Is Jack Bauer a Type of Christ?...the urgent need of the hour: recover the reverence of God in ministry

"For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens;" -Hebrews 7:26One of the most profound and awesome events in redemptive history was the incarnation of the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul recalls in 1 Timothy 3:16 what is known as one of the great confessional statements in all of Scripture:"By common confession, great is the mystery of godliness: He who was revealed in the flesh, Was vindicated in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Proclaimed among the nations, Believed on in the world, Taken up in glory.No One Lives Greater Than Their View of GodHere is God's view of Himself in worship as described in Lev. 10:1-3:

"Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective firepans, and after putting fire in them, placed incense on it and offered strange fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them. And fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD. Then Moses said to Aaron, "It is what the LORD spoke, saying,'By those who come near Me I will be treated as holy,And before all the people I will be glorified.'"So Aaron, therefore, kept silent.

Did you hear that beloved?The two great qualities necessary in worship among the saints is to magnify and adore the Lord by treating Him as holy; and that before all the people He will be glorified. Why did God act so decisively against Nadab and Ahihu--what was their crime? They offered profane or strange fire before the Lord. No one knows exactly what that strange fire was; but we know what it was not: it was "which He had not commanded them."
This is a profound true account isn't it? Listen, when we come into the presence of our holy God it is never a funny thing, but a fearful thing. If we do not treat Him as holy and before all the people He is not glorified - then whatever else may take place in our worship services, the worship of God did not occur. It was performance, ceremony, entertainment, pomp and circumstance, ritual... It was all for man; about man; by man, and to man. But it was not for God.
True worship, therefore, is governed by the Word of God;is clothed in humble reverence toward God;is marked by the holiness of God;and culminates in the glory of God.Once again, in Philippians 2:5-11, considered to be one of the first early hymns in the church, Paul says,

"Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."

The writer of Hebrews encourages new Jewish believers in the Lord Jesus with these comforting words,

"But we do see Him who was made for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone. Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people" (Hebrews 2:9, 14, 17).

Notice that in all of these verses the awe, respect, reverence and honor that is given to the Lord Jesus Christ in His incarnation, humiliation, substitution, and coronation. He is never once referred to or treated in a pedestrian manner. He was never mentioned as just being "one of the boys" – a dude, a buddy, a pal. The impeccable Christ was fully man, but also fully God; and the divine mark of holiness was never absent from Him in incarnation.Being fully man, "And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men." (Luke 2:52).

"Someone has said that Jesus Christ came from the bosom of the Father to the bosom of a woman. He put on humanity that we might put on divinity. He became Son of Man that we might become sons of God. He was born contrary to the laws of nature, lived in poverty, was reared in obscurity, and only once crossed the boundary of the land in which He was born-and that in His childhood.He had no wealth or influence and had neither training nor education in the world's schools. His relatives were inconspicuous and uninfluencial. In infancy He startled a king. In boyhood He puzzled the learned doctors. In manhood He ruled the course of nature. He walked upon the billows and hushed the sea to sleep.He healed the multitudes without medicine and made no charge for His services. He never wrote a book and yet all the libraries of the world could not hold the books about Him. He never wrote a song, yet He has furnished the theme for more songs than all songwriters together. He never founded a college, yet all the schools together cannot boast of as many students as He has. He never practiced medicine and yet He has healed more broken hearts than all the doctors have healed broken bodies.Throughout history great men have come and gone, yet He lives on. Herod could not kill Him. Satan could not seduce Him. Death could not destroy Him and the grave could not hold Him. This is our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ the Righteousness."

But being fully God, the Apostle John says these exalting words in our Lord's humiliation,

"And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ. No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him" (John 1:14, 17-18).

