Hello, this is Ashley Chase welcoming you to the Mark Driscoll podcast.

For more content from my dad, Pastor Mark, senior pastor here at the Trinity Church in Scottsdale, Arizona,

visit real faith.com, where you'll find study guides to go along with each sermon series as he

preaches verse by verse through books of the Bible daily devotions free ebooks and

more now grab your Bibles and get ready for today's sermon

all right who's ready for a high impact, high energy sermon?

All right?

Okay, let me lower your expectations.

That's not going to happen.

Last week was Easter, which was our biggest event we've ever had.

And going into Easter, it's like the flight to Vegas.

The week after Easter is like the flight home from Vegas.

So we're all just a little half speed, but I'm going to do my best. We had an incredible weekend. Probably next year we're going to need to go off campus. If you think about it, just pray that God would give us a good room that would be large enough to get everybody together at one time

as we've outgrown our property.

And usually what happens after Easter is Smart Wise calculated pastors start brand

new interesting felt need series, which probably would have been a good idea

but we're gonna stay in the book of Genesis I go through books of the Bible and this

week we hit chapter 17 we see the first circumcision in the Bible so So let me just tell you it's going to be awkward and

and if you woke up this morning and you thought I hope we're talking about circumcision.

Two things. Number one, her answered number two, you're a weirdo.

So we're in Genesis, you're truly a weirdo.

So we're in Genesis chapter 17 and we're going to look at this couple, Abraham and Sarah. They're one of the most significant

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