We’ve heard the adrenal fatigue story for many years now.

Did you think we in Seattle hadn’t noticed Marks preaching frequency? (by the way, its been a long time since Mark has been preaching that much. In other words, Mark made the mistake of working too hard and you are going to help him with that. You made it sound as if Mark was in a job interview and was asked “so what’s your biggest weakness?” (best answer? “oh, i care too much and work too hard”). That is correct, I am saying that God was clearly speaking through Mark’s elders at Mars Hill when they presented him with a restoration plan…and when you ignored that with your comments, you opposed God. When you labeled Mark’s behaviors as “mistakes’ you undermined the literally hundreds of hours work of the leaders chosen by God to oversee Mark’s behavior in Seattle and in my view, put yourself on the opposite side of the issue from God. But sometimes a person gets bad media because they deserve it, yes? Before you spoke to thousands of leaders about the Mark Driscoll situation publicly (and tens of thousands more on the internet) the office you hold should have compelled you to personally talk to the Mars Hill elders and see why Mark was being asked to engage in a restoration plan. Yes, I agree you can’t believe everything you read on the internet or hear from the media.

Robert, the first thing I suggest you need to publicly apologize for is being reckless in how you handled the truth in your teaching on the topic of Mark Driscoll. You can read more about that here, from a current Mars Hill pastor. In fact, the logical conclusion of these findings is that Mark has disqualified himself as an elder once he walked away from Mars Hill, until he comes back and goes through a process of repentance and restoration. Where are you getting your information about what is and isn’t true about Mark’s tenure at Mars Hill? His own board of elders and the pastors at his church presented him with a restoration plan after an exhaustive investigation. Robert, you are an experienced Bible teacher, holding the office of pastor and therefore held to a higher standard than the average person yammering on Facebook.

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. it is surprising that we believe so quickly what we read about a brother in Christ whom we’ve never even met.” “we invited Mark and Steve (Furtick) and they both got bad media this year (camera shot of the two shaking hands while you laugh). “its very sad, that in the church, we’re the only army that shoots at our wounded. the other choice is we could restore him with a spirit of gentleness, considering ourselves lest we are also tempted.” one is we could crucify him, but since someones already been crucified for him (big applause). “here’s what i figure: we’ve got two choices. I’m glad that he’s saying ‘help me, help me learn to do it differently.” “When I say he made some mistakes, he preached for 10-12 years, 50 weeks a year, sometimes 6 services a weekend. some of it is, he did make some mistakes” “I want you to know that everything you read on the internet is not true.” Your statements on the video were (and I quote):

You implied that Mark’s troubles primarily stem from bad media and mistakes, not sin.

So what is my beef with what you said? I have two main issues: My honest reaction? The whole clip made me throw up in my mouth a little. Plus, it was posted to the internet, where 100,000 folks have viewed it so far. And to make matters worse, your comment was in front of leaders at the Gateway Conference, who came to you looking for teaching (and modeling) on how to lead. You lead the 3rd largest church in the U.S. Robert, I would give you a pass if you were a young pastor. I watched a Youtube clip of the Gateway Conference in Dallas from a couple weeks ago where you made a little speech about how we ought to think about and behave towards Mark Driscoll. I believe you owe the folks who have ever loved Mars Hill Church an apology. Dear Robert Morris, Senior Pastor at Gateway Church in Dallas,

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