Mark Driscoll

Mark Driscoll erupted onto the web Christian scene as the brash young “street fighter” pastor of a rapidly growing church which seemed to have largely severed its links with the emerging church over issues like the atonement. No wonder that I found him fascinating.

I interviewed him first by email then have watched with interest his maturing into a man of God with a significant international preaching ministry. He is clearly a prophetic voice called by God to provoke the global church today. When he preached at Jubilee Church, it was a delight to film a video interview. I subsequently captured a video interview with him over the net when we spoke about the resurrection, and his book on doctrine. He was also kind enough to endorse my book.

Wendy Virgo on Conferences and Influentual Women

April 22, 2009

Wendy Virgo from Adrian Warnock on Vimeo. Wendy is married to Terry Virgo, the leader of Newfrontiers. We spoke about what it’s like traveling with Terry to hear him speaking about grace many times, about conferences, her impression of New Word Alive, about the Brighton Newfrontiers Conference, about Mark Driscoll and Wayne Grudem, and about [...]

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FREE The Gospel Coalition Network from The City NOW OPEN

April 17, 2009

I can exclusively announce that the all-new and FREE Gospel Coalition Network website opened just a few minutes ago. The kind people running it have offered blog readers like you the chance to be first in line to join. If you already know what this is all about, then feel free to just follow one [...]

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Video Interview With Tim Smith Mars Hill Church Seattle’s Worship Pastor

March 20, 2009

In his recent flying visit to the UK I was able to grab worship pastor Tim Smith for an interview. Tim has been with Mark Driscoll at Mars Hill for something like 10 years and is an integral part of the operations there, responsible for co-ordinating worship bands for their 20 services. We spoke about [...]

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Free Book Challenge – Why I Love the Church

January 30, 2009

I love the local church. More specifically I love our local church, Jubilee. It acts as a channel of God’s blessings to me. I feel his presence in our meetings. I enjoy worshipping God there. I learn more about him, and his gospel, and how to live in the light of that wondrous news. I [...]

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Buy Yourself A New Year’s Present

January 2, 2009

It’s the New Year, and maybe you have some Christmas money left. You could do a lot worse than treating yourself to something that will help you in your Bible study. Obviously, at the top of my list would be a Logos Bible Software package, which, as always, is available via that link on my [...]

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Tope Koleoso Concludes His Assessment of the DGM National Conference 2008

October 16, 2008

This is the third and final video of Tope speaking about the recent conference in Minneapolis. In this video he speaks about both Driscoll and Piper’s talks.

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Tope Koleoso on the DGM National Conference, Part 2

October 15, 2008

This is the second part of my friend, Tope Koleoso’s, assessment of the recent DGM National Conference run by John Piper. The audio and video of the messages from this conference are available on the DGM website.

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Tope Koleoso Assesses the Desiring God National Conference 2008

October 14, 2008

My dear friend, Tope Koleoso, who leads the church I attend, went to the recent DGM National Conference run by John Piper. Over the next three days I will share his impressions of the conference in video form. The audio and video of the messages from this conference are available on the DGM website.

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Death By Love – Pastoral Application of the Atonement by Driscoll and Breshears

October 11, 2008

I want to introduce you to a very unusual book by Mark Driscoll and his writing buddy and professor, Gerry Breshears. I would go so far as to say that this is a unique book in that I have never seen anything quite like it. If their first book together, Vintage Jesus, was a light [...]

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US City No. 24 – Seattle – A Church in Tacoma, Washington

October 5, 2008

Today I want to highlight another of the Newfrontiers USA churches that are being planted in the top 100 cities in the United States. From a geographical perspective, the cities of Seattle and Tacoma almost look as if they make up one city. As a result, Tacoma is located in the metropolitan area where Mark [...]

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Feed the Sheep, Rebuke the Swine, Shoot the Wolves

September 30, 2008

Mark Driscoll was in fighting form at DGM. You can download the mp3 or watch the video over at the DGM site. He argues passionately for the vital place of clear language that doesn’t pull any punches. Anyone who thought that Driscoll’s choices about how to speak were just laziness on his part ought to [...]

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How Do You Define a Friend?

September 29, 2008

In an incredibly helpful discussion, chaired by Justin Taylor at the recent DGM conference, Driscoll defined friends as follows: “They love you, have hope for you, and have time for you.”I can’t think of a much better definition than that.

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Desiring God National Conference Audio Online

September 27, 2008

The mp3s from the DGM National Conference are being put on line very quickly. You can download them from their website.

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Mark Driscoll on Christ and the Media at Northwestern College

September 26, 2008

The mp3 of Driscoll’s first talk from his weekend in Minneapolis is already online. He took a pre-conference session at Northwestern College on “Christ and the Media.” You can download the mp3 or listen right here. (HT Kim Ketola.) He laid out a challenge to bring the gospel into the media outlets of our current [...]

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Terry Virgo on the Lasting Impact of Mark Driscoll’s Visit

September 24, 2008

Terry Virgo has posted on his blog some further reflections on what Mark Driscoll’s visit to Brighton has led to. Go and read the whole thing, but here is an exerpt: His disarming way and extraordinary spiritual authority came to us at a crucial time in our growth and development. He stimulated and challenged us [...]

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Terry Virgo – Taking a Break From Being Busy For Jesus

September 3, 2008

A couple of weeks back I catalogued what Mark Driscoll has been up to since Brighton. In a brief pause between preaching trips, we can now also read what Terry Virgo has been doing. I suspect you will get exhausted just reading it. The best line in the whole article comes when Terry explains his [...]

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2008 Top Posts Numbers 1 and 2

September 2, 2008

We come today to the end of this recap of the posts that have been most popular with readers during the first half of 2008. This was assessed from the 1st of January to the 31st July on the basis of number of visitors to the pages. I hope you have enjoyed reading some of [...]

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Driscoll in Australia

August 21, 2008

Driscoll had a fascinating and substantial video interview with the Sydney Anglicans which I just had to draw to your attention. Intriguingly they are happy to describe him as “Apostle to the generation wired“! The fact that he can be well received by both Newfrontiers and the Sydney Anglicans says a lot about the ministry [...]

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Catching Up With Mark Driscoll

August 18, 2008

I have now published all the Mark Driscoll material from his recent visit to the UK. Don’t miss the video interviews, and the Dwell material, as well as the talks from Brighton. There is a lot to absorb there. There are also three talks for church elders that I was not present at. Since his [...]

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DWELL – Mark Driscoll on Preaching Christ

August 17, 2008

Thanks to my friends at Acts 29 I’m able to share some sessions with you from the Dwell London conference. This is a talk Mark Driscoll gave on how to preach Christ from the entire Bible. You can download the audio, read my notes below, or watch the video right here: No one has a [...]

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