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.

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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 friends 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

All right I'm in a good mood and we're going to have a good time,

amen?

That's just what I'm doing.

So hey, if you got a Bible, we're in a book of the New Testament,

it's called First Thessalonians.

We're in chapter 3, if you want to find your place there and here's our big subject more standing up less bowing down here's the big theme it's a theme throughout your Bible but it does appear in this section and that is when you're up against the world, when you're in the world, when you're going

against culture, should you bow to it or stand up against it? Stand up against it. If you said

bow, we love you, but you're're new you need to stand up against it now when you come into the presence of God you should

Bow we bow in the presence of God out of submission and surrendered him, but we stand in the face of the

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