Well, hey podcast pals, it's Pastor Mark Driscoll here saying thank you for tuning in. I've had the honor of teaching the Bible for around 30 years.

Happy to report, I got my cancel card about a decade ago.

Nice to get that out of the way.

And now I'm back in zombie mode, man, you can't kill me.

And if you would do me a solid, I could really use your help.

Number one, rate this podcast.

Everybody gives me one in five star reviews.

I need you to give me a five star.

In addition, review the podcast.

Tell them, it's good, it's helpful, it's fun, it's authentic, it's genuine, it's down the fairway, it's all about Jesus, and share it. Let your

enemies know, let your family know. And if you want to trigger your enemies, let them know too.

I've been triggering woke joke folks since the mid 90s and glad to keep up to fight.

Some of you have been in church for a long time and one of the worst things that we do in the church is succession.

And usually there's a board, not a father, and what happens with the board is they treat the founder or the father like an employee.

He comes to an age where they fire him or retire him, and then they have a long gap before they choose

another leader and they form a committee. Let me just say this. God so loved the

world that he didn't send a committee.

Charles Spurgeon of Baptist preacher

I'm way off my notes, but he said one time,

he said, I love committees.

The best one is three men, two of whom stay home.

And so what happens is then they form a committee and

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