Pastor Mark Driscoll
The family line of Jesus would have been scandalous to the original audience: devout, religious people. Read more
The family line of Jesus would have been scandalous to the original audience: devout, religious people. Read more
When people want to get to the bottom of something, they speak of getting to the heart of a matter. When someone is suffering, we say that our heart goes out to them. When someone is generous and kind, we say they are big hearted, and that their actions are heart warming. When someone is devastated, we say they are broken hearted. When someone regrets a decision they made, they say they had a change of heart. And, when we... Read more
Since the first family, every family has been a dysfunctional family. Read more
How should kids fit into the Christian church? Read more
We live and minister in Scottsdale, Arizona. It’s a beautiful dry desert that is, for most of the year, barren with red clay dirt and green cactus as far as the eye can see. But, everything changes during monsoon season. When the monsoons hit, the sky opens up and rain comes down in a flood that feels like the days of Noah. Very quickly, the rain from above transforms the landscape below. Seemingly out of nowhere, desert wildflowers explode up... Read more
When does someone become a Christian? Is someone a Christian before the world was even made, since God knows who will go to heaven and who will go to hell in advance anyways? Is someone a Christian when they are born because they are born into a believing covenant family in which everyone is saved by God? Is someone a Christian when God chooses them to be in His family for all eternity? Is someone a Christian when they make... Read more
‘Tis the season . . . for parents to decide if they will tell the truth about Santa. Read more
Have you ever walked into a carnival funhouse and looked into one of the mirrors? It’s pretty crazy that in one mirror you look tall and skinny, and in the next mirror you look short and stocky. Today, the world is a carnival and the news channels are those mirrors. Whatever person or issue you are trying to figure out, as you flip through the channels, you are given a completely different picture from each one. Every single news mirror... Read more
If someone asked you “what is the most important thing that someone could possibly do,” what would your answer be? Jesus answer in Mark 12:30 is “love…God”. Love is one of the most important words in the Bible, and appears roughly eight hundred times in the Old and New Testaments. In our culture, though, it is one of the most misunderstood and misused words. Love is relational Simply put, when the Bible says that God is love it means that... Read more
Where should a Christian stand on things such as prophecy, healing, and speaking tongues? Read more
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