Trial and Sin (Part 1)
Peter’s big idea is that Christians are “exiles” on mission for Jesus in a world that is not their home. Consequently, their life is filled with trial. God uses trial for much good in us, for us, and...
View ArticleTrial and Jesus (Part 2)
Trials can be extraordinarily painful. The answer isn’t positive thinking or trying harder—the answer is to realize that your life is short and eternity is long. God is so much greater than your...
View ArticleTrial and Scripture (Part 3)
What is the Bible? How should it be used? Is it true? This sermon by Pastor Mark Driscoll answers these, and many other questions.
View ArticleTemptation from Sin (Part 4)
Where have you placed your hope? 1 Peter 1:13-21 roots our hope in the grace given by Jesus, calling us to lives of obedience and bringing our faith to life in Him. Pastor Mark gives six practical...
View ArticleTemptation from Hypocrisy (Part 5)
Are you a Christian? What’s a wolf? What does it mean to be a truly repentant person? Pastor Mark answers these questions in the fifth sermon of the Trial series.
View ArticleTemptation from Worldliness (Part 6)
Jesus must be the cornerstone in your life. He is the only one that can keep you standing during the trials and temptations of life, and he is the one building his people.
View ArticleSubmission to Authority (Part 7)
In an anti-authoritarian culture, God calls us to obey all authorities to the extent that it doesn’t cause us to sin. Pastor Mark Driscoll unpacks this in this sermon from the Trial series.
View ArticleSubmission to Ungodly Authority (Part 8)
What have we done to God? Jesus’ suffering was raw, harsh, and real-he experienced real suffering more than any of us and can empathize with our pain. We have a good God who loves.
View ArticleMarriage and Women (Part 9)
This section of scripture is exceedingly controversial. Peter discusses the role of women in marriage and their relationship to their own husbands. This is a must see sermon for all married couples,...
View ArticleMarriage and Men (Part 10)
Jesus is the only perfect man to ever live. Because most men fail to look to Him as our example, there exists 2 extremes in men: chauvinism and cowardice. Pastor Mark Driscoll preaches to men about...
View ArticleSuffering to Bless (Part 11)
How should a Christian respond to suffering. In this sermon, Pastor Mark Driscoll describes 4 weights that help bring balance to the suffering of life.
View ArticleSuffering to Learn (Part 12)
This piece of scripture is among the most difficult to interpret in all of the Bible. In this sermon, Pastor Mark Driscoll preaches on what we can learn from suffering, the dangers and reality of hell,...
View ArticleSuffering to Serve (Part 13)
It’s much easier to recognize the idols of other cultures than our own. We recognize that we shouldn’t give our time, treasure, and talent to a wooden statue- but we fail to see that we may worship...
View ArticleSuffering to Worship (Part 14)
Trials come in many shapes and sizes—but they are not all the same. Some suffer like Jesus and have their faith tested and proven. Others suffer because they’ve sinned and they are just seeing the...
View ArticleHumble Pastors (Part 15)
Pride is one of the most dangerous traits for a pastor to have. Pastors who are proud, and not humble, don’t image Jesus the way they need to to lead the people the way Jesus would have them to. In...
View ArticleHumble Christians (Part 16)
Humility is central to the life of an obedient Christian. God came to earth as Jesus—in a humble state—showing grace and patience with his people. The Bible calls Christians similarly to imitate their...
View ArticleFaith in Your New Birth (Part 17)
How do you know that you’re saved? In this sermon Pastor Mark Driscoll preaches on the topic of your new birth.
View ArticleFaith in Your New Life (Part 18)
In our passage today, Peter seeks to remind us of things that are of utmost importance in this sermon, that we would be sure of our calling and election by God. Pastor Mark Driscoll preaches from 2...
View ArticleDoctrine from True Teachers (Part 19)
There are many cleverly devised myths about who Jesus is and what he did. Jesus is the good teacher, and the Bible tells us all about him. We should trust the Bible, its eyewitness authors, and its...
View ArticleDoctrine from False Teachers Part 1 (Part 20)
God looks on false teachers with anger and judgment. They pick off individuals and crush them with a false understanding of God. God provides his word and godly pastors to pick out the wolves, and...
View ArticleDoctrine from False Teachers Part 2 (Part 21)
In warning Christians against false teachers, Peter notes that they are often bold. This means that they are very confident, pushy, and certain that they are right and that other people are wrong. What...
View ArticlePerseverance Until Judgment (Part 22)
Perseverance makes the last day the most important day. If you love Jesus, read the Bible, and live a life that is obedient to Scripture out of love for him, scoffers will come. Ultimately Christianity...
View ArticlePerseverance Until Jesus Returns (Part 23)
The second coming of Jesus Christ will bring an end to sin and sinners and establish a new heaven and new earth, although no one knows the day or the hour at which he will return. Pastor Mark Driscoll...
View ArticlePerseverance Until the New Creation (Part 24)
We are all worshipers we either worship God and enjoy him, or we worship the things he’s created—this is idolatry. Most people don’t realize that they worship things like cars, clothes, kids, sports,...
View ArticlePerseverance Until God is Finished with You (Part 25)
In the final sermon in the Trial: 8 Witnesses From 1&2 Peter series, Pastor Mark Driscoll preaches about perseverance until God is finished with you. Pastor Mark also explains the Ordo Salutis, or...
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