The Mark Driscoll Podcast

Joy to the World is a popular Christmas song but a recent study found that 88 percent of people feel stressed during the holidays. Philippians, written by Paul while in seemingly unjoyful circumstances in jail, teaches us how God, not our circumstances, should be the greatest source of joy – at Christmas and all throughout the year. In this first sermon in the “Joy to the World” series, Pastor Mark will teach from Philippians 1:1-14 and Acts 16 on how to find joy even when you’re lonely.

Jesus lived from His Father’s identity, reflected His Father’s heart, and did His Father’s work and, as His people, He wants to empower us to do the same after healing wounds our earthly fathers might’ve caused us.

Spoiler alert: Everyone will die. When your physical life on this earth is done and once Jesus comes back to win the final war, there will be just two cultures – heaven and hell. In this final sermon in the Win Your War series, Pastor Mark uses the book of Revelation to describe both places in hopes that you will choose Jesus and spend eternity in Heaven with Him.

God creates good, life-giving things in our lives like humility, honor, unity, and peace while Satan counterfeits these things as pride, rebellion, division, and war. How do you discern the difference between the things God creates and Satan counterfeits? This practical sermon will help you spot Satan’s counterfeits in your life to move from hurt to healing.

Do you need to heal from wounds in your past before you can look forward to the future with hope and not fear? In this practical sermon from the Win Your War series, Pastor Mark describes how the way you relate to your earthly father can affect the way you see your heavenly father and how to move forward into your future with freedom, not fear.

The ability to forgive and know that you’re forgiven is life-changing. Forgiveness opens the door for repentance and reconciliation and shifts your focus from the one who hurt you to the One who can heal you. In this sermon, Pastor Mark tells what forgiveness is, why you should forgive, and what happens if you do or don’t forgive.

The Bible teaches that we can be saved and receive forgiveness for things we’ve done but what does it say about healing for things done to us? In this sermon, Pastor Mark teaches on how to move from shame and condemnation to freedom.

The way you see yourself and the way you see God changes your entire life. In this sermon, Pastor Mark teaches how both God and Satan want to define you but how our choice is ultimately between war and worship.

Even though Adam and Eve lost their war on earth, God won His war in Heaven and Jesus won your war. In this sermon from the “Win Your War” series, Pastor Mark gives four reasons why you can win your war against a defeated enemy as you’re empowered by your victorious King.

In this first sermon in the “Win Your War” series, Pastor Mark lays the groundwork on divine beings, the governance war in heaven, and the four legs of a Biblical worldview.