I think I would have enjoyed "Radical Reformation" by Mark Driscoll more had I not just read his "Confessions" a couple of days before. Don't get me wrong, I think "Radical Reformission" is very good. If "Confessions" is the biography of Driscoll's church, then "Radical Reformission" is their philosophy of ministry. I should have just spaced them out more, but I highly recommend this book for anyone who is trying to understand how to better engage their culture for Christ.

Driscoll offers some very helpful analysis as he talks about reaching out without selling out. For example, in the examination of the church's approach to culture, he looks at the interaction between the church, the gospel, and the culture. He offers this analysis...

Gospel + Culture - Church = Parachurch
Culture + Church - Gospel = Liberalism
Church + Gospel - Culture = Fundamentalism
(These formulas are fodder for a blog at a later day)

He offers this formula: Church + Gospel + Culture = Reformission. He defines Reformission as "gathering the best aspects of each of the above types of Christianity: living in the tension of being Christians and Churches who are culturally liberal yet theologically conservative and who are driven by the gospel of grace to love their Lord, brothers, and neighbors." He adds, "Reformission is the radical call for Christians and Christian churches to recommit to living and speaking the gospel, and to doing so regardless of the pressures to compromise the truth of the gospel or to conceal its power within the safety of the church."

The topic of exploring better ways to communicate the gospel in our culture is never-ending, and if you want to understand the philosophy of someone who is doing it well, then read Driscoll.