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Study the Bible like a soldier on a mission, not a scholar on a sabbatical.

Mark Driscoll

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Mark Driscoll
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: October 11
Pastor
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Grand Forks
North Dakota
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Stop looking for the path of least resistance and start running down the path of greatest glory to God and good to others, because that's what Jesus, the Real Man, did.
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You're either selfish, or you're a servant...but fundamentally selfish people are terrible friends, terrible lovers, terrible spouses, terrible Christians, terrible parents. They leave a terrible legacy. Will you be selfish? Will you be a servant?...A good marriage is a servant and a servant.
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You can't meet Jesus and not change. If you haven't changed, you haven't met the real Jesus.
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My desire as a Christian pastor is to see churches raised up as communities of grace ruled by Jesus and led by his gloriously masculine men who work their jobs, eat their meat, drink their beer, romance their wives, study their Bible, and raise their kids in glory and joy
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An animal will conquer others. A Spirit-filled man conquers himself - self-discipline , self-control.
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Sin is not just action. It's life direction.
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On the Sabbath day, we are remembering that my relationship with God did not begin with what I've done, it is not sustained by what I do, and it is not guaranteed to the end by my effort or work. I'm saved from beginning to end by Jesus' work.
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Married life can seem as if it's only five days long. The first day you meet, the second day you marry, the third day your raise your children, the fourth day you meet your grandchildren, and the fifth day you die first or bury your spouse to go home alone for the first time in many years.
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There are some women who are a good time and there are some women who are a good legacy.
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Who you think you are is what compels you to do what you do!
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I am not ashamed of the Gospel.
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...Seattle has unleashed this weird phenomenon on the world called the coffee shop. And the coffee shop, thanks to Starbucks, is the place where socially isolated, lonely, needy people gather together to ignore one another.
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The Bible is not a book of principles to live by but rather a Person to live for.
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The problem with criticism today is that is instant, constant, global and permanent.
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God is tolerant in that He asks everyone to repent.
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Faith only grows through suffering.
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This world needs more than good works. It needs good news. Good works come out of the good news.
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I'll preach anywhere. If it's a round trip ticket to preach in hell, I'll take it-as long as it's round trip.
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Forgiveness is both a decision and a process.
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Much of spirituality today is an effort to change God to suit us. But he's not going to become more like us, we need to become more like him.
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