“Jesus. The first word of this book must be Jesus, because everything, reformission included, begins and ends with him.”
Mark Driscoll, Radical Reformission
An incredibly simple point made by Mark Driscoll in Radical Reformission. I know I for one am constantly guilty of placing other things in my life ahead of Jesus. But to his glorious credit, I can come before him and be seen without blemish through his actions, despite my continual struggle with sin.
This is an experiment for me in an attempt to grow in my understanding, knowledge and testimony in Jesus, the son of God, who came to us fully man and fully God as the ultimate sacrifice to bridge the gap between Creator and creation, who:
was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 1:4
and
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace
Ephesians 1:7
I don’t know about you but I feel like praising God for that.
Years later, as I look back and see Mark Driscoll’s name I cringe. Thankfully, this was his least problematic, if actually positive theological position that Mark has ever spouted.
Since this original post on a different platform that I have brought over to this website, my theology has changed quite a bit.
