The Mark Driscoll Podcast

This Sermon by Pastor Mark Driscoll was preached at James River Church in Ozark, MO, on June 7th 2015. Follow on social media! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MarkDriscollMinistries?sub_confirmation=1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pastormark Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markdriscoll TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pastormarkdriscoll Twitter: https://linktr.ee/markdriscoll  Click here...

This sermon by Pastor Mark Driscoll was preached at Trinity Church of Mesa in Mesa Arizona on September 20th 2015. Follow on social media! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MarkDriscollMinistries?sub_confirmation=1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pastormark Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markdriscoll TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pastormarkdriscoll Twitter: https://linktr.ee/markdriscoll...

This sermon by Pastor Mark Driscoll was preached at Muldoon Community Assembly Church in Anchorage Alaska on September 6th 2015. Follow on social media! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MarkDriscollMinistries?sub_confirmation=1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pastormark Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markdriscoll TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pastormarkdriscoll Twitter: https://linktr.e...

As the old adage goes, you save the best for last. This is why at a concert the biggest hit is the song that closes the show and dessert is saved for the end of a meal. The same is true in Ecclesiastes. The entire book has thus far explored the meaning of our fleeting life, and now gives us the bottom line for how to keep life aligned with God’s will. Follow on social media! YouTube: https://www.y...

Being young is like living in spring. Everything is alive and vibrant. Being old is like living in winter. Things grow dark and dim, and death is foreboding and on its way one day. Follow on social media! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MarkDriscollMinistries?sub_confirmation=1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pastormark Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markdriscoll TikTok: https://www.tikt...

I grew up in the Northwest with a lot of trees and loggers. Loggers have particular tools for chopping down giant trees. The butter knife is not among those tools. Why? Not because it is sinful to log with a butter knife. No one ever went to hell because they were logging with a butter knife. Butter knife logging is not sinful, it’s just foolish. Some people are like butter knife loggers. They are...

How motivated are you, honestly, by winning? Are you as zealous for wisdom as you are for winning? Follow on social media! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MarkDriscollMinistries?sub_confirmation=1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pastormark Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markdriscoll TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pastormarkdriscoll Twitter: https://linktr.ee/markdriscoll  Click here for...

Don’t let the mundane duties of life rob you of the joy of life. Don’t let the pain of life rob you of the joy of life. Don’t let the mystery of life rob you of the joy of life. Instead, understand that God has a bucket list for you to pursue. It would be sin to disobey his list, and the list might surprise you. Follow on social media! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MarkDriscollMinistries?sub_co...

Until the final judgment, we are encouraged to have fun, eat something good, drink something tasty, and make some memories by enjoying life. Life is filled with injustice, frustration, and work to be done. We should work for justice, but, we also need to not become so obsessed, driven, and serious that we lose sight of the goodness of God and greatness of His coming kingdom. Some people are so dou...

Even the godliest people need to occasionally pull over, ask some diagnostic questions, and make adjustments. In this section of Ecclesiastes we are going to pull over for a soul pit stop and have Solomon run diagnostics on our soul with nine questions to get us healed up, tuned up, and back to enjoying life with God. Follow on social media! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MarkDriscollMinistries?...

Anyone and anything can be broken, taken, or forever changed in an instant. Knowing this leaves us with only a few options: Option A – you get bitter when you lose who/what you enjoyed Option B – enjoy nothing/no one so that you cannot get hurt Option C – enjoy what you have for as long as you can and when it’s gone be grateful to God for what you had Follow on social media! YouTube: https://www.y...

In Western culture, the adults have invented a new game that I like to call “Climb the Ladder.” In Climb the Ladder you look at those people who are above you on the rungs of success. You spend so much time looking at life on their rung - such as the car they drive, house they live in, clothes they wear, food they eat, and social events they enjoy – that when you look down at your rung beneath the...

Class conflict between the rich and poor is seemingly constant, and only increased during an election season. It is common for each side to villainize the other...This conflict is so deep in the roots of western cultures that even Christians get into the mudslinging and name calling. The truth is, you can cherry pick Bible verses to support both sides quite easily, which is what left leaning pover...

