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The Mark Driscoll Podcast

Genesis #19 - What Does Faith Look Like As a Parent?

The Mark Driscoll Podcast

Mark Driscoll

Religion & Spirituality

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In Genesis 21, it appears that, after Abraham and Sarah's promised son, Isaac, comes, life will settle down and they'll be able to enjoy this life that God has blessed them with. But, in Genesis 22, God puts Abraham to the ultimate test of faith and, spoiler alert, he passes the test, leading to blessing for not only him and his immediate family but future generations of his family, through which will ultimately come Jesus.

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0:00.0

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

0:04.0

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

0:09.2

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

0:14.0

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

0:18.4

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

0:21.3

all right we're still in the book of Genesis.

0:24.4

If you've not been here in months,

0:25.8

you're like, I wonder where they are.

0:27.1

They're still in Genesis.

0:29.2

We're in Genesis chapter 21 and 22

0:31.4

if you've got a Bible, and we're answering this question today

0:34.0

what does faith look like as a parent and just so you know it takes faith to be a

0:38.5

Christian but it takes a lot of faith to be a Christian parent

0:41.9

amen there's faith and then there's parental lot of faith to be a Christian parent. Amen.

0:42.9

There's faith and then there's parental faith

0:45.3

and then there's raising a son faith.

0:47.1

That's varsity faith.

0:48.8

It takes more faith to raise the boy,

0:50.5

amen.

0:51.3

How many do you look at a daughter?

0:52.4

You're like, oh, I can see. This at a daughter? You're like, oh I could see this has got a boy, you're like, oh no, oh no, Lord help please.

0:57.6

And so what we're seeing today is they're raising their son.

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