The writer of Hebrews gives powerful insight into the character of God the Son while on earth in incarnation when saying, "For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens;"A.W. Pink says,

"In this verse the apostle shows that in order for sinners to come unto God, they have need of an High Priest to encourage and enable them so to do. Not only is a high priest necessary, but there must be one possessed of certain qualifications of excellencies, if ever we are to obtain access to the thrice Holy One. Such a Priest is here described; such a Priest "became us", was requisite for and suited to poor sinners. None other could expiate our sins, purge our conscience from dead works, procure acceptance with God for us, purchase eternal redemption, administer supplies of grace enabling us to live unto God in all the duties of faith, obedience and worship, comforting us in trials, delivering from temptations, preserving us unto eternal glory."

Hebrews 7:26 powerfully demonstrates our Lord Jesus Christ in incarnation:

"For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners and exalted above the heavens;"

As our merciful and faithful high priest (Heb. 2:17) there were five distinct qualities that marked Him in life, death, resurrection, and ascension:

• He was holy,
• innocent,
• undefiled,
• separate from sinners,
• and exalted above the heavens.

Holy:"For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin" (Heb. 4:15).He is not merely outwardly righteous, but pure in heart – sinless; pious, consecrated; perfectly fulfilling God's will in the flesh in reverent piety. He never possessed one thought, had impulse of His mind, desire of His heart, one word, dream, imagination or deed that ever strayed from the perfection of His holiness and didn't perfectly conform and reflect the standard of His holiness.Pink again brings this truth stirringly saying,

"That which is here in view is the absolute purity of Christ's nature. He was entirely free from the slightest spot or taint of our original defilement. Instead of being, as we were, "conceived in sin and shapen in iniquity", His humanity was "that holy thing" (Luke 1:35). His conception being miraculous, by the immediate operation of the Holy Spirit, and not derived to Him by natural generation, He was completely exempt from the pollutions which corrupts every one of Adam's descendants. He could say, "the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in Me" (John 14:30): there was nothing within Him to which the Evil one could make a successful appeal. And such an High Priest "became us". Had His nature been defiled, He had been disqualified either to be Priest or Sacrifice. This holiness of His nature was imperative in order to answer for the unholiness of our nature."

He was holy.Innocent (harmless):Literally free from evil and guile. As Barnes says,

"Not injuring any one. To no one did he do wrong. Neither to their name, person, or property, did he ever do injury; nor will he ever. He is the only one who has lived on earth of whom it could be said that he never, in any way, did wrong to another."

He was without any vitiosity in his nature, without guile in his mouth, or malice in his heart. As "holy", He loved the Lord His God with all His heart; as "harmless" He loved His neighbor as Himself. As Peter says, "and while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously;" (1 Peter 2:23). He was the Lamb in the midst of wolves. He was the Sun of righteousness with healing in His wings. How perfectly adapted was He, then, to serve as Priest and meet the exigencies of His people! No wonder the Apostle Paul speaks of, "the meekness and gentleness of Christ" (2 Cor. 10:1); urging us to "be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you" (Eph. 4:32); and "walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us," (Eph. 5:2).He was innocent.Undefiled:"Knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ" (1 Peter 1:18-19).He not only entered this world "holy" and "harmless", but He was so when He left it.He was not "defiled by stain contracted from others, in relation to men. Temptation, to which He was exposed, left no trace of evil in Him" (JF&B). He was never defiled "by sin; by any improper desire or passion. He was unstained by crime; "unspotted from the world." Sin always defiles the soul; but from every such pollution the Lord Jesus was free" (Barnes)."Just as the rays of the sun may shine into the foulest stream without losing any of their purity, so Christ moved in and out amongst the vilest without the glory of His holiness being sullied in the slightest degree" (Pink).He touched the leper, but the leprosy touched not Him; He was known as the friend of sinners, but sin found no friend with Him; He came into contact with death, but death had no hold on Him; and He was in the presence of the Devil for forty days, but Satan had no power over Him. He was as spotless at the close as He was at the beginning of them.He was undefiled.Separate from sinners:"For He is not said to be separate from us, because he repels us from his society, but because He has this excellency above us all, that He is free from every uncleanness" (Calvin). IOW, He is not just "one of the boys."

