NY Times: Who Would Jesus Smack Down? The Ministry of Mark Driscoll.

Interesting post by jonosmith.

I recommend that you read this article from the New York Times that analyzes the ministry of Mark Driscoll and Mars Hill Church.

It’s a flattering article, for the most part, but I think the author misses the mark with some of her very generalised statements about Calvinism.

For example, the last sentence of the article reads:

“Driscoll’s New Calvinism underscores a curious fact: the doctrine of total human depravity has always had a funny way of emboldening, rather than humbling, its adherents.”

I would argue that, in fact, adherents of Calvinism have always been emboldened by their belief in an all-sovereign, all-powerful, all-knowing God — Not because of (and certainly not merely because of) their belief in total human depravity.

Anyway, it’s a surprisingly generous article – and well worth a read.