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Your Thursday sermon of the week is God Saves Bad People by Art Azurdia. This is a great message on Rahab and this sermon has even been made into a sermon jam that’s been featured on DefCon.
Those of you unfamiliar with Art Azurdia will find him a refreshing voice in a wilderness of Osteens, [...]

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I want to give all of the DefCon contributors and readers enough time to get tickets for Saddleback’s latest conference, Radicalis (i.e “Radical Is” which you will find with a backward “R” on their website).  Here, in case reading your Bible, sound exposition, prayer, and a study of church history were not enough, you can now learn [...]

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Part 1 of series here.
Part 2 of series here.
Part 3 of series here.
In light of certain ministers signing The Manhattan Declaration, there are several questions that arise. Is discipline necessary in such a case? How does discipline play a vital part in the integrity of the local church? How do we maintain our [...]

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In the comment thread of another post, reader “David T” linked to a revealing article on Mark Driscoll from the blog The Christian Worldview which I wished to highlight in this post. You can read it here:

Mark Driscoll: Is He Qualified To Lead?
I caution you, however, that discretion is needed because the article quotes [...]

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Galatians 1:6-9, “I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any [...]

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I just completed the book Why Johnny Can’t Preach by T. David Gordon. It is a well thought-out thesis addressing the source of the problem with the ineffective preaching in most Christian churches in the West.
Gordon highlights some of the reasons why preaching in the West is a failure (and consequently some of these [...]

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Your Wednesday sermon of the week is a powerful one from Albert N. Martin.
Warning to Professing Christians is one of those messages you won’t hear in most churches that dot the landscape of American Christianity today.
Albert N. Martin delivers a convicting exposition of Matthew 7:21, a verse that I have wrestled [...]

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John MacArthur and Phil Johnson interview in regards to the damning trend found within evangelicalism today. Instead of supporting and endorsing people like Mark Driscoll, we are glad that there are a few who still stand for the truth of God’s Word. There are still a few who do not believe they have [...]

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But you, beloved, ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, that they were saying to you, “In the last time there will be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts.” These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly-minded, devoid of the Spirit. Jude 1:17-19
For every [...]

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The recent video released of Mark Driscoll preaching at Robert Schuller’s Crystal Cathedral contained this exchange between the two:
SCHULLER: God loves you; so do I.
(Audience applause while Driscoll extends hand for handshake.)
DRISCOLL: I appreciate that, thank you brother.
So who is Robert Schuller, the man Mark Driscoll not only openly endorses but considers to be [...]

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In light of all the editions and revisions being made to the Word of God in recent years, we understand much of this has been done to suit the belief system of the editors. With that in mind as well as recent events such as Ravi at the Mormon Tabernacle and Driscoll at the [...]

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First, I recognize that there are those who will read this that will immediately judge my statements while at the same time stating, “JUDGE NOT!” Second, I know that Driscollites will probably show up en masse to defend their champion while deliberately overlooking Biblical commands to point out error.
Sadly, there are few opportunities for [...]

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American believers have sold their lives to the service of Mammon, and God has His rightful way of dealing with those who succumb to the spirit of Laodicea.
- Jim Elliot
1927 – 1956

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UPDATE on this post: According to Mark Driscoll’s Facebook page, the episode of Hour of Power will be airing August 23rd. That is [...]

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Your sermon of the week is Cheap Imitations of Love by Phil Johnson.

Some say lust is “love.” Some say pre-marital fornication is “love.” Still others say not warning people of God’s coming judgment but letting people live however they want–live and let live–is “love.” In this world where everything is subjective and [...]

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There are few left who continue to be a voice in the wilderness. It seems that warning the flock and taking a stand against the relentless tide of apostasy, heresy, lukewarmness, easy-believeism, and countless other cancers that are plaguing the Body is often met with resistance by the mass lemmings of lukewarm professing [...]

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I recognize some of our readers are not going to be pleased with this post, but we believe it is necessary to point out error when it occurs. Too many within evangelicalism hold some men in high regard to the point that they will accept all that individual states or preaches with no rebuke [...]