"This phrase has a double force. It is intimately related to what precedes, as it is closely connected with the words immediately following. As it comes after the "holy, harmless, undefiled", it gives a summary of what Christ was in Himself, emphasizing His uniqueness and demonstrating His fitness to officiate as Priest. He was the "Blessed" Man of the first Psalm: He walked not in the counsel of the ungodly, stood not in the way of sinners, sat not in the seat of scorners. He was the true Nazarite of Numbers 6. Though He lived amongst sinners, He was infinitely apart from them, in nature and character, motive and conduct. He was in the world, but not "of" it. Thus was He qualified to act as Mediator between God and sinners" (Pink).

He is separate from sinners.Exalted above the heavens:And because of this, He was "exalted above the heavens." This is the language of worship, glory, adoration, praise, gratitude, and exaltation. Such is the superiority, supremacy and sufficiency of our merciful and faithful High Priest, Jesus Christ the Righteous! Matthew Henry when commenting on the life and ministry of Jesus and His exalted state says:

"Observe the description of the personal holiness of Christ. He is free from all habits or principles of sin, not having the least disposition to it in his nature. No sin dwells in him, not the least sinful inclination, though such dwells in the best of Christians. He is harmless, free from all actual transgression; he did no violence, nor was there any deceit in his mouth. He is undefiled. It is hard to keep ourselves pure, so as not to partake the guilt of other men's sins. But none need be dismayed who come to God in the name of his beloved Son. Let them be assured that he will deliver them in the time of trial and suffering, in the time of prosperity, in the hour of death, and in the day of judgment."

And Calvin offers these adoring words of our risen Lord and Savior:

"...for no one can unite us to God but he who reaches to God; and this is not the privilege of angels, for they are not said to have been made higher than the heavens. It then belongs to Christ alone to conciliate God to us, as he has ascended above all the heavens. Now, these words mean the same as though Christ were said to have been placed above all orders of creatures, so that he stands eminent above all angels."

Reverence Always Precedes and Produces Humility
"I solemnly charge you in the presence of Godand of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead,and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove,rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction.For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine;but wanting to have their ears tickled,they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordanceto their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truthand will turn aside to myths. But you, be sober in all things,endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry." -2 Timothy 4:1-5 (emphasis mine).We now move from the exaltation of the Savior, to the duty of the servant. Paul's words above to a young and timid Timothy are a weighty and profound charge for one entering the ministry. It is a heavy, heavenly calling to preach the Word and be an undershepherd of the Lord Jesus Christ. I wanted to draw your attention to this, for to be a pastor of a church is to fulfill this calling faithfully to the Lord as one who will give an account (Heb. 13:17). The pastor is a servant of Christ, a steward of the mysteries of God, and one who is found faithful (cf. 1 Cor. 4:1-2).As I am addressing this issue of reverence in ministry, I think it is important for two key things to preface my remarks about Mark's typological snafu:

