The disgraced discipline evader is back selling books by butchering the bible to co-opt your vote.

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And he said to them, "What things?" And they said to him, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened. Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning, and when they did not find his body, they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. - Luke 24:19-23 (ESV)

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Ten years ago, in the dead of night, renegade false teacher Mark Driscoll snuck out of the Seattle area before his own elders could properly discipline him. Lord knows he needed the discipline, because he had been on a crusade for ten years prior to be the most unagreeable, abusive pastor in modern times. You know it is bad when the organization you founded, Acts 29, kicks you out. What is worse and often glossed over, is the absolute fact that Driscoll stole $200,000 in tithes to pay a company to cheat the New York Times Best Seller list. In typical apostate church fashion however, Driscoll landed a new job a year later in Arizona. While he was initially subdued, so no one would notice that he was back abusing sheep and fleecing the flock, Driscoll now seems untethered, not only from scripture, but from his sordid past. He has written a new book, because he knows how to squeeze every nickel out of the scam he has working. This new book is offensively titled, "Vote Like Jesus." Mark has always been a dominionist at heart and as such, he may as well have titled this book, "Vote like a Republican"; because there is not a whiff of objectivity or biblical foundation. If we were to truly vote like Jesus, we would not vote at all. It is beyond a distortion to suggest otherwise. Jesus was ENTIRELY apolitical during His life on earth. Keep in mind that the politics of His day were pretty egregious for His people too. All of His followers thought that Jesus was going to deliver them from the oppression and persecution of the Roman Empire. So much so, that after He had spent three years ministering to them and explaining how His kingdom was not of this earth, it was still the focus of lament for His followers. The key verses are from the "Road to Emmaus" scriptures in Luke. Even in the middle of doubting the claims of the resurrection, their focus was only that they had hoped He would be the one to redeem Israel. He did of course, but they were still looking for political redemption, not spiritual redemption. Past is indeed prologue as dominionists in the apostate church today are laser focused not on the eternal redemption of the gospel, but on faux redemption from their perceived political enemies.

As a side note, Driscoll has apparently been channeling his inner Jim Bakker as he is running a giveaway promotion to get a free copy of his book, along with a 90-day supply of emergency food, an electric generator, portable fridge, and a smokeless grill. In typical Driscoll fashion, he is doing a sermon series disguised as being biblical but really just designed to sell his book. He did the same thing when he paid the marketing company the tithe monies to cheat the New York Times. That was a book about marriage and to promote it, he did a series on it. Not too self-serving, eh Mark? I have reviewed his sermon notes, linked above, so let us reason once more together regarding a man who disqualified himself from ministry years ago but is still tolerated.

He opens up by claiming that most pastors and churches say we should stay out of politics and just teach the bible. It should be of little surprise that the notion of just teaching the bible, is wholly rejected by Mark Driscoll. Instead, he is teaching that liberal churches actively push their side of the agenda and conservative churches are mostly quiet. Say what? All conservative churches do is preach the carnal politics of man! On Charisma News, I would say that 80-85% of the articles are political and all of them have a singular point and agenda - vote republican or else! Or else what? Well, according to people like Dr. Michael Brown, a Christian cannot vote Democratic. According to Jack Hibbs, you will answer for your voting record when you stand before Christ. Well, that is if you did not vote for the three times married, three times unfaithful, once with a porn star, six times bankrupt, convicted rapist with 34 other felonies. According to lunatics Mario Murillo and Greg Locke you are literally going to hell and are unredeemable if you do not vote as they do. So, Driscoll's opening point is asinine. Conservative churches will not shut up about politics as it is their new savior and gospel.

He then claims that he has a significant opportunity to teach and disciple from the word of God, which he equates to having a biblical worldview. This is an important point because it is a hallmark of false dominionist teaching. We should be aware that when we hear this term, we are being lied to. Let me explain. When they say biblical worldview, it is just their view. They take two issues and two issues only - gay marriage and abortion and pretend these are the only things that matter to God. Destroying His creation? Nah, that's ok. Taking care of the least in society and taking the stranger in? Nah. That's for suckers. Widows and orphans? Hey, what are you a commie? It is a real simple equation for them to sell. The Republican Party candidates are always going to be pro-life and always are going to hate gay people. Case closed, there is your "biblical worldview." Except that is not how God views the world at all. What is also missing in their equation is political campaigning is the business of promising things you never deliver on and even in the rare cases where you feel like someone did deliver, the results may not be what you thought. Did you know for example that since overturning Roe, abortions have increased? No point in letting a pesky things like facts disturb your talking points. No candidate cares about the cause of Jesus Christ and while we may think we get the two points with our candidate, what else are we voting for? What other evil policies are we ignoring? Christians have not been instructed by God to be myopic.

