Driscoll is a little rough …..and quite funny….as usual ..and he nails so many things right….especially when he challenges “guys” to stop defining themselves by what they consume and start defining themselves in light of who God made them to be … to be producers instead of consumers, and givers instead of takers. 

You’re the glory of God. What does it mean to be a man? John is a great example. He doesn’t waste his teens and his twenties downloading free porn, racking up his credit card debt, spending seven years to knock out his undergrad degree, trying to be the king of the fantasy football or baseball league, determined to pound more beers at happy hour and conquer more women than all the other guys to show he’s a real man. That’s no man at all. It’s a boy who could shave.

John shows us what a real man is. He’s filled with the Spirit. He humbly prepares the way for Jesus. He’s an evangelist who makes it his life work to introduce others to Jesus. He’s a man who ultimately is a giver and not a taker. He’s a producer, not a consumer. See, men, you are to be creators and cultivators. If you want to image God, your God is a creator and a cultivator. You create a marriage and you cultivate that woman. You create a child with her and you cultivate that child. You create a new family legacy for generations and you cultivate it. You create a business and you cultivate it. You create a ministry and you cultivate it. You want to be a man? You’re a creator and a cultivator. You’re a producer, not a consumer. You’re a giver, not a taker. You bring life, not death. You’re not looking for the path of least resistance. You’re looking for the path of greatest glory to God. You take it like John did.

This series has five parts:

1. Four Ways to Live Your Life
2. Four Ways to Change Your Life
3. Understanding Silence and Solitude
4. Silence and Solitude Stealers
5. Silence and Solitude Journaling Template

If you want a quick summary of the series you can check out the last part entitled Silence and Solitude Journaling Template, where Driscoll gives a helpful list of things to journal and pray about.

Click Here to download chapter one of the book On the Old Testament entitled Answers to Nine Common Questions about the Old Testament in PDF format. In this chapter Driscoll answers the following questions:

• Who Wrote the Old Testament?
• What Does the Old Testament Say about the Old Testament?
• What Does the New Testament Say about the Old Testament?
• What Does Jesus Say about the Old Testament?
• How Were the Old Testament Books Chosen as Scripture?
• What Is the Central Message of the Old Testament?
• How Did We Get the Old Testament in English?
• Why Are There Different Bible Translations?
• How Can I Get the Most Out of the Old Testament?

You can browse the entire book online by clicking HERE.

One of the more provocative preachers around today is Mark Driscoll, pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle. He has recently written an interesting and very readable introduction to the New Testament  in the A Book You Will Actually Read series entitled  On the New Testament.

Click Here to download chapter one of the book On the New Testament entitled Answers to Nine Common Questions about the New Testament  in PDF format. In this chapter Driscoll answers the following questions:

1. Who Wrote the New Testament?
2. Can Books of the New Testament Be Written Today?
3. Does the New Testament Contain Any Errors or Contradictions?
4. How Were the New Testament Books Chosen as Scripture?
5. Why Should I Trust the Transmitted Manuscripts of the New Testament?
6. What Is the Central Point of the New Testament?
7. What Principles Can Help Me Interpret the New Testament?
8. How Did Jesus Interact with the Scriptures?
9. How Should I Come to the Scriptures?

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You can read an outline of the sermon and find links to additional reading materials HERE