Idols tend to be good things that you have turned into god things, which therefore become bad things
Mark DriscollYou 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 DriscollYou don't need to beat yourself up in order to make God love you. Jesus already took your beating.
Mark DriscollJesus and Paul were serious dudes. They had teeth missing. Jesus was a carpenter, Paul was in prison. These guys didnโt eat tofu dogs and bean sprouts. They didnโt play tennis. If there were trucks back in their times, they would have been doing driveway lube jobs on a Saturday afternoon. Same thing with King David. Yeah, he might have played a lyre, but he slaughtered thousands of guys.
Mark DriscollGod 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 DriscollIโm frankly sick of all the books and movies trying to predict when Jesus will return and weโll get to start our eternal vacation at his all-inclusive resort called heaven. Iโm also sick of the nerd parade of books and conferences that approach the Bible like scholars whose mission is to get their Masters rather than soldiers who are on mission with their Master. We've got work to do. There are lost people to reach, churches to plant, and nations to evangelize. Hell is hot, forever is a long time, and itโs our turn to stop making a dent and start making a difference.
Mark Driscoll