1. None of us have arrived in this calling or in our sanctification before the Lord. These words of scrutiny are not born out of judgment against Mark, but out of concern for him and those in the greater audience who give almost blind admiration to him. This is a call for discernment. "Test all things and cling to that which is good" the Apostle instructs us to do. What follows is a testing of all things. He said the following things in a public venue, the blogosphere, and therefore those things should and must be addressed in that same arena of influence. I appreciate it when people hold me accountable to the standard of God's Word and I hope Mark, as a fellow co-laborer in the gospel of Jesus Christ, will appreciate this as well for it is in that spirit I write.And 2. I am grateful for the work that the Lord is doing in Mark personally. He is our brother; I pray for him and I hope he will for me too. He recently came out with a confession of sorts as to how pride has dominated his eleven years of ministry and that how he is on a journey, through the encouragement of friend C.J. Mahaney, to pursue humility. We can all say amen to that and good for all of us to daily do as well. But a pursuit of humility in and of itself without first a critical encounter in the reverence of the Lord is an effort in futility. Humility does not produce reverence for God in ministry or in worship beloved. On the contrary, for that would make humility a work to be mastered. But a right reverence for the Lord Jesus Christ will always produce humility in the life of the believer (see Isaiah 6:1-6 to illustrate this truth).One young pastor recently described Mark as one who gives "smash-mouth exposition"; shows diversity in ministry because he can partner with everyone from Piper to heretic T.D. Jakes; and who is "good at repenting." Flattery and overstatement to be sure.First of all my friends, to clear up any misnomers and error - no one is good at repenting. It is painful; it is a grace given by our Lord in sanctification and not an attribute of personality that one may muster up out of his own volition; it is not a trait that you learn to flex like an atrophied muscle you want to get into shape; and it is not the byproduct of man's own goodness. It is the kindness of God that grants repentance. It is the result of His sovereign ongoing work of grace in our lives to conform us to Himself (Titus 2:12).Secondly, having a "smash-mouth" while trying to teach God's Word is not an asset in ministry - it is a detriment (Mark is not an expositor, but more a commentator). Crass, demeaning, scatological speech, swearing in the pulpit, shock-driven anecdotes that appeal to the most debase part of our sinful state, has no place behind the sacred desk and is not befitting any man in pastoral ministry. It is not a characteristic to praised or emulated; but rather one to be rebuked and avoided.And thirdly, whom you partner with in the work of the gospel speaks volumes as to your integrity and intentions. Partnering with men like Schuller and Jakes whom either deny the gospel or worship another god than the One Triune God of the Bible is not just bad form, but a severe lapse in judgment. Bad company corrupts godly morals. We are to pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart (2 Tim. 2:22). We are not to be yoked in a spiritual ministry or enterprise with nonbelievers - those whom either deny the gospel or the God of the gospel.These things are not past concerns, but continue to this day. I pray for my brother that he would take seriously the ministry the Lord has extended to him; that he would take seriously his duty to shepherd the sheep at Mars Hill Church; that he would take seriously what it means to tremble at God's Word and preach it as dying man to dying men; and that he would not seek to further a name for himself in the marketplace by self-promotion, but in humility, be content to pastor those coming to the church without seeking any further fame (cp. Acts 20).As my dear friend and mentor, Dr. John MacArthur, says, "you take care of the depth of your obedience, and let God take care of the breadth of your influence." Amen?Brother Mark, take care...

Is Jack Bauer a Type of Christ?Considering the Scriptures above, here is how one "reformed" emerging pastor refers to Heaven's Dread Sovereign - the Lord Jesus Christ - when comparing Him with a pop icon.It seems that evangelicals in today's postmodern world are not content with the biblical incarnation representation of the Lord Jesus Christ as we have seen above. In our moral pluralistic society, the church -thirsty for relevancy and acceptance by and from the culture around us, is constantly looking for points of identification to make the Lord Jesus Christ more relatable, more touchable, more appealing, more seeker sensible. They see a "shadow and type" of the Lord in any contemporary icon their imagination can foster (though the biblical equivalents of such don't apply today in any manner whatsoever).The most recent stretch to this kind of "Peter Pan faith" is Mark Driscoll's blog post (Mars Hill Church/Acts29 Network) called, "Is Jack Bauer a Type of Christ?" I'm not joking – I didn't make this up. He actually believes this, said this, and affirms this. This is not conjecture; this is his conviction. This is resurgence, reformission, emerging church contextualization fantasy at its best.Pastor Driscoll begins, "At the risk of sounding blasphemous, I would like to offer the suggestion that perhaps 24 is incredibly popular because Jack Bauer is a lot like Jesus, [it is blasphemous and can anyone name in any age or in any century where Jesus has been "incredibly popular"? cp, John 15:18, Matt. 10:22] as the following correlations indicate:

