I know who made the environment and he's coming back and going to burn it all up. So yes, I drive an SUV. Mark Driscoll More Quotes by Mark Driscoll More Quotes From Mark Driscoll You don't need to beat yourself up in order to make God love you. Jesus already took your beating. Mark Driscoll love-you order jesus You can't meet Jesus and not change. If you haven't changed, you haven't met the real Jesus. Mark Driscoll mets real jesus 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. Mark Driscoll real running jesus God loves you enough to receive you as you are. He loves you too much to keep you as you are. Mark Driscoll too-much god-love love-you Faith is not just what we believe internally. It's how we behave externally. Mark Driscoll behave believe Our identity is not in our joy, and our identity is not in our suffering. Our identity is in Christ, whether we have joy or are suffering. Mark Driscoll identity suffering joy A single woman should only marry a man she can follow: Ladies if you are single, be very, very careful who you date and marry. Don't just date a man who you can put up with, marry a man you can trust, you'll follow his leadership, you'll respect him, he's saved, he's godly. The last thing you want is some guy you don't trust, he's not wise, he doesn't do his homework, he's harsh, he's inconsiderate, he's immature, he's a boy, you're more his mother than you are his mate, Real danger...real danger... Mark Driscoll real wise mother You know what I find amazing is within Christianity it is not uncommon to find [married] people who don't have sexual intimacy, don't have emotional intimacy, don't have spiritual intimacy, don't pray together, don't do their life together, don't put their schedules together, don't put their budgets together, but they don't get divorced. So they can pat themselves on the back and say, 'We're good Christians.' They're divorced in everything but the paperwork. Mark Driscoll emotional spiritual christian Tragically, we live in a day when offense to God doesn't matter nearly as much as offense to others. Mark Driscoll offense matter If you're not a Christian, you're going to hell. It's not unloving to say that. it's unloving not to say that. Mark Driscoll hell ifs christian 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. Mark Driscoll yelling stupid jesus 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 Mark Driscoll christian jobs jesus Idols tend to be good things that you have turned into god things, which therefore become bad things Mark Driscoll be-good good-things idols Everyone has something to teach you if you are humble enough to learn. Mark Driscoll teach enough humble You have been told that God is a loving, gracious, merciful, kind, compassionate, wonderful, and good sky fairy who runs a day care in the sky and has a bucket of suckers for everyone because we're all good people. That is a lie... God looks down and says 'I hate you, you are my enemy, and I will crush you,' and we say that is deserved, right and just, and then God says 'Because of Jesus I will love you and forgive you.' This is a miracle. Mark Driscoll crush running jesus God picked a junior high girl [to be Jesus' mother]. Jesus was raised by a woman who today, we wouldn't even let her lead a bible study at a high school. But she could raise God. Mark Driscoll girl mother jesus Study the Bible like a soldier on a mission, not a scholar on a sabbatical. Mark Driscoll sabbatical study soldier The church was custom built by Jesus, and we are all works in progress. We do not expect people to get their sin in order before attending church any more than a hospital expects people to get healed before they show up. Mark Driscoll order people jesus 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. Mark Driscoll effort today needs The goal of Christian dating is not to have a boyfriend or girlfriend but to find a spouse. Have that in mind as you get to know one an- other, and if you’re not ready to commit to a relationship with the end goal of marriage, it’s better not to date but simply to remain friends. Mark Driscoll girlfriend goal christian
