Got a card in the mail a couple of weeks ago about the 2009 Desiring God annual conference. I was unfamiliar with some of the speakers Piper had lined up, but one I was somewhat familiar with…..and very surprised. A gentleman named Doug Wilson.
I used to be on Wilson’s Credenda Agenda mailing list, and I’ve always understood Wilson to be somewhat on the fringe of Reformed orthodoxy. A far bigger problem is Wilson’s connection with the Federal Vision/Auburn Avenue theology movement. Bottom line, whatever you think of him, Wilson comes with a lot of baggage. So the question is, why did Piper invite him to share the pulpit with him? This really has me scratching my head. There are so many fine scholars around that don’t have Wilson’s problems. So why did Piper do this?
I like Piper a lot. I own many of his books. I subscribe to his podcast. He’s a giant in contemporary evangelicalism. A real rock star in our movement. His ministry has been richly blessed by God. He has been steadfast in his defense of the Scripture, and is one of our finest expositional preachers. But I admit, I’ve always been a little uncomfortable with him. I usually attribute that to the fact he is so emotional……complete opposite of myself. But I’ve always been a little uneasy about a few things:
- His Fuller Seminary connection, Dan Fuller in particular.
- Sharing his pulpit with Mark Driscoll. Driscoll has problems, but not nearly as serious as those presented by Wilson.
- His absolutist position on marriage and divorce
And now sharing the pulpit with Doug Wilson – the strangest thing of all. I don’t get it.
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