Satan and demons are at war against God, angels, and Christians. Satan is the accuser, adversary, destroyer, deceiver, father of lies, tempter, murderer, evil one, and a real enemy. Jesus comes to liberate those who are taken captive in this cosmic battle. When he meets a man possessed by a multitude of demons, he exercises his authority over them. He casts them out of the man and into a large her...

Pastor Mark preaches on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, where Jesus—fully man and fully God—ministered to crowds of thousands. As a man, he was truly exhausted when he and his disciples set out in a boat to cross the sea. He was so tired that he slept through a dangerous storm that made his disciples—experienced fishermen—desperate for help. As God, he commanded the wind and waves to be still; t...

When was the last time you met with God? When is the last time you gathered with God’s people for corporate worship? What was the attitude in your heart and mind? Did you come prepared to meet with God, or just roll in and roll out to be entertained as if the point of a worship service was the same as a concert or movie – to put on a good performance for you? Follow on social media! YouTube: https...

The world is filled with people, and it is tough to figure out which ones you should befriend, allow access to, take advice from, and do life with. Follow on social media! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MarkDriscollMinistries?sub_confirmation=1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pastormark Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markdriscoll TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pastormarkdriscoll Twitte...

Self esteem. Self improvement. Self help. Self love. Self actualization. Self pride. It’s all self delusion. Preaching from Philippians 2:1-11 Pastor Mark Driscoll teaches how Jesus is for us the most happy person who has ever lived because, in part, He was the most humble. Follow on social media! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MarkDriscollMinistries?sub_confirmation=1 Facebook: https://www.face...

Conflict. Most of us shy away from it, dread it, and lament over it. Yet, from Philippians 3:1-11 Pastor Mark Driscoll preaches about how the holy rebel Paul discovered joy in the midst of constant conflict that had broken his body, taken his freedom, but not touched his joy. Follow on social media! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MarkDriscollMinistries?sub_confirmation=1 Facebook: https://www.fa...

Life hurts. It hurts emotionally, financially, physically, and spiritually. In the midst of suffering there is nothing worse than a pithy bumpersticker solution to a life wrecking hardship and what suffering people need is real truth for real life in real pain. To that end, Pastor Mark Driscoll, preaches from Phil. 1:12-18 to show how Paul found Joy in his own suffering, because it served to advan...

When is the last time you freaked out and went postal? Did you lay on the horn of your car because you are the only person who can drive? Did you have breakdown because your friend betrayed you? Did no lose it when yet again you had more bills to pay than money to pay with? If so, then you will enjoy Pastor Mark Driscoll’s sermon on Philippians 4:2-9 where he gives us the rebels guide to joy in an...

You are going to die. No matter how well you eat, how much you exercise, or how carefully you live in the end you too will end up in a hole in the ground. Can you find any joy in that truth? The Apostle In Phil. 1:19-30, Pastor Mark Driscoll preaches on how only a rebel like can Paul find Joy in facing Death. Follow on social media! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MarkDriscollMinistries?sub_confi...

Loneliness. We all experience it, sometimes even a crowded room where we are reminded that we are not known, pursued, or loved. To not think about our loneliness we gravitate toward endless hours of mind numbing entertainment such as reality television shows featuring people hanging out with their friends while we sit on our couch alone listening to old Cure songs in the dark. Sound familiar? Prea...

Are you tired? Weary? Worn down? Burned out? Are you sick of all the positive thinking naturally organized highly competent cheery high energy types who keep telling you to put on a smile and think happy thoughts when all you want to do is take a nap? Then you’ll enjoy Pastor Mark Driscoll’s sermon on Philippians 3:12-4:1 where the tired, lonely, flat broke Paul who was sleeping on a dirt floor af...

Paul wrote to the Philippians, alone in a prison, broke, hungry, tired, and was awaiting the possibility of having his head chopped off when he wrote to the church to challenge them to do all things without grumbling or questioning so they could be blameless and innocent in the midst of such a thoroughly jacked up world. Pastor Mark Driscoll preaches from Phil.2:12-30, and describes how it is poss...