I find myself concerned about the burgeoning ideology of Mars Hill, having heard from one brother who left that church, as well as my stepson, a counselor in the Seattle area, who’s had several of Driscoll’s spiritual “rejects” come to his door. Shunned, unable to make amends in the unforgiving atmosphere of Driscoll’s church, these people need counsel not only for their sins of commission, but the terrible emotional toll of being rejected by an entire community of believers for having committed that sin.

We are easily led astray, easily enticed. No wonder we’re often compared to sheep. Religion carries both the way to Christ, as well as the potential for error and loss of that Way. I cannot say enough about this subject having spent a lifetime skirting the blackened and twisted roots on which so many stumble and fall.