Mark Driscoll

Jude 16 – These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are loud-mouthed boasters, showing favoritism to gain advantage.  The tone and tenor of Jude’s letter makes sense to believers in our wayward and woke world. It feels like the demonic and evil world system has overtaken every aspect of the culture – … Read more

Jude 16 – These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are loud-mouthed boasters, showing favoritism to gain advantage.  Like a crooked lying politician who has no intention of making good on any campaign promises, apostates in the church are “grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are loud-mouthed boasters, showing favoritism … Read more

Jude 12-13 – These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted; wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of … Read more

Jude 11 – Woe to them! For they walked in the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error and perished in Korah’s rebellion.  Jude could be viewed as one of the most negative books of the New Testament, but his negativity is out of love for God’s people … Read more

Jude 8 – Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones.  If you think of God’s Word as having lines that should not be crossed, then you can think of progressivism in every generation as seeking to move that line. In the … Read more

Jude 20-21 – But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.  Over the Church universally, and churches locally like the one Jude writes to, is … Read more

Jude 7 – …just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire. There has long been a debate that the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah is historical fiction. However, the archaeological evidence points to God destroying both … Read more