Pulpit Magazine on Mark Driscoll and “Harsh Language”
Sep 23 by Ingrid Schlueter
Additional Note: Having just watched a Mark Driscoll video linked in this article below, I can no longer recommend or link to John Piper who continues to justify his inclusion of Driscoll at his conferences. If Rev. Piper is so lacking in discernment that he can justify this by a “pastor”, I can’t take Rev. Piper seriously any longer.
Nathan Busenitz addresses Mark Driscoll and the use of coarse or filthy language in this article from Pulpit Magazine.
Cultural contextualization is often cited as a justification for this kind of language, but contextualization is never justifiable if it takes us beyond the bounds of New Testament propriety. Moreover, the true power of any ministry is found not in clever speech (1 Cor. 1:17: 2:1–5), but in the faithful proclamation of the gospel (cf. Rom. 1:16).
