I listened to a great Q&A from the Resurgence Conference: Text and Context with John Piper and Matt Chandler. It was an interesting dynamic. Mark Driscoll was the one asking the questions, with some commentary. John Piper is in his 60’s and Matt Chandler is in his 30’s. They are in very different places in pastoring “successful” faithful churches.
They talked about the dangers pastors face, false gospels, TV (Piper hasn’t owned one since he was 18), accountability and relevance. Some fun comments, and some great wisdom.
Some quick quotes:
“Relevance is ultimate reality lived out with passion in front of people in authentic ways.” John Piper
“Doug Wilson is one of the most careful and bright Reformed and postmillenial, objectivist theologians around and he’s got people around him that are dumb. … Wrong on numerous cases, but wrong in a way you’d expect a Presbyterian to be wrong. … I don’t know if his trajectory will be as faithful as is the present case.” John Piper
“We want other ethnic groups to join us as long as they like to worship to Coldplay. … I want to preach the death of an ethno-centric idea. I don’t know how we get past this thing (wanting ethnic diversity on OUR terms).” Matt Chandler
“Without a diverse leadership it is unlikely you will have a diverse membership. … I grew up in South Carolina and was racist to my toe nails for the first 20 years of my life.” John Piper
Mark: You insulted my band. John: You care about insulting people? Mark: There is a comeback, but this is where I practice on-going sanctification.
Cavman Considers 
Was Piper implying he does not worry about insulting people?
Hey, I wonder if Piper is concerned that people might wrongly insult him?
Just a thought.
Driscoll has a reputation to live down, and Piper was poking fun at him.