1. Jack and Jesus are both dudes who worked in construction.2. Jack and Jesus have disciples and Jack's disciples have names like Chloe, Michelle, Bill, and Tony.3. Jack and Jesus do not lie and can be trusted to accomplish whatever they promise.4. Jack and Jesus both oppose evil and seek to bring forth a glorious shalom world, free of tyranny and evildoers.5. Jack and Jesus were both betrayed by a close friend who ended up dying as a result of his sin.6. Jack and Jesus are both saviors willing to lay down their life for those they love.7. Jack and Jesus were both resurrected from death; Jack was essentially put to death to fool the Chinese government and then resuscitated.

This is demeaning and blasphemous my friends to the person and work of our Lord Jesus Christ. It maybe clever, cute and culturally relevant; but it does not treat the Lord as holy; and before the people, He is not glorified.Firstly, let's commence by parroting Pastor Driscoll's remarks above:

1. Jesus was not in construction; he was a carpenter and there is a difference2. Jesus has disciples; Jack has covert high level clearance operatives3. It's impossible for Jesus to lie: but, it is incumbent upon Jack to lie, deceive, con, betray anything to accomplish his assigned mission4. Jesus' kingdom is not of this world; Jack's is… he must kill, torture, eliminate anyone or anything that protects national interests5. Jesus was betrayed by the foreordained plan of God; Jack was a casualty corrupt politics6. Jesus is the Savior; Jack is a stealth government agent – a hit man for the good guys7. Jesus actually died and rose bodily from the grave three days later; Jack faked his death (he never died) and was resuscitated a short time later

Secondly, Pastoral Driscoll's constant referring to the Lord Jesus Christ as "a dude" is disrespectful, prosaic and adolescent. Pomo insolent thoughts like this when directed to the Lord continues to reveal a slapdash view for the person of the Lord Jesus Christ and His Word. Do you not see this as well?Thirdly, Jesus didn't come to "bring forth a glorious shalom world, free of tyranny and evildoers" --something the Jews were vying for in the first century as well (this sounds like one studied hermeneutics at the Chris Rock Cannabis Theological Institute for the Neo-Reformed).The overflow of this lack of reverence for the Lord Jesus Christ can be seen in the illustration to your left. Using a cartoon image of the Lord, Pastor Driscoll apparently has no consternation depicting Jesus as a salesman to help sell or promote his latest book. This to me is absolutely unthinkable for a pastor who is called to exalt the person of Christ to demean Him in this fashion. Does this picture offend you to see Jesus portrayed like this? Why would a pastor of a church want to represent the King of kings to others in this way? Why be cavalier at the expense of our Lord? We should be asking, "Mark, why not portray yourself as a cartoon figure trying to sell your own book? " I can't believe that a fine publisher like Crossway Books would condone this trivialization of our Lord and has bought into the emerging agenda. Why do they see this as being acceptable to portray the Lord Jesus Christ in this manner?Compare that childish display to the Apostle Paul's words when he said, "It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among whom I am foremost of all" (1 Tim. 1:17).Lastly, comparing being put to sleep by a glorified anesthesiologist to the resurrection is like comparing the Acts29 Network to a real denomination-you can't take either seriously. Now those of you who support Mark in the ministry, let me ask you a question: were you just offended by the way I referred to the Acts29 Network? If so, how much more should we be offended when the Lord Jesus Christ is diminished to the likeness of a pop TV icon? It is a revealing question.For a pastor like Driscoll to have to stoop to this dumbed-down kind of pseudo-typology rather than accurately representing the nature and person of Jesus Christ in incarnation… biblically is perplexing to me. Why do this? Why not represent the Lord in all His glory, high and lifted up? Why portray Him in anything less than how He was portrayed Himself?Here's a key problem with Pastor Driscoll's typological analysis:

there's no reverence in his words;there's no transcendence in his illustrations;there's no majesty in his typology;and there's no holiness in his portrayal.