Driscoll now makes the absolutely absurd point that you cannot be biblical without being political. The absurdity is that it is the opposite of truth. Politics is all about lying to attain and keep power. There is NOTHING biblical about it. God does not care about our politics beloved. If Jesus did not do anything about the Roman Empire when He walked the earth, why in the world do you think He is making sure Donald Trump or anyone for that matter, gets elected. Because he has no shame, Driscoll claims that the backdrop of the bible is political. His lame reasoning is that because God refers to a kingdom and there was a war in heaven, that somehow this means we should all vote Republican today. What a sad and blasphemous joke. The rebellion of Lucifer was not politics. God does not refer to His kingdom as some kind of hidden code for evil false preachers to convince you into voting for one carnal candidate or the other. Driscoll continues his descent into the bosom of his political masters by declaring that "entire books" of the bible were God versus the government and offers up Egypt in Exodus, Babylon in Daniel, and Rome in the New Testament. Talk about missing the point! So, you think that God wrote the book of Exodus to highlight the politics of Egypt? Or that He wrote Daniel to get into the intricacies of Babylon? Or the entire New Testament to discuss the political landscape in Rome? Are you insane? The point of Joseph was redemption, not politics. The point of Daniel was redemption not politics. The point of the New Testament is redemption, not politics. Are you sensing a theme mark? The bible is not your plaything to manipulate as you like to push your worldly NAR agenda. It is about redemption in Christ! Did Egypt have internal politics? Babylon? Rome? Of course, but they were not the focus nor the point of scripture. They were entirely ancillary to tell the story. We already highlighted in the key verses that man is always focused on his own politics and misses the point of redemption that Christ is always offering.

Mark continues his silliness by then declaring his politicking is somehow justifiable because God rebuked the nations through prophets. He offers up Moses and Egypt, Jonah and Nahum for Nineveh, and Obadiah for Edom. The glaring problem with these stupid comparisons is that Edom was rebuked for excessive violence and enslavement of Israel. Nineveh was called to repentance because of its great sin, including some of the worst treatment of Israel in history. Egypt enslaved the Israelites for 400 years. Again, are you sensing a theme Mark? So yes, God rebuked nations before and called them to repentance, but no one is enslaving the church today except through the false doctrine of people like Mark Driscoll. Oh, and the prophets from the Old Testament? They were never wrong in the word they claimed as from God. Driscoll then tries to claim you should vote as he orders because various biblical figures held office, including Jospeh, Daniel, David, Mordecai, Nehemiah, Naaman, Cornelius, to name a few. So what? No one is saying that people, including Christians cannot hold public office. It seems that Driscoll is trying to connect two points that have no connection. He is trying to prove that politics has existed throughout history, even biblical history. Of course, it has. Man will always be man. The desire for power will always be there. Remember though that this started by Mark trying to say you cannot be biblical without being political. What about all of the people in the bible who had nothing to do with politics? What about our Savior Himself? If you read the accounts of Joseph, Daniel, David, and everyone else Driscoll tries to leverage and only come away thinking, hey they were political, then you missed the entire point of the bible. Joseph, Daniel and David were types of Christ! This is what happens when you sell the gospel and your soul out for thirty pieces of political silver or to sell your latest book. Mark then says one thing correctly - God appoints rulers. This of course eviscerates his entire premise, and he cannot even see it. Driscoll then disgustingly summarizes that God, Satan, demons, and the wicked are all involved in politics. No Mark and how dare you lump in our Savior with the devil, his minions and the wicked. God is above the petty politics of man. God raises up all leaders and will not be surprised or caught off guard on November 6^th of this year. He will not be dismayed or confused. He will still be on the throne and use whoever is elected for His ends and purposes. He has not asked for our help Mark, and he does not need it.

In typical abusive fashion, Driscoll derides pastors who do not want to sully God's holy desk with carnality as being "educated beyond their intelligence" and having a "hard heart and a soft mind." This is what happens when you allow someone to escape church discipline for being a bully. They are empowered to bully further. These are typical NAR dominionist talking points. Anyone who has the temerity to have independent thought or fact checking is deemed to be too smart for their own good or somehow mentally or spiritually deficient. What is always frustrating about Driscoll is the uncontrolled gaslighting. He has no problem correctly stating some theology but fails to see how it destroys the points he is making. For example, he correctly says that Romans states we are to be subject to the governing authorities and that there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. He rightly says that our citizenship is in the kingdom of God and that here, is just our residence. He also correctly admits that any political system is inherently sinful because man is inherently sinful. Yet despite these admissions, he still defaults to solving things politically and pretending that his sinful choice is God's choice. It is not. Perhaps the worst gaslighting is when he says that it is not the government's job to restrain vice even though that is entirely the NAR political position. They deem that certain things are vice, or sin, and campaign to legislate it away to force those heathens to behave better. As if that will save anyone. Spoiler alert - it won't. It was the religious freaks of the day that pushed for and eventually got Prohibition enacted that banned alcohol. The result? An explosion the underground criminal world and the development of organized crime. Good job church. The gospel is not forcing the unsaved to behave marginally better but to tell them about the Savior they so desperately need.

