Mark Driscoll’s Jesus Died in Our Place is one of the most purely gospel oriented sermons I’ve heard in a long time.  There are a lot of sermons that focus on certain aspects of the gospel: how great the gospel is, how to believe the gospel, the necessity of the gospel, and on and on. But, sadly, it is a rarity to find a sermon which has one single, great purpose:  to present the gospel.

It is ironic that one of the best examples of a gospel sermon would come from Driscoll, the king of fads. You don’t have to know about Driscoll very long before you find out that many otherwise wonderful Christians have a problem with him and his ministry. He’s seen as the great compromiser, the cussing pastor who can’t control his temper, the perverted preacher who talks too much about sex, the guy who flirts with the emergent church. . . . The list of complaints is long and comprehensive.

But I love Mark Driscoll, and this is why: Mark Driscoll loves Jesus. And for anyone who would disagree, I challenge you to find a more gospel-centered hour of preaching than this.

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