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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: 53
Born: 1970
Born: October 11
Pastor
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Grand Forks
North Dakota
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So let me tell you this, when it comes to...trying to introduce other people to Jesus. Don't get mad at them: it's not because they're stupid. It's because they're blind. Yelling louder, arguing harder, pushing firmer won't make someone who is blind see. Pray for them, speak to them, care for them.
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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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Repentance keeps sin from condemning us because Jesus died and scorned the shame.
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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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Gentleman, it is a terrifying thing for a woman to trust a sinful man.
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Everyone is sinning, so it's no longer rebellious to sin. You're just a conformist if you're drunk and naked driving around in a loud motorcycle smoking cigarrettes breaking commandments getting pregnant out of wedlock. Everyone's done that. That's so tired!
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An animal will conquer others. A Spirit-filled man conquers himself - self-discipline , self-control.
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God is tolerant in that He asks everyone to repent.
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Spirituality, without the Holy Spirit, is demonic.
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Idols tend to be good things that you have turned into god things, which therefore become bad things
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So I decided to start a church, for three reasons. First, I hated going to church and wanted one I liked, so I thought I would just start my own. Second, God had spoken to me in one of those weird charismatic moments and told me to start a church. Third, I am scared of God and try to do what he says.
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Sin is not just action. It's life direction.
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Everyone has something to teach you if you are humble enough to learn.
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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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Ultimately I think the difference between reading the Bible and studying it is making the connections between who Jesus is and what he's done.
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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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Fear is vision without hope.
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I have noticed that people tend to stop maturing when they start self-medicating. Everyone has very tough seasons of life, but by persevering through them we have an opportunity to mature and grow as people. Those who self-medicate...often thwart maturity as they escape the tough seasons of life rather than face them.
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Being single is not easy. But neither is being married. They are just difficult in different ways as God uses everything in our life to make us more like Jesus, who happened to live a perfect life while single.
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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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