I’ve been listening to a fair bit of Mark Driscoll again lately. This has probably been brought on by the news that he is the main speaker at Together on a Mission this summer.
Anyway, a few thoughts on the dude - none of them original.
He says offensive and shocking things. That’s his style. I find […]
My graduation mean I have to miss Brighton (Together On A Mission ‘07) … D’oh.
“This Jesus whom we worship is truly God and truly man, and will be both God and man forever … the more I think about this the more I am convinced this is the most astounding miracle in the universe.”
- Wayne Grudem, ‘The Person of Christ: God and Man in one unique person.” (TOAM: 05/07/06 […]
“Jesus sets up a kingdom that advances and advances and advances … by freeng from the captive power of sin … by dealing with the heart of the issue.”
“The Gospel in Acts is an absolute statement … a universal declaration that there is a new king.”
- Joel Virgo, “Contemporary Culture and the Kingdom of […]
“What we’ve got is someone radical doing something radical helped by other radicals … and then the panic of God breaks out.”
“You don’t get enemy beaches with concensus and cottonwool”
“There’s no such gift as ership, it’s LEADership.”
“Officers to the rear isn’t in our vocabulary … In wartime you need a great reason to say no.”
- […]
“The egalitarian position does not advance on the strength of exegetical arguments.”
“[Men and Women are] Creatures more like God than anything he has ever or will ever create.”
- Wayne Grudem, ‘Manhood and Womenhood in Creation and Marriage.’ (Mobilise/TOAM: 05/07/06)
“We are not ‘modern,’ we’re Spirit-filled.”
“What is the point of the wine skin without the wine!?”
- Dave Holden, (TOAM: 05/07/06 - Commentary)
“The Church carries world history.”
“[We have] A command to bring this contra-culture into our society.”
- Terry Virgo, Hebrews 11:23-26 (TOAM: 04/07/06 - Commentary and more)
“God’s initiative empowers you to overcome and we need to be a generation that knows this.”
“The heroes of the Bible were not thinkers, not philosophers, they were fighters.”
- Tom Shaw, (Mobilise/TOAM: 04/07/06)
More Together On A Mission reflecting! This is going to keep me in blog-posts for at least a little more time!
After being asked to present some thoughts/testimony post-Brighton at group last night I came up with 2 little things to talk about, and realised I hadn’t shared either of them in full with you, the […]