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 enlarge | Authors: Gerry Breshears, Mark Driscoll
Publisher: Crossway Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 4472
Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.5 x 1
ISBN: 1581349750
Dewey Decimal Number: 232
EAN: 9781581349757
ASIN: 1581349750
Publication Date: February 29, 2008
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 Vintage Jesus = Vintage good book June 23, 2008
Great teaching on the core issues of the Lord Jesus Christ and the Christian faith in a wonderful modern english.
Resurected Truths in Vintage Jesus June 20, 2008
Vintage Jesus proved to be a perfect companion to the sermon series that Pastor Mark preached about regarding "Vintage Jesus." Well written and researched, Pastor Mark and Gerry Breshears provide us very expressive version of the gospel story. It's easy to enjoy how Pastor Mark teaches, like a down to earth normal dude, but he carries with him the faith and steadfast convictions of the great men from our past like; Paul, AW Tozer or Charles Finney.
If you're a very conservative Christian and have it all figured out you will be blown away by Pastor Mark's crass expression of the gospel. If you're a liberal "all paths lead to God" type, you will be set back by Mark's steadfast conviction that the Bible is the Word of God and truth. Personally, I find Mark's approach and heart for the Lord life-giving and packed full of hard-hitting biblical truths. As a matter of fact he is the Pastor of my second favorite church and is my second favorite Pastor to podcast.
The only fault I found in the book is that Pastor Mark communicated orally so well that nothing inside the pages jumped out at me as new. In essence this was the same great sermon and talks he graciously gives his congregations on a regular basis. Part of me was hopping for a new insight or revelation about King Jesus.
Having said that I can easily endorse this book and recommend it especially to those religious neat-nicks who need to learn and grow from Mark's hard hitting relevant truths. Also I can and do recommend this book to those liberal types who could use a hard dose of God's truth right between the eyes. Like Mark, or not, this book delivers in a way seldom found by the Glory preachers or the hard core religious types. This book, simple put, is music to my ears and psalms to my soul.
 Not so much...... June 9, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
OK, I'm a little tired so this won't be a long one. Just wanted to touch base on a book I am going through and put some thoughts out there. The book is called "Vintage Jesus" by Mark Driscoll, pastor of Mars Hill in Seattle, Washington.
I have been wanting to go a little deeper into Pastor Driscoll for awhile. I became aware of him when I was at Solomon's Porch for the Emergent Summer Institute a few years back. He was one of the founding people for Emergent (negative) but made a stand and left the group (positive) when more of the leaders of the group became more vocal about scary beliefs. I read he was conservative with his beliefs (positive) and ran a contemporary church (positive). He;s know for a foul mouth; "the cussing pastor" (negative) and being angry and spiteful towards fellow emergent leaders (negative) but later publicly apologized (positive). So as you can see, Mark has been a roller coaster ride for me.
So I picked up his new book "Vintage Jesus" on audio book. I was happy to see he was the one doing the reading itself so it would give me a better feel for him over all. So far, I have found a few redeeming qualities including the ample research and presentation that makes his knowledge on the topics impressive. However, there is a great deal of attitude represented that turns me off. Even as one who agrees with many of the beliefs being presented, I am turned off by the cockiness within the tone and words of the author. I would even more so be turned off if I was someone seeking the Lord and this is what I came across. I'm all about confidence but a majority of what is shared is over the line.
Before I got the book, I found on-line reviews of ultra conservatives who shared frustration about Mark's flippant attitude in his writing. I did not share the same concern some of them shared. He often uses shocking words and phrases to capture an effect which doesn't throw me. However, what I was concerned about was his way of taking portions of Scripture out of context just far enough to make a point that has nothing to do with the Scripture. For instance, he has a lengthy section about Jesus having a sense of humor. As Mark goes chapter by chapter through the gospel of Mark (I think it was Mark if I remember correctly), he throws out the hilarious things Jesus said or did. As he comes to Mark 9 and shares how zany Jesus is for suggesting we would cut out an eye or cut off a hand if it makes us sin. Obviously this is so out there it must be a great prank! Funny Jesus.
I'm all about Jesus having a sense of humor. I would bet my life that He did. However, Jesus had a point to make of the serious of sin and how important it is to address and not play games with temptation. I don't feel comfortable with throwing that point under the bus to twist it into it was just Jesus feeling a little zany and cracking everyone up.
That being said, a lot of times I can blow off the little things that annoy to get the wealth of information in the book. However, this is not so in this book. The pompus attitude and carefree handling of the Word take away from the study itself. I wouldn't take too much time on this one.
 OK: Not as Unique and Compelling as the First Two May 31, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This was a decent book, but personally I found Driscoll's first two more compelling. There's some stuff in here that I felt distracted from the Gospel message a bit. One of the things Driscoll is good at is getting past the stuff that the institutional church has gotten mired in and presenting the gospel and godly ways of living (at least as he interprets) in a very straightfoward way. I felt this book had some parts that veered away from that. For example, I honestly don't care who thinks what about whether Jesus's mother was a virgin or not. I do accept him as the divine Son of God and beyond that, it's just not a biggie for me. It doesn't seem to be a huge thing in the Gospel, either. The colloquial style that generally works very well in Driscoll's writing and speaking also distracts in this book... and, actually, is used to the extent I almost wonder if he has some pride issues wrapped up in it.
Classic Driscoll May 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Being a regular podcast listener of Driscoll's, I was eager to get my hands on this book. I'm well aware of the controversy that Mark seems to generate, so I was interested in seeing if he came across differently in print. Short answer - this is the same Driscoll that we know and love!
While the brilliant jacket design may make you think that this is purely a hip, relevant take on the life of Christ, it's actually a broad summary of the doctrine of Christ. Who he is, what he came to do, what he's doing now, etc. As with his sermons, Driscoll includes extensive research, pop culture references, and a fantastic depth of scriptural knowledge.
However, one of the main problems that I had with the book was primarily found in the second half. Whereas Driscoll's one-liners had initially worked, they started to feel forced, awkward, and a bit over-the-top as the book progressed. It was like he was trying too hard to get those classic Driscoll quips included.
Despite a few faults I had with the book (primarily with the writing), "Vintage Jesus" is still worth reading. I have a lot of respect for Driscoll and the way he is able to connect with a tough culture while staying true to the gospel message.
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