This is the predicament even conservatives like Driscoll within the emerging church ecumenical movement comprise-they want to raise fictional TV icons within our culture to the place of imaging Deity; and lower the Lord Jesus Christ to the typological status of a pop star.
God has created man in His own image;and now man is returning the favor.It is as Psalm 50:21 says,

"When you did these things, I remained silent. and so you thought I was just like you."Matthew Henry commenting further says, "…'as weak and forgetful as thyself, as false to My word as thyself, nay, as much a friend to sin as thyself.' Sinners take God's silence for consent and his patience for connivance; and therefore the longer they are reprieved the more are their hearts hardened; but, if they turn not, they shall be made to see their error when it is too late, and that the God they provoke is just, and holy, and terrible, and not such a one as themselves."

Pastor Driscoll's thoughts of the Lord Jesus Christ are far too trivial, far too cavalier, and far too human. He treats the King of kings and Lord of lords as a "dude" rather than "the Lord God." He raises his cultural acumen, but lowers Christ-centered adoration. It is always a question of reverence beloved; not significance. God has not called us to contextualize His Word (that is an unbiblical, theological impotent axiom); but He has called us to preach His Word and proclaim His gospel.So the question lingers: why stop at Jack Bauer? What's next… How about typological Messianic comparative studies on Indiana Jones, Jack Ryan, Ethan Hunt of Mission Impossible, Mason Storm, James Bond, or even Dirty Harry? Are we to imagine that Pastor Driscoll will also find great typological meaning by doing a series on the Trinity called, "The Three Amigos"? We hope and pray the answer is no.It Gets More Anomalous…He not only considers 24 to be accurate typology pointing to the ministry, life, and character of the Lord Jesus Christ, but a paradigm of instruction for expositional preaching. He says:

"And it is also a great case for expository Bible teaching. While that may sound like a leap, think about it. Expository Bible teaching requires going through a book of the Bible to tell its story over the course of many, many weeks so that characters, setting, theme and such are established just like 24. Expository Bible teaching requires a masculine dude named Jesus [there he goes again] to be presented each week as the hero/savior who is willing to risk His own life to defeat evil and rescue those He loves. And expository Bible teaching should be long-say an hour-and take the time to show the horrors and complications of life on the earth under the curse with wildly unpredictable storylines that God inspired to be told.

Now I know why he continually attracts large numbers of people-he appeals to the lowest common denominator in us all. Swearing while in the pulpit; debasing stories offered as critical illustrations; typology done by whatever the most popular TV show is at the moment; and even Driscoll being compared by one of his closet friends in the ministry to Marshall Mathers-as the "Eminem" of preachers (because you never know what shocking thing will come out of his mouth).And this is the kind of thing being heralded as cutting edge ministry; cultural contextual new missional thinking; and what it means to be reformissional. I for one say, "thanks but no thank you. " I prefer to stay with the great preachers of our day: MacArthur, Sproul, Dever, Duncan, Olford, Alexander, Ferguson, Lawson, etc. and with the Reformed divines of the past.Seattle is not the hard of a place to minister--it is full of people like you and me see everyday in our cities and communities. Mark has to paint the picture that Seattle is so dark, unreachable, evil, tough to minister in to justify these kinds of techniques. I was born at night, just not last night. If you want to see a tough place to minister go to the Northeast. Try Maine, Boston, New Hampshire, etc. They make Seattle look like Club-Med.When Pastor Driscoll stops looking to cultural happenings like 24 to give him Christological instruction as to how to make Jesus relatable to a postmodern culture; and one day stands behind the sacred desk cutting straight the Word of God with sobriety of spirit, reverence, humility, and speech seasoned with grace, then I will take him seriously as a man of God and preacher of the Word. Until then, I pray...