Thanks to Chris Meirose over at Because I Said So for linking to Mark Driscoll’s Washington Post article, What We Tell Our Kids About Santa.  Driscoll says Christians have three options when it comes to dealing with cultural issues like Santa.  We can either reject it, receive it, or redeem it.  I tend to agree with Driscoll that the third option is best.  If this is a topic you struggle with, especially in terms of how you should explain Santa Claus to your children, then I highly recommend reading this brief article.

HT:  Chris Meirose for pointing me to this video where Mark Driscoll and Joshua Harris ask Francis Chan to explain where God is leading him next.

What’s Next for Francis Chan? A Conversation with Mark Driscoll and Joshua Harris from Ben Peays on Vimeo.

Luke’s Gospel: Investigating the Man Who Is God
Part 16: Jesus The Prophet
Luke 4:22-30

Pastor Mark Driscoll | February 07, 2010 | 01hr:04mn

Jesus preaches in his hometown of Nazareth, but the people reject him. They would rather kill Jesus than kill their religion. He teaches from 1 Kings 17 (Elijah and a pagan widow) and 2 Kings 5 (Elisha and Naaman the leper) to show that even religious people are as needy as the starving widow and that their sin is as horrific as leprosy. We see in this passage at least eight ways we could be compelled to reject Jesus: theology, control, greed, selfishness, familiarity, comfort, embarrassment, and religion.

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32 Hours: The Church In Haiti
Acts 1:8

Pastor Mark Driscoll | January 24, 2010 | 01hr:17mn

This special sermon by Pastor Mark Driscoll aired at all Mars Hill campuses on January 24, 2010, just days after he and a team for Churches Helping Churches returned from their relief and fact-finding trip to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Pastor Mark shares firsthand stories and images of pastors and churches in Haiti to give a sense of the devastation there. Jesus calls the church to be on mission both locally and globally, and that includes helping our Haitian brothers and sisters in Christ. Pastor Mark closes by rebuking those at Mars Hill who are not on mission and are unfaithful in their financial giving.

Find out more about how you can help at ChurchesHelpingChurches.com

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Books by Pastor Mark:

Luke’s Gospel: Investigating the Man Who Is God
Part 9: Jesus and the Temple
Luke 2:22– 40

Pastor Mark Driscoll | November 29, 2009 | 01hr:19mn

Pastor Mark preaches on the southern steps of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem—on the same steps that Jesus himself would have walked. Jesus was first brought up the steps by his parents to be dedicated in the temple; as a boy, Jesus debated with scholars at the temple, and as a man he taught day after day in the temple. Still, Jesus promised to destroy, and did destroy, the temple because it had become an idol. We do not need the temple today because Jesus has fulfilled all of its functions.

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Luke Q&A – Part 1: From “The Birth of Jesus Christ”
Luke 2:1–7
Pastor Mark Driscoll | November 22, 2009 | 35mn:34sec
Pastor Mark answers questions taken at Mars Hill Ballard after the recent sermon from Luke 2:1-7 “The Birth of Jesus Christ”

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Luke’s Gospel: Investigating the Man Who Is God
Part 8: Christ the Lord
Luke 2:8-21

Pastor Mark Driscoll | November 15, 2009 | 01hr:00mn

Pastor Mark Driscoll examines Luke 2, one of the most familiar passages of Scripture, where an angel announces the birth of Jesus, “Christ the Lord,” to shepherds in a field. The angel reveals how we are to see Jesus. We are not to insert him into a false ideology, such as atheism, deism, pantheism or panentheism, or theism; these offer no hope, no good news, and no savior. Rather, we are to praise Jesus as the Savior, Christ the Lord—good news for all the people—like the angels, Mary, and the shepherds did.

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Luke’s Gospel: Investigating the Man Who Is God
Part 7: Jesus’ Birth
Luke 2:1-7

Pastor Mark Driscoll | November 08, 2009 | 48mn:26sec

Pastor Mark Driscoll examines the birth of Jesus from Luke 2 in light of four categories: the historical (what God said and did), the theological (what that means), the biographical (how that changes us), and the doxological (how we worship). He answers seven common questions about the incarnation of Jesus Christ (that is, when God became flesh and entered into human history) and shares how we can have comfort and encouragement because Jesus is like us, Jesus is unlike us, and he came to make us like him.

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Luke’s Gospel: Investigating the Man Who Is God
Part 4: Mary & Elizabeth
Luke 1:39-45

Pastor Mark Driscoll | October 18, 2009 | 53mn:17sec

Pregnant Mary walks many miles to visit pregnant Elizabeth so they can share in each other’s joy and be in community together. The baby in Elizabeth’s womb, John the Baptizer, leaps for joy when he hears Mary’s greeting, and Elizabeth prophesies that Mary is blessed. Thus, we see that a baby in the womb is indeed a baby, that children are a blessing from God, and that abortion is murder. We all, through sin, have bloody hands as murderers of Jesus, but he offers his nail-scarred hands—life for life—to save us. He died in our place for our sin, and the proper response is faith and worship, as exemplified by Mary, Elizabeth, and John.

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