Quotes from Mark Driscoll

we worship our way into sin, ultimately we need to worship our way out.

we want non-Christians to understand the essentials of our faith so that whether they receive or reject Jesus

to have a future instead of a funeral, various tribes must strive to obey Ephesians 4:3, where Paul commands us to be "eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit.

Second, an incarnational missional life is evangelistic. Just as Jesus did not merely come only to do good works for the needy but primarily to save lost people, Jesus' people are likewise to pursue lost people for evangelistic friendships.174

the Bible as God's perfect and authoritative Word one God in three persons (Trinity) human sinfulness by nature and by choice Jesus as fully God and fully man who lived without sin, died in our place for our sins, and rose from the dead salvation bestowed by the grace of God when a sinner turns from sin and trusts in Jesus alone through faith new birth through the Holy Spirit eternal heaven for believers and eternal hell for unbelievers

Corporate worship is to be missional.

we must refuse to speak in sanitized clinical euphemisms like calling adulteries "affairs," fornication "dating," and perverts "partners" because God uses frank words for deplorable sin so we will feel its sickness without anesthesia.

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.

The book of Luke is the account of the Spirit-empowered ministry of Jesus on the earth, and Acts is the account of the Spirit-empowered ministry of Jesus' people on the earth, the extension of Jesus' ministry through his people by the Spirit's power.

Politicians tell people what they want to hear, prophets tell people what they need to hear.

Hebrews 13:15–17, which says: Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.

You don't need to beat yourself up in order to make God love you. Jesus already took your beating.

God loves you enough to receive you as you are. He loves you too much to keep you as you are.

Don't believe false teaching that says you won't suffer if you really love Jesus. Jesus will end all suffering eventually, but on earth he suffered more than anyone.

Some will tell you that there are multiple worldviews. The Bible says we have only 2: the Truth and the Lie.

If my words don't flow out of a heart that rests in God's control, sovereignty, then they come out of the heart that seeks control so I can get what I want.

We will take a few moments and make fun of religious people, and we do this in love. No, we do, because we love to make fun of religious people.

An animal will conquer others. A Spirit-filled man conquers himself - self-discipline , self-control.

There are some women who are a good time and there are some women who are a good legacy.

Women will be saved by going back to that role that God has chosen for them. Ladies, if the hair on the back of your neck stands up it is because you are fighting your role in the scripture.

Did think you were here to kill time listening to Christian music until you go to heaven? We've got work to do.

Work like an Arminian, sleep like a Calvinist.

Faith is not just what we believe internally. It's how we behave externally.

The cross is the great jewel of the Christian faith and like every great jewel it has many precious facets that are each worthy of examining for their brilliance and beauty.