Quotes from Mark Driscoll

The truth is that everyone but the sinless Jesus merits the active wrath of God. None of us deserves love, grace, or mercy from God.

The Bible must not be read as a job description for motivated, self-disciplined, devoutly religious people to be their own heroes and saviors of their souls. It must be read as the story of guilty sinners and self-righteous hypocrites, visited by a perfect God

Tragically, when sin entered the world, human beings were separated from God and from one another. For example, in Genesis 3 we see our first parents hiding from God and one another in shame that includes confusion over their nakedness and sexuality.

has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake.

the world has enough politicians; it needs more prophets.

Three, Christians who practice repentance should be the only ones allowed into church membership and leadership.

Many modern Christians will take the best programs from every church while committing to no church. They even have a name for it: "church shopping.

The words of Romans 12:18 are important to remember. They instruct us to be at peace with everybody if we are given the chance. People who know how much they have been forgiven are to be willing to forgive everybody who earnestly repents of anything they have done.126

Simply, a complaint attacks the problem, whereas a criticism attacks the person.

We can kill our sin, or sin will kill our marriages. Those are the only options.

Overt persecution is a daily threat to millions of Christians around the world. Visit Persecution.org to read about current examples of such cases and pray for our brothers and sisters around the world.

Not all parachurch ministries are bad; in fact, the best ones foster collaboration across churches for important ministry and unity.