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Mark Driscoll’s Nightline Interview on Idolatry

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07 Oct 2009

Here is the link to the video interview that Mark Driscoll did with ABC’s Nightline. The subject on which he was interviewed was “Idolatry.” I for one am thankful that God is using men like Driscoll to speak biblical truth on national television. We should pray for our brother as he faithfully proclaims the Gospel to a perishing world.

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Nick Batzig is the senior pastor of Church Creek PCA in Charleston, SC and an associate editor for Ligonier Ministries. Prior to serving at Church Creek, Nick was a pastor at Wayside PCA on Signal Mountain, TN. Formerly, Nick served as the founding pastor of New Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Richmond Hill, GA and as the editor of Reformation21 and the Christward Collective--sites of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. He frequently writes for Tabletalk Magazine, Reformation 21, He Reads Truth, and the Christward Collective. Nick was also the host of East of Eden, a podcast devoted to the Biblical and Systematic Theology of Jonathan Edwards. You can friend him on Facebook here and follow him on Twitter @nick_batzig

7 Responses

  1. Kevin Carroll
    Reply

    Not bad, but Driscoll, like SO many others fails to understand the distinction between the First and Second Commandments. He thinks he is talking about the Second Commandment, but he is really talking about the First.

  2. Nicholas T. Batzig
    Reply

    True! But you have to admit that it is an interesting phenomena to see Nightline addressing and entertaining this issue. My biggest dissappointment with it all is that it says nothing about Jesus destroying idolatry. I am sure Driscoll spoke about Christ, as I know that he is committed to proclaiming the Gospel–especially in the public venue–but the Nightline executives probably ha then leave that part out. That way a Jew or Muslim could agree with what Driscoll was saying. Check out the video of him on the Nightline panel discussing the existence of Satan. He was faithfully bringing it back to the finished work of Christ.

  3. Nicholas T. Batzig
    Reply

    True! But you have to admit that it is an interesting phenomena to see Nightline addressing and entertaining this issue. My biggest dissappointment with it all is that it says nothing about Jesus destroying idolatry. I am sure Driscoll spoke about Christ, as I know that he is committed to proclaiming the Gospel–especially in the public venue–but the Nightline executives probably had them leave that part out. That way a Jew or Muslim could agree with what Driscoll was saying. Check out the video of him on the Nightline panel discussing the existence of Satan. He was faithfully bringing it back to the finished work of Christ.

  4. Nicholas T. Batzig
    Reply

    True! But you have to admit that it is an interesting phenomena to see Nightline addressing and entertaining this issue. My biggest dissappointment with it all is that it says nothing about Jesus destroying idolatry. I am sure Driscoll spoke about Christ, as I know that he is committed to proclaiming the Gospel–especially in the public venue–but the Nightline executives probably had them leave that part out. That way a Jew or Muslim could agree with what Driscoll was saying. Check out the video of him on the Nightline panel discussing the existence of Satan. He was faithfully bringing it back to the finished work of Christ.

  6. Matt Holst
    Reply

    Nick,

    What a terrible way to boost the number of comments on your blog. Leaving your entry 3 times – whatever next?

    😉
    MH

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