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December 04, 2006
Count It All Joy
Count It All Joy is Mark Driscoll's latest post and it is a good one. I recommend that everyone reads it. I was very impressed by his post and what I sensed is a real humility and growth in many areas of his life.
I don't have a lot to say, because I really like what I read from Mark. Most of us don't, or never will find ourselves with this much media attention...publicly having to apologize or talk about the process of one's growth and learning. So I admire Mark for doing this. And it's obvious that during his blog silence he was really going through some tough times and processing some hard things. Thanks Mark for the post.
Here are ome really good lines from Mark, and they remind me of the long ways in which I need to grow and mature as well:
I learned that my theological convictions, even the most controversial ones, are as unwavering as ever. But I also learned that as my platform has grown, so has my responsibility to speak about my convictions in a way that invites other people to experience charity from me, which means inflammatory language and such need to be scaled back. I was also sad and sorry to hear that various things I have said over the years have been received very personally by some people who felt personally attacked. A female pastor had a very good insight: as my platform has grown, so has my audience, and that in some sense I need to consider myself the pastor of two churches.
Mark Driscoll, protest, ministry
Posted by rhett at December 4, 2006 11:21 PM
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