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2017-12-27T18:35:25-05:00

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During the Holidays It Helps to Remember Jesus’ Family Was a Mess Like Yours

Last updated on: December 27, 2017 at 6:35 pm By Mark Driscoll

The family line of Jesus would have been scandalous to the original audience: devout, religious people. Read more

2017-11-30T14:17:22-05:00

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The Heart of Parenting

Last updated on: November 30, 2017 at 2:17 pm By Mark Driscoll

When people want to get to the bottom of something, they speak of getting to the heart of a matter. When someone is suffering, we say that our heart goes out to them. When someone is generous and kind, we say they are big hearted, and that their actions are heart warming. When someone is devastated, we say they are broken hearted. When someone regrets a decision they made, they say they had a change of heart. And, when we... Read more

2017-12-13T13:54:20-05:00

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Your Family in God’s Family

Last updated on: December 13, 2017 at 1:54 pm By Mark Driscoll

Since the first family, every family has been a dysfunctional family. Read more

2017-12-12T07:09:45-05:00

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At What Age Should Parents Allow Their Child to Be Baptized and Take Communion?

Last updated on: December 12, 2017 at 7:09 am By Mark Driscoll

How should kids fit into the Christian church? Read more

2017-11-30T14:14:34-05:00

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Take the Love Quiz

Last updated on: November 30, 2017 at 2:14 pm By Mark Driscoll

We live and minister in Scottsdale, Arizona. It’s a beautiful dry desert that is, for most of the year, barren with red clay dirt and green cactus as far as the eye can see. But, everything changes during monsoon season. When the monsoons hit, the sky opens up and rain comes down in a flood that feels like the days of Noah. Very quickly, the rain from above transforms the landscape below. Seemingly out of nowhere, desert wildflowers explode up... Read more

2017-10-30T10:04:22-04:00

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Should Christian Parents Treat Their Little Kids like Christians or Not?

Last updated on: October 30, 2017 at 10:04 am By Mark Driscoll

When does someone become a Christian? Is someone a Christian before the world was even made, since God knows who will go to heaven and who will go to hell in advance anyways? Is someone a Christian when they are born because they are born into a believing covenant family in which everyone is saved by God? Is someone a Christian when God chooses them to be in His family for all eternity? Is someone a Christian when they make... Read more

2017-11-30T14:33:59-05:00

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What Should Christian Parents Tell Their Children About Santa?

Last updated on: November 30, 2017 at 2:33 pm By Mark Driscoll

‘Tis the season . . . for parents to decide if they will tell the truth about Santa. Read more

2017-11-27T13:44:03-05:00

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Fake News, Political Coverage, and the Smear Campaign Against Jesus

Last updated on: November 27, 2017 at 1:44 pm By Mark Driscoll

Have you ever walked into a carnival funhouse and looked into one of the mirrors? It’s pretty crazy that in one mirror you look tall and skinny, and in the next mirror you look short and stocky. Today, the world is a carnival and the news channels are those mirrors. Whatever person or issue you are trying to figure out, as you flip through the channels, you are given a completely different picture from each one. Every single news mirror... Read more

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2017-10-24T19:46:04-04:00

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The 1 Thing Parents Must Do: Parenting on Point 2

Last updated on: October 24, 2017 at 7:46 pm By Mark Driscoll

If someone asked you “what is the most important thing that someone could possibly do,” what would your answer be? Jesus answer in Mark 12:30 is “love…God”. Love is one of the most important words in the Bible, and appears roughly eight hundred times in the Old and New Testaments. In our culture, though, it is one of the most misunderstood and misused words. Love is relational Simply put, when the Bible says that God is love it means that... Read more

2017-11-22T13:26:09-05:00

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What’s A Christian to Make of Strange Fire, Charismatic Calvinists, and the Holy Spirit?

Last updated on: November 22, 2017 at 1:26 pm By Mark Driscoll

Where should a Christian stand on things such as prophecy, healing, and speaking tongues? Read more

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