Mark Bowden was born in a small market town in Cheshire, in the mid 1970s. Despite the prosperity of the area, Mark missed out on the opportunities that many children have and set off down a path which eventually led to a prison sentence.
When Mark was a violent drug addict, he had a tendency towards extremes, “if it’s worth living for, it’s worth dying for”. Mark gave his life to Jesus in prison but found that being a Christian was no free pass to an easy life; the pressure of being a “successful Christian” had its own challenges. As a Christian, he wanted to baptise everyone he met but at times lost sight of the reason why.
Mark’s story is an encouragement to those who think they have walked so far away from God that they can never find Him again. This is a story about God loving us not for what we do, but for who we are.
When Mark was a violent drug addict, he had a tendency towards extremes, “if it’s worth living for, it’s worth dying for”. Mark gave his life to Jesus in prison but found that being a Christian was no free pass to an easy life; the pressure of being a “successful Christian” had its own challenges. As a Christian, he wanted to baptise everyone he met but at times lost sight of the reason why.
Mark’s story is an encouragement to those who think they have walked so far away from God that they can never find Him again. This is a story about God loving us not for what we do, but for who we are.
