Mark Driscoll

“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor; He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord

“‘I did not know Him, but for this reason I came baptizing with water: so that He might be revealed to Israel.’ Then John bore witness, saying, ‘I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on Him. I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with

When they saw Him, they were amazed. And His mother said to Him, ‘Son, why have You dealt with us like this? Look, Your father and I have anxiously searched for You.’ He said to them, ‘How is it that you searched for Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s

“Let this mind be in you all, which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped. But He emptied Himself, taking upon Himself the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men. And being found in the

“Since then we have a great High Priest who has passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who was in every sense tempted like we are, yet without sin. Let

“Lord, make me to know my end, and what is the measure of my days, that I may know how transient I am. Indeed, You have made my days as a handbreadth, and my age is as nothing before You; indeed every man at his best is as a breath. Surely every man walks in

And if Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is alive because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit that

“I rejoice at Your word, as one who finds great plunder” (Ps. 119:162). If I had to make an educated guess, I’d have to say that most of the people reading this post aren’t fluent in Hebrew, Greek or Aramaic. Neither am I. The problem is, those are the original languages of the Bible, which

“It is written” (Matt. 4:4b). The quantity of New Testament manuscripts is unparalleled in ancient literature. There are about 5,800 Greek manuscripts and about 15,000 manuscripts in other languages. This chart illustrates both the number of transmitted manuscripts we possess of Scripture and their proximity in date to the autographs are unparalleled when compared to

“But know this first of all, that no prophecy of the Scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation. For no prophecy at any time was produced by the will of man, but holy men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God” (2 Pet. 1:20-21). How did we get the Bible? Can we be

“For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” (Heb. 4:12) If you want to really get to know someone, the best thing to do is allow

“All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work” (2 Tim. 3:16-17) It’s no surprise that Christians and non-Christians have radically different views of Scripture. Christians claim the Bible is

“The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.” (Isaiah 40:8) When it comes to the Bible, I like to say, “It’s all about Jesus!”. Holy Bible means the “Holy Book.” The Bible is actually a small library. It contains 66 separate books (39 Old Testament and 27 New

“But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” (Matt. 5:44, NIV). Sometimes love means letting things go. Love “covers a multitude of sins,” as 1 Peter 4:8 (MEV) says. Other times love requires us to confront. If someone is doing something that will be their undoing and destruction,

“But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” (Matt. 5:44, NIV). As a new Christian, I must confess that I struggled with these words of Jesus. My concern was if we just loved everyone and prayed for everyone, the bad guys would just keep hurting people. Perhaps you