tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13792024.post5708717000878042674..comments2024-03-15T07:24:22.608+00:00Comments on Life on Wings - A Tribute to Dr Ern Baxter: More "Constant Change" from SGMDan Bowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15661120561123767936noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13792024.post-66063763025586762182011-08-18T06:05:31.777+01:002011-08-18T06:05:31.777+01:00Thanks Anonymous, that's very kind.
Frankly r...Thanks Anonymous, that's very kind.<br /><br />Frankly regarding Mark Driscoll, I've followed that gentleman's career for some time and have really seen nothing persuading me to change my opinion of him.<br /><br />One caveat - I do understand and appreciate the benefit he had on Newfrontiers which is a family of churches I love very deeply.<br /><br />For Mark Driscoll, he just embodies everything I hate in "men". And the impact his ministry has had on younger impressionable pastors around the world frankly bothers me. What do I mean? The crude language, the demeaning of women and so on. The attempt to suggest Jesus is a "man's man" who will go out and have a fist fight with someone He disagrees with.<br /><br />And the suggestion that intimacy and love with our heavenly Father is somehow homo-erotic - something Driscoll seems to fear above all.<br /><br />Crazy.<br /><br />And I'm sorry to hear his ministry is marked by abuse in the USA - spiritual abuse is NEVER acceptable and my heart goes out to those wounded.<br /><br />As for Mahaney/Driscoll - well, what can I say?!Dan Bowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15661120561123767936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13792024.post-36223722579283532592011-08-17T19:57:21.867+01:002011-08-17T19:57:21.867+01:00Dear Dan:
Thank you for your faithfulness in blog...Dear Dan:<br /><br />Thank you for your faithfulness in blogging regarding these matters. I first became acquainted with your writing when you too a stand against Mark Driscoll's brutish tactics when you posted in 2008 why you were not going to Brighton. Although he has become the darling of many in the UK, many in the US have been hurt and crushed by his tactics. To date, there has been no public repentance.<br /><br />In light of that, it is interesting to note that Driscoll has stated that he was being "mentored" all along by CJ Mahaney, and at some point in the past, I believe you mentioned that it may have been Mahaney who first hooked-up Driscoll with New Frontiers. Ah, what tangled webs have been woven!<br /><br />http://thewartburgwatch.com/2011/07/25/mark-driscoll-mentored-by-cj-mahaney-so-how’s-that-working-out/<br />-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13792024.post-76184181669952334212011-08-12T00:16:10.930+01:002011-08-12T00:16:10.930+01:00SGM Pastor's Wife - Please encourage your husb...SGM Pastor's Wife - Please encourage your husband to do what is best for the people in your care for them without retribution or repercussions from Dave. You and your husband will not regret your decision if you decide to pull the church with you, I can assure you.<br /><br />What he will regret is letting these men who haven't a clue what a shepherd is intimidate him from doing what is right for the sake of God's people not for SGM. <br /><br />For what it is worth. I would be glad to share my personal experience with him if it would help.'Irv'https://www.blogger.com/profile/15926306477685765762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13792024.post-75954465391188612282011-08-10T18:54:24.795+01:002011-08-10T18:54:24.795+01:00Hi there,
It's been a while! Thank you again...Hi there,<br /><br />It's been a while! Thank you again for all the support and love you and some of your readers gave me when I was commenting a few years back.<br /><br />Well the latest is that my husband has finally agreed that we will be leaving SGM. We want to take the church with us but we fear repercussions from Dave Harvey. <br /><br />Re: these two - let me be frank - I hope that C J is embarrassed by their childish and petty behaviour. As I hope he is by Dave Harvey and the extended SGM board and their arrogant statements (yes, I include Peter Griesley - I know that you wrote positively of him after your meeting - so sorry, but I know a different Mr Griesley).<br /><br />Just my thoughts and hey again!SGM Pastor's Wifehttp://www.sgmsurvivors.comnoreply@blogger.com