[Hebrews 11:6]

It's been half an hour since your inquiry, and I expect the poster will reply eventually. But I took it innocently enough, that he's not going to presume to judge a servant of Jesus: that Jesus's job. We'll see.

That said, I agree with your post wishing his future congregants well. I'm concerned at the way his decision to proceed is portrayed: as his decision. One recent emphasis I've received from the Lord is not to go off half-cocked under my own steam, to mix metaphors, but rather to proceed not on my projects but instead on His. He says he is "hoping, trusting, praying, planning and also a little...worrying about planting a church here." How about "obeying?"

[Tax-chick]

Thanks. In that passage, Paul is writing about the dietary scruples of some Christian believers. However, I suppose the verse can be applied to the question of whether a person who has abused one position of authority (and may have some serious personal issues) should assume another position of the same kind.

I agree with Hebrews 11:6 that Mr. Driscoll seems ... how best to put it? ... personally driven in his actions, rather than clearly led by God. But anyway, if this gets off the ground, I hope his attendees find Christ and grow in faith, hope, and love, just as I would if they came to my church.