The Gospel & Me & You
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The Gospel & Me & You
My personal journey in preaching the gospel
See themeI first heard the gospel in my late teens. Before then, I'd only heard it in fragments at best, in caricature at worst—either a hasty, cobbled-together version that was hard to make coherent, or a gaudy, cartoonish version that was hard to find credible.
At 18, scrawny and chippy, I heard the real thing: the Good News in all its tenderness and fierceness, beauty and terror. It told me, without euphemism, the deep trouble I was in, and offered me, without sentimentalism, the deep remedy I could have, free for the asking. I heard about Jesus and the Holy Spirit. I heard about God—not the god I'd imagined who was sometimes doddering and indulgent or sputtering and belligerent, but God: majestic, just, loving, and bent on my eternal good.
Breathtaking.
But I fought it anyway. I fought it because of the good news. Like the first disciples, I could not believe it for joy and amazement. It seemed too good to be true. And I fought it in spite of the good news. The gospel demanded of me ...
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Todd Bruneski
Mark, I love your gifts and skill in weaving words and concepts together in a way that makes us say, "Yeah, that's it! That's what we're talkin' about!" I came to this article late, but you inspired me today.
George Mansfield
Mark, this is an amazing message. I have been preaching the good news for some 40 years and have never heard a better unfolding of this beautiful truth. God bless. George Mansfield
Daniel DeVilder
very helpful in inspiring a broader, people-moving-and-transforming perspective of the gospel and the kingdom.