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

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, who's ready to get into a book of the Bible,

hey, we're in, uh, we're in 1st Thessalonians.

It's a great book of the Bible.

We're in chapter two, and before before we jump in let me give you two

quick announcements and then I'll pray and then we'll get right in. Number one I want to

give you a gift and so if you have not yet received it there is a free study

guide if you scan the QR code

they'll put up I'll send you a free digital copy of the study guide in addition

we're gonna talk a lot about the Bible today and how we got it and why we

trust it and how we interpret it and why some people criticize it and those people are wrong.

And so what I've got is a special chapter in the doctrine book just on the doctrine of revelation and how God reveals himself

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