In this piece Steve Camp begins:

The other day, blogger Tim Challies (who I like) put up a pretty balanced book review about Mark Driscoll’s latest book, "Vintage Jesus." It was a mixed review. He likes the book, but has some real problems with it (as do I). He didn’t address his concerns about the book biblically or theologically, but relates them more subjectively and relationally.

I.e. – Mark’s foul language is not wrong because it violates Scripture and the standard for the pastorate (Titus 2:8, Eph. 5:3, 1 Tim. 3:1-9, etc.), but because it goes beyond the bounds of "good taste." IMHO, Crossway Publishers (who I have high regard for) has made a mistake in judgment publishing this book. In more than one place, the language is smutty, flippant, and demeaning to our Lord Jesus Christ…

This is the problem with those, like Driscoll, who claim to be Calvinistic, but are really more Arminian in their approach to evangelism; they think the gospel needs help, beefing up; that it is not exciting enough as the Word of God unfolds it. So, they invent things like this to "attract" nonbelievers. This is called pragmatism; and is just another form of the seeker-sensitive ecumenical and now emerging movement…


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