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Pastor Mark Driscoll

2020-03-02T20:07:49-05:00

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Courage vs. Compromise

Last updated on: March 2, 2020 at 8:07 pm   By Mark Driscoll

Daniel 6:25-27 – Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth: “Peace be multiplied to you. I make a decree, that in all my royal dominion people are to tremble and fear before the God of Daniel, for he is the living God, enduring forever; his kingdom shall never be destroyed, and his dominion shall be to the end. He delivers and rescues; he works signs and wonders in heaven and... Read more

Daily Devotions

2020-03-02T20:07:08-05:00

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The Part of the Lion’s Den Story You’ve Probably Never Heard

Last updated on: March 2, 2020 at 8:07 pm   By Mark Driscoll

Daniel 6:24 – And the king commanded, and those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and cast into the den of lions—they, their children, and their wives. And before they reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces. In one of the most famous stories in all of Scripture, some crooked politicians make a law that outlaws the worship of God. Defiantly, Daniel worshipped and prayed openly and publicly... Read more

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2020-03-02T20:06:21-05:00

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The Lion of the Tribe of Judah in the Lion’s Den

Last updated on: March 2, 2020 at 8:06 pm   By Mark Driscoll

Daniel 6:19-22 – Then, at break of day, the king arose and went in haste to the den of lions. As he came near to the den where Daniel was, he cried out in a tone of anguish. The king declared to Daniel, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?” Then Daniel said to the king, “O king, live forever! My God sent his angel... Read more

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2020-03-02T20:05:36-05:00

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7 Prayer Principles from Daniel in the Lion’s Den

Last updated on: March 2, 2020 at 8:05 pm   By Mark Driscoll

Daniel 6:10 – When Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went to his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open toward Jerusalem. He got down on his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done previously. Some crooked politicians made a law that for one month no one could worship anyone but the king of Medo-Persia. The entire intent of the law was to trap... Read more

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2020-03-02T20:04:51-05:00

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How Daniel Dealt with Office Politics

Last updated on: March 2, 2020 at 8:04 pm   By Mark Driscoll

Daniel 6:6-9 –Then these high officials and satraps came by agreement to the king and said to him, “O King Darius, live forever! All the high officials of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the counselors and the governors are agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce an injunction, that whoever makes petition to any god or man for thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions. Now, O... Read more

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2020-02-18T16:22:40-05:00

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You Never Know How Much Time You Have

Last updated on: February 18, 2020 at 4:22 pm   By Mark Driscoll

Daniel 5:24-31 – “Then from his presence the hand was sent, and this writing was inscribed. And this is the writing that was inscribed: Mene, Mene, Tekel, and Parsin. This is the interpretation of the matter: Mene, God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end; Tekel, you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting; Peres, your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.” Then Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel was... Read more

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2020-02-18T16:21:46-05:00

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Don’t Believe Fox or CNN. Do Believe the Bible.

Last updated on: February 18, 2020 at 4:21 pm   By Mark Driscoll

Daniel 5:21 – …the Most High God rules the kingdom of mankind and sets over it whom he will. Standing before the mightiest king on earth in Babylon, which is modern day Iraq, an elderly castrated slave named Daniel says something completely jaw-dropping. Over every king and kingdom, prince and prefect, elected official and nation is the Most High God who is in charge of whoever is in charge. Furthermore, for reasons we rarely understand, he causes leaders and empires... Read more

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2020-02-18T16:16:39-05:00

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How’s Your Holy Vessel?

Last updated on: February 18, 2020 at 4:16 pm   By Mark Driscoll

Daniel 5:13-23 – Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king answered and said to Daniel, “… I have heard of you that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you…But I have heard that you can give interpretations and solve problems. Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation, you shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of... Read more

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2020-02-18T16:15:49-05:00

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God Has a Line You Don’t Want to Find

Last updated on: February 18, 2020 at 4:15 pm   By Mark Driscoll

Daniel 5:5-12 – Immediately the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace, opposite the lampstand. And the king saw the hand as it wrote. Then the king’s color changed, and his thoughts alarmed him; his limbs gave way, and his knees knocked together. The king called loudly to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers. The king declared to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this... Read more

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2020-02-18T16:14:45-05:00

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God Will Not Be Mocked

Last updated on: February 18, 2020 at 4:14 pm   By Mark Driscoll

Daniel 5:1-4 – King Belshazzar made a great feast for a thousand of his lords and drank wine in front of the thousand. Belshazzar, when he tasted the wine, commanded that the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem be brought, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them. Then they brought in the golden vessels that had been taken out of the... Read more

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