real, find women who chew tobacco sexy, and eat a lot of Hot Pockets with their uncle-daddy. Jesus’ mom was [...]

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From the Resurgence blog we read this from Mark Driscoll (Online Source)
Last year, as I was preaching through the book of 1 Corinthians, I was struck by the fact that Paul’s letter was in large part a series of answers to various questions he received from the church.
Members of the church at Corinth were so [...]

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Pastoral Reflections on Bible Translations: Why We Preach From the English Standard Version

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Pastor Ken Silva points us to Mark Driscoll’s recent speach at a souther baptist conference where he addressed issues with Emergent leaders Brian McLaren, Rob Bell, and Doug Pagitt.
Read the complete post from Pastor Ken here.
I have listened to Mark Driscoll’s address and I agree with him about McLaren, Bell, and Pagitt. However Driscoll suggest [...]

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