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1st Timothy 5:19-20–Do not receive an accusation against an elder except from two or three witnesses. Those who are sinning rebuke in the presence of all, that the rest also may fear.
For all those Driscollites who will come here from various search engines and come across posts like this or like this or like this, [...]

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The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart. – Luke 6:45
In the past DefCon has taken Mark Driscoll to task on several issues [...]

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Finally, it seriously overstates the involvement of John Piper and C. J. Mahaney to say they are “discipling” Mark Driscoll. In the first place, the idea that a grown man already in public ministry and constantly in the national spotlight needs space to be “mentored” before it’s fair to subject his public actions to biblical [...]

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One expects to see Osteen, Warren, Jakes, Meyers, Bell, Driscoll, and Schuller on the shelves of their local Christian bookstore because they will sell whatever people will buy (regardless if it’s damaging to the soul, detrimental to the Christian’s walk or out right heretical). But I was shocked to discover what my local “Christian” bookstore [...]

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Phyllis Tickle (She’s the one on the right. And yes, that’s her name, and that’s what she does to the ears) was invited to speak at a pagan shrine in Grand Rapids, MI recently. The shrine to the gods is headed by emergent guru Rob Bell, and was host to this woman who quoted all kinds of [...]

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***** UPDATE *****
Review of Driscoll’s sermon at the Crystal Cathedral can be found here.

Lighthouse Trails, Church Solutions, Thinking Out Loud, Slice of Laodicea, and even Mark Driscoll’s calendar on his website are announcing the upcoming June 14th event.
Apparently this isn’t the first time he’s been featured there. He spoke at Schuller’s 2004 conference and his [...]

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Who said the following?

If you would please, turn with me to the Song of Solomon. One of the great books of the Bible. Some have allegorized this book, and in so doing, they have destroyed it. They have destroyed it. They will say that it is an allegory between Jesus and his bride the church. [...]

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As a follow up to the original piece John MacArthur on Mark Driscoll there has been a flurry of recent activity on several fronts addressing what seems to be fast becoming a latter day Great Downgrade Controversy of sorts.
Recently Phil Johnson, director of Grace to You, editor of several of John MacArthur’s books, co-pastor of the Grace [...]

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Dear gentle DefCon Reader,
Below is the entire text of an “internal” e-mail that I sent to Team DefCon on April 9th: 
Steve Camp has seemingly been reading my mind as of late, that or else the Holy Spirit has been dealing with me in a manner very similar to Campi.  For example I found much to say [...]

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Yesterday, April 15th, marked DefCon’s one-year anniversary.
Since changing from Reformation Nation to DefCon one year ago, we’ve had over 370,000 views and our top three posts are:
Taking a closer look at Todd Bentley . . . literally.
How Do You Read Romans 1:16?
John MacArthur on Mark Driscoll.
Thank you to all our readers for the support and [...]

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Here is an article I posted at my own blog a while back. With the back-and-forth still going on here concerning Mark Driscoll’s assertions that Jesus wanted to have sexual relations with a woman, I decided it was high time to post it here, for easier reference. Here is Mark Driscoll’s comment that Jesus had [...]

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It started with John Piper cozying up with and endorsing Mark “The Cussing Pastor” Driscoll. But as the dust is beginning to settle on that controversy, here comes another one.

I opened my mail today and saw a flyer for the 2009 Reality Check Conference put on by Anchored in Truth with speakers Paul Washer [...]

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Your sermon of the week is the one you’ve all been waiting for: Sound Doctrine; Sound Words by Phil Johnson of Grace Life Pulpit and Pyromaniacs. Its subtitle should be The Pornification of the Pulpit. This sermon is from this month’s Shepherds’ Conference.

In this controversial sermon, Phil Johnson steps up and takes on [...]

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This announcement video is actually from a church. Thank you Mark “The Cussing Pastor” Driscoll for blazing new trails in the area of crude and carnal speech in church. The trickle-down effect of your example is bearing much fruit.
Don’t worry, Josh (on the right) and the folks at The Journey Church had a vestige of [...]

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That, of course, is the question we are always asked when we address the issue of the language used by Mark Driscoll when he preaches. “Has anyone ever contacted Mark Driscoll privately?” Well, we can now answer that question in the affirmative. Phil Johnson shares his attempts–unsuccessful attempts–to dialog with Driscoll concerning his pulpit language.
These [...]

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From Slice of Laodicea:
Sex expert Pastor Mark Driscoll took time out from his bedroom advice blog to praise Rick Warren for his prayer blessing for Barack Obama. With Driscoll’s promotion of sites like ChristianNymphos.org and its advice on things like how to be a Christian dominatrix, the public thank-you may be a mixed blessing for [...]

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As Mark Driscoll continues to slide ever further into the culturally relevant abyss - debasing himself and his ministry in the filthy conversation of this fallen world in the process - we find the chorus of voices calling for the purity of Christ’s church and a return to Biblical modesty and genuine repentance rising louder and louder.  I came [...]

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In the following video of Mark Driscoll I observed something that may have gone unnoticed (or ignored) by the masses of Driscollites.
Is the image on his shirt truly a depiction Jesus Christ (what we commonly associate in the West as being Jesus for those who will split hairs in Driscoll’s defense)? And is that depiction [...]

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My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. (James 3:1)
The professing church is brimming over with hirelings. What is a “hireling” you might ask, and how is it relevant to the question of the condition of today’s church? I’m glad you asked. Let’s see what the Lord Jesus has [...]

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“If you’re tempted to these sorts of things — including sexual sin — some of you say, “Now Mark, Jesus wasn’t sexually tempted.” Well, of course he was — 30 something year old single man who had women who adored him. You don’t think he ever wanted the comfort of a woman? You don’t think [...]

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What has happened to John Piper?  Why has he invited the perenially potty-mouthed duo Paul Tripp and Mark Driscoll to appear at his Desiring God 2008 National Conference?  Why does John Piper see fit to provide the spiritual equivalents of “Beavis & Butthead”with a platform from which to spew their filth?
Over at Pulpit Magazine (a ministry of [...]

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The list of those invited to speak at John Piper’s 2008 National Conference includes Mark Driscoll (see this post from Coram Deo). In the following video of John Piper, he does his best to “defend” and “justify” why he has invited Mark Driscoll.

But while the debate rages over Mark Driscoll’s appearance [...]

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Source: Editors at Lighthouse Trails
Since last Fall, when Mark Driscoll, pastor of Mars Hill Church, denounced some of the teachings of emerging church leaders Brian McLaren and Doug Pagitt at the Convergence Conference at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, his talk has been the topic of many discussions across North America. People feel that such [...]

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If anyone is interested in understanding John MacArthur’s position on Mark Driscoll you can read about it here, but as far as his position on Piper’s invitation to Driscoll to appear and speak at his 2008 Desiring God Conference…well…only time will tell.
From his December 11th, 2006 article entitled “Grunge Christianity? Counterculture’s Death-Spiral and the Vulgarization [...]

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Friends I’m deeply troubled in my spirit by the recent milieu of questionable judgment demonstrated by one of my favorite modern day expositors of God’s Holy Word – John Piper.  The first check in my spirit came when I discovered that John Piper and C.J. Mahaney were guilty of propagating the revolting, awful, unthinkable, shocking, scripturally unsupportable, wholly [...]

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Professing Christians with potty mouths and gutter mentalities is one thing, but what happens when it’s a pastor?
On this edition of Crosstalk entitled Watch Your Mouth, Ingrid Schlueter and guest Cathy Mickels discuss this awful trend of worldly humor, coarse jesting, and crude language in the church and spewing from the mouths of those [...]

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Ingrid over at Slice of Laodicea has featured a post regarding Mark Driscoll’s upcoming New Year’s Eve Booze ‘n Dance Club. Is this the type of behavior the Church is supposed to practice, embrace, and endorse?

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