I was led to this page on the “Resurgence” web page via many links on other blogs that has talked about Mark Driscoll’s latest comments about the Emergent Church. These two comments really stuck out to me:

In the mid-1990s I was part of what is now known as the Emerging Church and spent some time traveling the country to speak on the emerging church in the emerging culture on a team put together by Leadership Network called the Young Leader Network. But, I eventually had to distance myself from the Emergent stream of the network because friends like Brian McLaren and Doug Pagitt began pushing a theological agenda that greatly troubled me. Examples include referring to God as a chick, questioning God’s sovereignty over and knowledge of the future, denial of the substitutionary atonement at the cross, a low view of Scripture, and denial of hell which is one hell of a mistake.

Since that time I have frankly not known what my place is in the greater church. I am part of no denomination and in a city where the evangelical heterosexual male pastors could have a meeting in a phone booth. Theologically I am an old school Bible-thumper, and culturally I am a progressive because my heart burns for the church to be an effective missionary to the culture for the gospel.

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Presently, I’m also writing a book on the atonement with Dr. Gerry Breshears, who is a professor, friend, and former president of the Evangelical Theological Society. We hope to have the book out this year in time for a conference I am speaking at with D.A. Carson, John Piper, David Wells, and Tim Keller, on September 29–30, in Minneapolis for 2,700 Christian leaders. Sadly, it seems a lot of young hip pastors have become too cool for the cross and hopefully the book will help.

I think he is seeing the light.