Earlier this week I paid a visit to marshillchurch.org - the Web portal for Mars Hill Church in Seattle Washington, where Mark Driscoll is the executive teaching pastor. I knew that both Mars Hill and Driscoll are associated with the Emergent Church Movement, so I was surprised to see the prominently displayed sermon topic on Predestination. I watched online Mark's teaching about Predestination, which was from a very Calvinistic perspective. In fact, Mark laid out quite clearly why he is a Calvinist. While I myself tend to be more Arminian than Calvinistic, there was little if anything that I found objectionable in his message. To the contrary, I found Mark to be very biblically based, contending convincingly for the Calvinist principles that lead him to his perspective on Predestination. Over the week I watched a few additional short videos of Mark's teaching, and again I came away very impressed by the heart, method and message. Since this was such an unexpected and pleasant surprise coming from an Emergent Church, I decided to purchase one of Mark's books and give it a read. I will be reviewing "Confessions of a Reformission Rev" by Mark Driscoll below as I plow through it over the next few weeks.
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