The Bible is not a book of principles to live by but rather a Person to live for. Mark Driscoll More Quotes by Mark Driscoll More Quotes From Mark Driscoll 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. Mark Driscoll selfish christian people Every great cause was initiated by someone whose heart was broken. Mark Driscoll causes broken heart This world needs more than good works. It needs good news. Good works come out of the good news. Mark Driscoll news world needs Even a cursory reading of the book of Ecclesiastes shows that culture is a stationary bike that each generation climbs on in hopes of getting somewhere only to die and fall off so that the new young stud can take his turn peddling and, like a fool, make pronouncements about his progress. We would be wise to see postmodernity as simply the new guy on the old bike and not mistake cultural change for kingdom progress. Mark Driscoll wise mistake book Anxiety is not to be managed it is a sin that needs to be repented of Mark Driscoll anxiety sin needs Sometimes prayer moves the hand of God, and sometimes prayer changes the heart of the person who is praying. Mark Driscoll prayer heart moving 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 suvs environment made Tribes must be our homes, not our prisons. Mark Driscoll tribes prison home There are some women who are a good time and there are some women who are a good legacy. Mark Driscoll good-times legacy Those who only seek friends without seeking to be a good friend are selfishly needy and demanding. And those who only want to be a good friend but do not wisely seek good friends are bound to be taken advantage of, abused, neglected, and suffer from their foolish friend choices. Mark Driscoll good-friend choices taken There is a pile of dead bodies behind the Mars Hill bus, and by God's grace, it'll be a mountain by the time we're done. Mark Driscoll mars mountain grace 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. Mark Driscoll being-single perfect jesus Forgiveness is both a decision and a process. Mark Driscoll decision process A wife who lets herself go and is not sexually available to her husband in the ways that the Song of Songs is so frank about is not responsible for her husband's sin, but she may not be helping him either. Mark Driscoll wife husband song Fathers need to be tough and tender...you be tough for your family, be tender with your family. You protect them, and you be a safe place. Mark Driscoll safe father needs 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. Mark Driscoll effort done jesus Repentance keeps sin from condemning us because Jesus died and scorned the shame. Mark Driscoll shame sin jesus The inevitable result of borrowed faith is lost faith. People born into a family anchored in Christendom tend to assume they're right with God, regardless of whether they personally turn from sin and trust in Jesus. Mark Driscoll assuming people jesus Did think you were here to kill time listening to Christian music until you go to heaven? We've got work to do. Mark Driscoll christian heaven thinking You wanna be counter-culture? You wanna be a total rebel? Get a job! You wanna be counter-culture, totally alternative, radical? Be a virgin until you get married...to a person of the opposite gender. And then stay married and pump out some kids and pay your taxes and read the Bible, you freak. You'll be just totally a rebel. Mark Driscoll opposites jobs kids
