Pastor Mark Driscoll | Christian Blogger
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Pastor Mark Driscoll is a Jesus-following, mission-leading, church-serving, people-loving, Bible-preaching pastor. With a skillful mix of bold presentation, accessible teaching, and unrelenting compassion for those who are hurting the most particularly women who are victims of sexual and physical abuse and assault.
Pastor Mark Driscoll | Christian Blogger
2y ago
A prototype = pattern to repeat (e.g. Adam/Eve marriage)
Abraham is prototype of faith, growing in faith walk w/God
You Can Have Faith in God, and Questions for God
Genesis 15:4-7 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.” But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” And Abram said, “Behold, you have given me no offspring, and a member of my household will be my heir.” And behold, the word of the Lord came t ..read more
Pastor Mark Driscoll | Christian Blogger
2y ago
Focus is on the WHO & we can miss the WHAT
Melchizedek is a leader and shares qualities with Jesus the perfect man/leader
Men as Prophets, Priests, and Kings
Genesis 14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (He was priest of God Most High.) 19 And he blessed him and said, [prophet] “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; 20 and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand!”
Prophet
Your strength is preserving truth and facts
You have a strong sense of right vs wrong
You are willing say hard thing ..read more
Pastor Mark Driscoll | Christian Blogger
2y ago
Battles & Blessings – 2 train tracks analogy??
Battles
Genesis 14:1–24 In the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, 2 these kings made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar). 3 And all these joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea). 4 Twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5 In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were wit ..read more
Pastor Mark Driscoll | Christian Blogger
2y ago
95 Theses door @ Wittenberg
Repentance vs Tolerance
We should only trust people humble enough to be honest & open to change
As Head, Abraham’s Sin Affected His Whole Household
Genesis 12:10-13,17 Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land. 11 When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “I know that you are a woman beautiful in appearance, 12 and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me, but they will let you live. 13 Say you are my ..read more
Pastor Mark Driscoll | Christian Blogger
2y ago
As we approach the “spring cleaning” and Easter season, I was thinking about how to “clean out” my heart and mind for Easter. It’s easy to get so busy with getting the house and food ready that we can miss getting our minds and hearts in a place to worship the Author of life who died for our sins…Jesus! I am so thankful for Easter weekend! Good Friday was only “good” for us so that our sins could be forgiven. Jesus’ death on the cross on Good Friday is a humbling, sober reminder of our sinful status before we are “in Christ” (Romans 8). I ..read more
Pastor Mark Driscoll | Christian Blogger
2y ago
Faith (internal conviction & external action)
Critics/Enemies see 2 kinds believers 1. Perfect 2. Hypocrites
Bible – shows gap between 1. New & 2. Perfect = work in progress
Faith is something you grow in (e.g. musical instrument, foreign language)
Abraham (case study in faith)
Left everyone/thing = trust God for land & lineage
Fall of Abraham (like Adam and Noah)
– We point to our A. best days. Enemies point to B. worst days. C. God honest about both
In Unbelief, Abraham nearly Lo ..read more
Pastor Mark Driscoll | Christian Blogger
2y ago
Genesis 22:32 Jesus said, “‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’”
3 generations here
Genesis – blessing & cursing theme
Jonathan Edwards – prayed for 5 generations daily
=1 U.S. Vice-President, 1 Dean of a law school, 1 dean of a medical school, 3 U.S. Senators, 3 governors, 3 mayors, 13 college presidents, 30 judges, 60 doctors, 65 professors, 75 Military officers, 80 public office holders, 100 lawyers, 100 clergymen, and 285 college graduates.
Max Jukes – lived same time as Edwards studie ..read more
Pastor Mark Driscoll | Christian Blogger
2y ago
=Adam & son Seth (1-5)– Noah & son Shem (6-10) – Abraham & son Isaac (11-25)
Short list most impactful people in history
Abram (exalted father)/Abraham (father of a multitude) – painful name
Sarai “princess” – beautiful & barren
New identity from God = new name (Abram/Abraham; Sarai/Sarah; Cephas/Peter; Saul/Paul)
3 religions (Islam, Judaism, Christianity) & cults (JW, Mormon)
John 8:39 “Abraham is our father”
Name around 300 X in Bible, 11 NT books including each gospel
Heroes faith Hebrews 11 generally 1 verse each person, Moses 6, Abraham 12
Matt 22:32 [Jesus] “‘I am ..read more
Pastor Mark Driscoll | Christian Blogger
2y ago
When we see someone successful = get discouraged until we look at where they started.
God delivered Abram from a bad father
Genesis 11:28 Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his kindred, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
God delivered Abram from a bad culture
Nehemiah 9:7 You are the Lord, the God who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.
God delivered Abram from a bad cult
Joshua 24:2 Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Long ago, your fathers lived beyond the Euphrates, Terah, the father ..read more
Pastor Mark Driscoll | Christian Blogger
2y ago
Todo lo que Dios crea, Satanás lo falsifica. La falsificación de la teología cristiana es la teoría crítica. Como un virus espiritual que se propaga mucho más rápido que un virus físico, la teoría crítica ha infectado y afectado al mundo académico, al gobierno y a las plataformas de los medios sociales, así como a muchos púlpitos y pastores. Para una lección sobre este tema, haga clic aquí. Para obtener el libro electrónico gratuito, haga clic aquí.
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