I wanted to avoid giving Mark Driscoll any further press.  I wanted to avoid reading, writing, or thinking any more about this man and what he has to say.  Most of all, I wanted to avoid using the words, "Mark Driscoll" and "right" in the same sentence.

Darn.

I have not read his latest book; I have no plans to do so in the near (or far) future.  I'm not writing a review or a critique.  That's better left to people who are a) smarter than I am and b) nicer than I am.  There is no doubt in my mind that if I read the book, I would not be able to be reasonable.  That isn't fair to him or to anyone else.

By now everyone is probably wondering why on Earth I've said that he's right about anything, given my probable dislike for his teaching.  Here it is: I believe he is right to open the conversation about marriage, family, relationships, sex, and men.  He's right that young men are leaving the church and not returning.  He's right that churches are shying away from talking about intimacy.  He may be going about it in a somewhat strange and possibly un