Book Reveiw: Vintage Jesus - Mark Driscoll

Monday, 29 December 2008

Another Mark Driscoll Book, I know. As a fairly alpha-male, loud, shouty, controversial, say-it-as-it-is and slightly American type of person, I find just about everything Driscoll writes refreshing. He doesn't seem to feel the need to worry about how his audience will receive his work, and I genuinely believe that he lives under the banner of 'audience of one'. (i.e. God)

To this end, I don't think we will ever see Driscoll back down from anything he feels that God is saying, and he's quite at home being controversial, in your face and just deeply honest. And here in Vintage Jesus, we have Mark battering away at some of the more weird and wonderful statements made about Jesus, and presenting a biblical veiw of the Man who is God in a clear, concise way. 

There are lots of books about ministry, lots of books about serving, or the church, or worship, or things people have found out about God in their time on earth, but it seems that little is written about our Lord and Saviour that is simply ABOUT our Lord and Saviour. (I know J John has, but I haven't gotten around to reading that yet). 

It is true that the Gospels are vital to our understanding of Jesus - never let it be quoted that I don't think this! But there are holes in our cultural understanding of the setting in which our Lord placed Himself that leave us questioning - and if we're not questioning, then are we really trying to understand Him? 

It's good to have books out there that bring clear understanding of our Lord in today's society, that open up the Bible and allow us to really feel the Man who is God in a real way. 

And this is one of them.

If you're going to read 1 book in the next year apart from the Bible (I assume you're reading that) read this.