Now, because the heart of Republican politics are tax cuts for the uber-wealthy, Driscoll takes a stab at trying to make that sound biblical. He states the Romans 13 verse that says to pay your taxes but then complains that much of taxes are 'wasted" and "spent on evil." As if this somehow means that letting billionaires keep more of their money would somehow lessen the waste and evil. How ridiculous. He then wrongly indicates the tithe, or ten percent, is "fair" while regurgitating a GOP talking point about how 40% of Americans pay zero taxes. Tithing is an Old Testament practice of law that was nailed to the cross. Driscoll does not care because it is how he lives the lifestyle he does and provides a pool of money to hire marketing firms to bolster his book sales. The more grotesque argument is about the 40%, who do not pay federal income tax, many of which do not make enough money to. This is a direct result of Republican Party politics by the way. These poor people still have payroll taxes that feed Social Security and Medicare and are taxed to death on local goods and services. Nothing like a false Christian leader disparaging the poor, you know, like Jesus never did. Lastly here, tithing was not "taxes." It was a system so the Levitical Tribe could eat. Driscoll uses these poorly thought-out false teachings to declare that he has "every right to vote for candidates and policies that lower taxes." What? How in the world do you come to that inane conclusion? Look, if you want to be greedy and say the government should not have any taxes or help anyone in society go for it but do not dare to pretend the bible supports such nonsense.

Driscoll then gets dangerous and suggests that there are just and unjust states and compares North Korea to the inferred rule of a Republican presidency. This conferred righteousness is at the heart of NAR theology. The only thing that prevents dictatorships in this country is the separation of powers and checks and balances. Mark uses this to launch into a segment on civil disobedience, yet another concept he clearly does not understand. He incorrectly tries to leverage when Peter said he must follow God and not man. The problem with that? He was not speaking to the Roman Empire but to the teachers of law. His issue was not civil disobedience but rather refusing to obey false teaching. That really sums this up pretty well. Mark Driscoll is a false teacher and if Peter were here today, he would be urging us to follow God and not the man, Mark Driscoll. That by the way, is not civil disobedience. Just biblical sense.

Mark concludes with the smarmy line, "as you vote for our president, don't forget to vote for your God." I urge you to do the same beloved but in correct biblical context. Do not forget that God is in control. He is on the throne. He raises up who He wants to raise for the reasons He desires. We are not partnering with God. He is not our wing man. Whoever Mark Driscoll or anyone tries to sell you as "God's choice" know they are lying to you. Driscoll is trying to sell books, period. The man he supports is on record as saying that he does not need God's forgiveness. The church leaders all crowing for him have abandoned the gospel for a morally bankrupt man. In 2012, the Republicans put forth a very nice man in Mitt Romney but there was one little problem. He was a Mormon. Not only that but he was a direct descendent of one of the founding apostles of Mormonism and tithed 25% of his vast wealth to the satanic cult. The Billy Graham Association for years had listed Mormonism on its list of cults but Franklin Graham, political operative, removed it after Romney became the candidate. If you cannot see why that is problematic, then perhaps you need to check how idolatrous your personal politics have become. Remember God when you vote by remembering that when Jesus walked this planet, He was entirely apolitical. His kingdom is not of this world. The only thing Mark Driscoll proved in this nonsensical screed was that the bible correctly cites what the politics of man have always been. At no point does He advocate for or demand our involvement. Much like those followers of Jesus walking on the road the Emmaus after the resurrection of Christ, the Mark Driscoll's of the NAR directly overlook redemption while wistfully lamenting not being delivered from those evil Democrats. The punch line of that story, however, is they are responding to the risen Christ, who was walking with them on the road. Yet they had no idea who He was. Neither does Mark Driscoll.

Reverend Anthony Wade - September 16, 2024

Authors Bio:
Credentialed Minister of the Gospel for the Assemblies of God. Owner and founder of 828 ministries. Vice President for Goodwill Industries. Always remember that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose.