Nothing wrong with early marriage. You, a certain one of your nemeses (V or Alte), Elspeth… all married young. And I do not need to repeat what Pat (David Collard) and I think of you marrying as a virgin… which should be common, but is not.

To your generation — living functionally and happily is the best revenge. Let my generation go to their graves either repentant and penitent or miserable and alone.

I think its hilarious, that people think Mark Driscoll has that some-sort of evil power over the publishing industry. “I command you to make my books bestsellers, muwhahaha!”

If we’re gonna accuse anyone of having that sort-of corrupt power, I think the most obvious choice is Playboy Playmate (and former Hugh Hefner girlfriend) Kendra Wilkinson. There’s not way she legitimately wrote two books that reached the New York Times bestseller list.

The rot is already obvious to everyone. Why do you think so many millennials are leaving? It isn’t because millennials want to sin without consequence (the most common accusation). Its because (as many studies have already revealed) of the hypocrisy. Lack of honest leadership. Sermons that blatantly go against the scripture, and cause confusion (I think I’ve had more Christians who’ve encouraged me to sin, than non-Christians…)

…The sad thing is, it often feels like, well, there’s not much one can do about the issue. I mean, not many Christians like when you call out their hypocrisy, or when tell them they are professing false doctrine. Whenever I tried to confront people who profess false doctrine (for example, saying early marriage is sinful) nicely, I would be given the whole “he without sin throw the first stone” speech and condemned as a mean judgmental byoch.

Concerning gays in the church – it often feels like they’re used as a scapegoat, when other, more pressing issues are brought up. Prominent cheated on his wife with his wife? Hey, look over there, there’s a gay Christian! Its not different from the Politicians who bring up the gay marriage debate, to distract voters from political corruption.

It is – seriously – a weird church. Biblical – hard core Biblical – on one side, and stylistically mellow on the other. You start working with people where they are.

Some days I miss the rules of my youth, but then I see that the church of my youth is dead and my current church is alive for Christ and so busy doing His work it’s not even funny. So I guess I can’t start swatting hats off of heads in service. 😉

If I could drag everyone to my church, just once or twice to feel the Spirit move… dang. I so would.

“Brothers and Sisters, we don’t need to like this word. It sounds to our ears like hate speech. How dare Paul damn the immoral? How dare he say that they will not inherit the kingdom? Why does he say we should shun those in the church who practise immorality?

This is not what our society says. It is not what we have said: We have said that God loves us and that we are sons and daughters of the king and we should take pride in our status and we should damn those who confrontl us. We have been accomodating. We have tried to be friendly to those who remain in sin: we have lightened out teaching and called our services seeker friendly

But this passage states, plainly, that we have been wrong”.

Your pastor may have something to say about all this, of course: I’m lay — he has the burden.