The New York Times on Mark Driscoll
At Reform & Revive, I try to offer only original content, but this was something I couldn’t pass up. A friend and fellow “Westminsterian”, Art Boulet, put a post up on his blog a few days ago containing an article about Mark Driscoll that appeared in the New York Times. I found both the article and the discussion that followed in the comments section fascinating.
Here’s Art’s blog and the article
The article gives a surprisingly fair assessment of the Reformed Theology and style of both Driscoll and those of us that find ourselves ascribing to Reformed doctrine while still in our twenties – the “New Calvinists” as they say. I also enjoyed the analysis of the current Evangelical culture that these “New Calvinists” are reacting against. I thought the article sort of brokedown though, and the author’s bias showed through, during the discussion of Dricoll’s views of Church government. It portrayed him as a sort of dictator wanting mindless followers in his congregation and eldership, while not tolerating dissent or criticism of any kind.
My dad taught me you can always tell a journalists’ ultimate bias or true opinion on a topic simply by reading the last sentence or paragraph of any article. This is certainly the case in this article, and its kind of blatant. Enjoy.
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Never mind the NYT. Here’s an article from the chuch’s hometown newspaper where Driscoll used to be a religion columnist:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004020898_webmarshill18m.html
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