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Self-harm and the Cross

June 4, 2008 in Jesus with 4 Comments

ABC News has reported that Youth self-harm is up 43pc in the last decade: “In the most recent statistical year, more than 7,000 young people were taken to hospital because of self-harm. The two main causes were poisoning and cutting.” (UPDATE: expanded article)

Self-harm isn’t new, even Job was a cutter! How should Christians and Youth Pastors respond to self-harm? I don’t think there’s an easy answer, but I think that the cross of Jesus helps us to think it through.

Mark Driscoll made a great comment on teenage girls and self-harm in a recent sermon on the Cross of Jesus:

Official Launch

June 1, 2008 in design, Jesus with 0 Comments

DRISCOLL ON THE COAST 2008 was/will be officially launched in partner churches this weekend with the release of the postcard
. Online registration for LOVIN’ THE COAST and SICK OF RELIGION? will be available soon.

Burn Your Plastic Jesus

May 28, 2008 in Jesus with 1 Comment

Tickets for Burn Your Plastic Jesus with Mark Driscoll have just gone on sale. 7pm Wednesday August 27 Sydney Entertainment Centre.

The promo video is below. Stay tuned for more updates on Driscoll on the Coast…

Driscoll on the Coast dot com

April 14, 2008 in Jesus with 5 Comments

Mark Driscoll is speaking on the Central Coast and www.driscollonthecoast.com has just dropped. Go check it out. He will be speaking on 2 nights in August on:

Sick of Evangelism? Re-thinking mission on the Coast
Sick of Religion? …so is Jesus

Get the RSS feed for the latest news and information on registering…

Driscoll on the Coast

March 27, 2008 in Jesus with 12 Comments

I can confirm from a very, very reliable source that Mark Driscoll will be speaking for 2 nights on the Central Coast. Monday 25 August 2008 – speaking to Christians about being on mission. Tuesday 26 August 2008 – speaking about Jesus… It’s all about Jesus.

Mark Driscoll on the Coast

Mark Driscoll is the preaching pastor at Mars Hill Church Seattle. He’ll be speaking at a number of events in and around Sydney that week including Engage (the site has been given a sweet makeover) with Don Carson and a special Wednesday (27 August) night event at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.

Stay tuned for more info…

Text + Context

March 12, 2008 in Jesus with 0 Comments

The Resurgence hosted the Text + Context conference last month. Below are all the talks from the conference. RSS + iTunes link.

text + context

Putting Pastors in Their Place – Mark Driscoll
Pastoral Character & Loving People – C.J. Mahaney
Why I Trust the Scriptures – John Piper
Fear & Trembling in the Experience Economy – Jim Gilmore
Preaching the Gospel from the Center of the Evangelical World – Matt Chandler
How My Pastoral Ministry Shapes My Pulpit Ministry – John Piper
The Ox: Qualifications of a Church Planter – Mark Driscoll
Vision of a Church Planter – Matt Chandler
How I Do Distinguish Between the Gospel and False Gospels – John Piper
Decoding the Future, the Phoniness, and the Shifting Sands – Jim Gillmore
Biblical Missiology – Jeff Vanderstelt
Leading the Mission – Darrin Patrick

Driscoll on Emerging and Emergent

February 28, 2008 in culture, Jesus with 6 Comments

Download this article (pdf) now! It’s one of the best articles I’ve read on the emerging church. Check out some of his other notes & resources + the sermon on the emerging church (I haven’t listened to it yet).

Mark Driscoll helpfully traces something of the beginnings of the emerging church, what it looks like now and some thoughts on the future.

King Street Newtown

He describes 3 different types of churches:

Church 1.0 is traditional and institutional
Church 2.0 is contemporary (currently the dominant model in the US)
Church 3.0 is emerging and missional.

Should women pursue men?

February 27, 2008 in Jesus, life with 2 Comments

Mark Driscoll was asked this question during question time in his sermon on “dating”. If you are a single man – watch the clip below to see his answer. If you are a single woman – watch it. If you are married – watch it so you can encourage your friends!

Driscoll says that the most under-represented demographic in churches are men in the 18-34 age bracket. Mars Hill Church invest much of their energy into reaching these men. In a culture and context where young “men” spend on average 2.5 hours on video games per day – it’s time to man up!