About 100 emails have come in from listeners regarding Mark Driscoll and your relationship

with him.

Mostly the questions are centered on whether you now regret partnering with Mark Driscoll

in the past.

Secondarily, are there any lessons you're taking away from that relationship?

And third, do you agree with the decisions of Christian booksellers that have decided

to pull Mark Driscoll's books off of their shelves?

Well, let me take the, maybe I forget now the order, the first and the last, I think,

the issue of regret and the issue of books on or off shelves and just dispense with

those quickly and then tackle lessons a little more extensively.

First, no regret.

John Piper has no regret for befriending Mark Driscoll, going to Mark Driscoll's church

and speaking at his events or having him come to the Jedi God conference.

I do not regret that my regret is that I was not a more effective friend.

Mark knew he had flaws, he knows he has flaws and I knew he had flaws.

He knew that I knew he had flaws.

There were flaws of leadership attitude, flaws of unsavory language that I think it's just

wrong for Christians to use, flaws of exegetical errors, say in regard to the song of Solomon,

I wrote him a long critique of his use of the song of Solomon, I wrote him personally

about these, but I always hoped that in those cases, the relationship with me and with

others would be redemptive and helpful.

He certainly gave me more time and counsel than I deserved.

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