How sick are we when the most popular books among American Christians are about how to get blessed by praying a small section of Old Testament Scripture like a pagan mantra, and about the Rapture, as if the goal of the Christian life were to get more junk and leave this trailer park of a planet before God's tornado touches down on all the sinners? Only through repentant eyes will we see that God has a plan, by the power of the gospel of grace, to build a community of transformed people. (Mark Driscoll, Radical Reformission 78)

My day has been spent so far doing research for a few papers and enjoying lunch with some friends (the food was great, since the Mexican consolate as well as incoming freshman are here). As I sit here, I am trying to decide how to spend the rest of the day: here on campus or returning home? Hmmm, I don't know. Anyhow, I found the above quote both hilarious and sadly true. It's a beautiful day outside, you should go outside and enjoy it. I've been wearing flip-flops; it's something new but I enjoy it. Here are three more quotes from Mark Driscoll:

Every age is filled with sin, sinners, God's love, and work to be done. Each generation has its own resistance to the gospel, and each culture is equally as far from God because of sin and equally close to God because of his love. As Solomon repeatedly says, there is indeed nothing new under the sun. (51)

Since every presentation of the gospel is culturally expressed, the form of its presentation must continually change as the culture changes, while the content of the gospel remains unchanged and truthful. (54)

We are all on a mission with Jesus every day, and we are either good missionaries or bad. (66)