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If you’re a Mark Driscoll fan, you would immediately recognise the title of this post is the current series he is preaching at Mars Hill Church in Seattle. If you haven’t checked out his preaching yet, I strongly suggest subscribing to the Mars Hill podcast.

Driscoll cops a lot of flack from Christian and non-Christians alike due to his inability to be meek and mild. This guy tells it like it is and it’s this that attracts me to his teaching. His style of teaching keeps you glued even though he talks for over an hour many times. What also helps is that the guy is actually funny. I know it sounds like an oxymoron but this is one serious and funny guy.

Below is the video intro to the current series, “The Rebel’s Guide To Joy”. It’s a sermon series based on the Book of Philippians.

This series focus is on the topic of joy. Not some airy fairy joy you “feel” when good times roll on. No this is the attitude and mindset of joy despite what’s happening in your life - real joy.

Philippians is written by Paul while in prison in Rome waiting his death sentence. Hardly the place you would expect a letter to be written about joy. An yet, through the Holy Spirit, Paul pens a letter which turns our understanding of joy upside down.

Driscoll’s sermon series on Philippians has blessed me so much and I’ve only heard 3 messages so far. This series will continue through to mid December and Driscoll will cover the topic of joy through many circumstances.

• October 7: The Rebel’s Guide to Joy (Acts 16; Phil. 1:1-1a)
• October 14: The Rebel’s Guide to Joy in Loneliness (Phil. 1:1b-11)
• October 21: The Rebel’s Guide to Joy in Suffering (Phil. 1:12-18)
• October 28: The Rebel’s Guide to Joy in Death (Phil. 1:19-30)
• November 4: The Rebel’s Guide to Joy in Humility (Phil. 2:1-11)
• November 11: The Rebel’s Guide to Joy in Temptation (Phil. 2:12-30)
• November 18: The Rebels Guide to Joy in Conflict (Phil. 3:1-11)
• December 2: The Rebel’s Guide to Joy in Exhaustion (Phil. 3:12-4:1)
• December 9: The Rebel’s Guide to Joy in Anxiety (Phil. 4:2-9)
• December 16: The Rebel’s Guide to Joy in Poverty (Phil. 4:10-23)

Click here to visit the Mars Hill “Rebels Guide To Joy” website.

One really cool thing Mars Hill has done with this series is video vignettes at the end of each sermon outlining how joy was found by a person despite his or her situation. If you love the good old hymns, you will find the video’s particularly interesting. At the time of writing this post, there were 4 videos released and I have included them below. Click here for updates.

Tags: Mark Driscoll, Mars Hill Church, Philippians, Joy, Saints