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After 343,203 online votes on the Mars Hill Church website, nine questions for Pastor Mark Driscoll emerged as the ones most urgently calling for answers.
Inspired by 1 Corinthians, in which Paul answers a series of questions posed by the people in the Corinthian church, Pastor Mark Driscoll set out to determine the most controversial questions among visitors to the Mars Hill Church website. In the end, 893 questions were asked and 343,203 votes were cast. The top nine questions are now each answered in a chapter of Religion Saves.
After an introductory chapter devoted to the misconception that religion is what saves us, Driscoll tackles nine issues: birth control, humor, predestination, grace, sexual sin, faith and works, dating, the emerging church, and the regulative principle.
Because the purpose of this book is to address commonly asked questions, all readers will find relevant, engaging material, written in Driscoll's distinctively edgy yet theologically sound style.
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"I don't think I'd have enjoyed reading this book as much as I enjoyed listening to Mark Driscoll read it. He's a good speaker, and I enjoy him. (I know not everyone does.) He answers 9 questions submitted by attenders of his church and listeners online. The topics range from predestination and emergent theology to humor and sex. He's a little more Calvinist than I'm quite ready to be, but I still think he's got great things to say."
— Hope (4 out of 5 stars)
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“Driscoll is strong medicine.”
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" Spot on except I am not convinced on the predestination but overall a good book. "
— Debbie, 2/9/2014 -
" An interesting book, but ultimately not worth the $, rather listen to the sermons on the podcast. "
— Tyler, 2/3/2014 -
" Decent book. Somewhat helpful on some topics, not so much on others. I like Driscoll, and he's an engaging writer, but because he's answering questions, it's pretty dry reading overall. I probably wouldn't recommend this book to anyone, but it's not terrible. "
— Nickg, 1/13/2014 -
" Torn. Good questions asked, good seeds for self-examination. Not always satisfied with the methodology in addressing them. "
— L, 1/6/2014 -
" Excellent theology, engaging writing. This book is great because you can just pick the chapter/subject you are interested in. A great little resource on the Christian life and some of the hotly debated points of theology in American Christianity. "
— Josiahmeyer, 11/10/2013 -
" A fine book. Driscoll is consistantly getting better at writting. "
— Daniel, 11/9/2012 -
" After the first two chapters I remained pretty bored. "
— Caroline, 8/30/2012 -
" Unusual book but a good read.Based on a sermon series that answered the ten top questions (out of 893 questions) sent to the web site of Mars Hills Church, Seattle. Bold, honest and humourous style. "
— Janthomas, 2/9/2012 -
" In true Mark Driscoll form, you feel as though he is there talking to you. He tackles the hard questions with bible verses, clear resources and life applications. From the Emergant Church, Dating, Sex, Grace - he answers each question with biblical discernment. "
— Lisa, 1/20/2012 -
" This is an awesome book. He presents great arguments in each chapter and lots of Bible references to back everything up. "
— Nicole, 1/10/2012 -
" This book was very surprising to me. I did not expect much from this book, but I found it to be both thoughtful and insightful. This book presents a reformed perspective on several significant questions in Christianity. "
— Matt, 10/1/2011 -
" Great companion series to his sermon series. Will make another good young adult/college and career small group study. "
— Steve, 8/29/2011 -
" Spot on except I am not convinced on the predestination but overall a good book. "
— Debbie, 5/14/2011 -
" This book was really insightful and very convicting. I really really liked it. I personally love Pastor Mark's style of writing/teaching. It is very bold and very in truth. "
— Katy, 2/14/2011 -
" Great expose of current topics. I disagree on his take on a few topics, Calvinism particularly, but a solid discussion book with some interesting insight. "
— Chris, 12/21/2010 -
" Pastor Mark does some excellent short dissections of the top ten asked for, voted on, talked about, controversy inducing theological or not so questions from his congregation. The Faith and Works chapter is the best of the bunch, along with his chapter on the Emerging Church. "
— Tyler, 12/2/2010 -
" great book if you have some questions about faith. Mark answers some big questions in a thoughtful and biblical way "
— Mark, 8/20/2010 -
" Decent book. Somewhat helpful on some topics, not so much on others. I like Driscoll, and he's an engaging writer, but because he's answering questions, it's pretty dry reading overall. I probably wouldn't recommend this book to anyone, but it's not terrible. "
— Nickg, 8/13/2010 -
" This is an awesome book. He presents great arguments in each chapter and lots of Bible references to back everything up. "
— Nicole, 4/22/2010 -
" Torn. Good questions asked, good seeds for self-examination. Not always satisfied with the methodology in addressing them. "
— L, 3/10/2010 -
" After the first two chapters I remained pretty bored. "
— Caroline, 3/1/2010 -
" there is nothing like reading some sass with your religious texts. i absolutely love driscoll. his biting style of speaking the truth is awesome. "
— Emily, 2/8/2010
About Mark Driscoll
Mark Driscoll is the founding pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle and is one of the world’s most downloaded and quoted pastors. He was also named one of the 25 Most Influential Pastors of the Past 25 Years by Preaching magazine, and his sermons are consistently #1 on iTunes each week for Religion and Spirituality, with over 10 million downloads each year. He received a BA in speech communication from the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication at Washington State University, and he holds a master’s degree in Exegetical Theology from Western Seminary in Portland. He is the author of more than a dozen books.