July 16, 2023
If it were up to me, I would cast pastors like Driscoll as the Nazi in the next Indiana Jones flick. It is preachers of false gospels like Driscoll whose face I would like God to melt. But as soon as I have done that, as soon as I have painted him the guilty one, I have fallen under that same condemning judgment. The scandal of Grace is that there is, therefore, now NO condemnation. Not for Mark, or me, or you. In Christ, we have not only been permitted to touch the ark of God's commands but we have also been welcomed to behold the face of God, to partake of his body, his blood. He has come to reveal to us the good news of our un-condemnation.
This is the scandal of Grace – God’s love for scoundrels and sinners alike.
The Good News is that when we reach the end of the crescendo of God’s Grace, we do not find condemnation; rather, we step into new life.
