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Staff turnover was high. He urged church officials to interview specific people and hear their stories. Instead the church sent a questionnaire to departed staff seeking feedback.
Kraft left the church in September but kept silent until this spring, when he shared his story on his own blog. Driscoll apologized to his congregation for the snowballing problems and for the book issues. Throckmorton wrote about a tithing fund some congregants had believed was designated to start overseas churches that instead had been used for regular church expenses.
Church officials again apologized but have maintained the issue was a misunderstanding. Judy Abolafya and her husband had joined in but quit, disillusioned, this spring. Reading the William Wallace rants rattled her. It really upset me to know that was the kind of stuff that was going on in his head at that time.
It permeated our marriage, affected how I looked at myself as a woman, how I viewed my husband. All of a sudden I could breathe again. Former members protested outside Sunday services. Acts 29, the network Driscoll helped found that opened hundreds of churches around the world, booted Driscoll and Mars Hill, arguing that associating with them discredited the network.
Kraft and 21 pastors lodged the new complaints, which Rogers and the board are investigating. Driscoll announced his six-week sabbatical. So many people want Driscoll punished, his return could drive away more congregants.
Craig Welch: or cwelch seattletimes. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. Driscoll frequently uses perverse and crude language.
He often mocks Scripture and makes fun of men of God. He dresses in a casual way that is unworthy of the pulpit. Driscoll has frequently said that his favourite book of the Bible is Song of Solomon , and this gives him an opportunity to talk about sex in the most sensuous and irreverent way.
His latest book, Real Marriage , deals with self-stimulation, the use of sex toys and forms of cybersex. The most provocative of all involves sodomy within marriage. He has referred to hip hop artist Jay-Z as a genius , and referred to Christian rap artist Lecrae as a missionary of the 21st Century. Driscoll has no objection to Christian people being tattooed.
Driscoll claims that he has the gift of discernment that allows him to see the sins of his congregation. First, dear reader, all believers need to understand that false teaching is a major theme that runs throughout Scripture.
As Christians, we must be aware of those who seek to destroy the Church from within. The following Scriptures are pertinent:. For false christs and false prophets will rise and show signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect Mark For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ 2 Corinthians Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world 1 John Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints Jude
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