TGC Coalition: Mark Driscoll

The fourth session of the Gospel Coalition Conference was given by Mark Driscoll. Though branded as controversial and crude, Pastor Mark is deeply committed to following Christ and preaching his cross amidst opposition in one of the most unchurched cities in all of America. He has even had a man rush the pulpit with machete in hand.

Mark Driscoll is pastor of one of the fastest growing churches in America, Mars Hill Church in Seattle, WA. He is president of the Acts 29 church planting network and has founded The Resurgence - a missional theological coop that "resources multiple generations to live for Jesus" with theologically correct and culturally relevant media. Check out MarsHillChurch.org and TheResurgence.com for Driscoll's sermons, essays, and many more theologically correct and culturally relevant resources. He is the author of nine (soon to be ten) different books, including Vintage Jesus, Death by Love, and, most recently, Vintage Church.

Driscoll's talk was entitled Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth from 2 Timothy 2:14-26. His talk was mainly addressed to pastors, but many of his points still apply to all Christians everywhere. The main point of his talk was how to discover and positively respond to the negatives (people in your church who have a negative influence on many others in the church) in your ministry. Here are the audio and video of the talk. One word of caution: Laughter to ensue.