Evangelical Rebels Without a Clue

Recently, the Protestant word has been rocked with controversies involving a number of significant figures. Mark Driscoll, de facto leader of the “young, restless, and reformed” crowd, has been caught plagiarizing, buying book sales, and being a questionable leader in his church. Over at the Gospel Coalition, a horrendous public split is taking place between Tullian Tchividjian (grandson of Billy Graham) and the leaders of the Coalition. The later asserts it’s a question of theology while Tullian claims it’s because of his outspoken critique of the whole Sovereign Grace debacle. Peter Enns gives a great summary over on his blog.

On the so-called “progressive side”, we have Rachel Held Evans declaring she’s tired of being a rebel and forcing the evangelical world to change. Or Rob Bell going Hollywood and everyone’s intense reactions to that decision. Or Donald Miller’s declaration that he doesn’t go to church much anymore.