We're winding down our Luke series over the next couple weeks with sermon #100 preached at Mars Hill Ballard this last Sunday and to be shown at all other Mars Hill churches this Sunday. We've been in Luke for over two years, and I want to thank the elders for allowing me to do such a long series on such an important book.

"We love to serve and we love to give. And you can help us serve and give more than ever."

Over those two years, Mars Hill has grown tremendously with many people meeting Jesus and getting baptized, many people healed of past addictions and abuse, and many men and women meeting, getting married, and having kids. It's been awesome to watch the Holy Spirit move. This year alone we've seen the church grow by thousands to over 12,000 a week, seen over 1,200 people baptized, seen our free sermon downloads grow to 10 million, and had over 6 million people visit theresurgence.com for free leadership training resources, and have signed up over 2,000 churches to receive hundreds of pages of resources to join us for the Real Marriage Campaign in January. The amount of God's grace is staggering. We love to serve and we love to give. And you can help us serve and give more than ever. For those in and out of Mars Hill who have benefitted from what we do, we would humbly ask that you make a generous year-end donation. For any gift over $25 through this site and you will receive a free copy of Real Marriage, written by Grace and me to be released January 3, 2012. Click here to help support the ministry efforts of Mars Hill and get a free copy of Real Marriage.

This is easily the best book I've been a part of, and we are humbled at the early feedback others have given:

"Real Marriage is the best book of the year." –Andy Stanley, North Point Community Church "With more and more couples living more like business partners rather than friends, we don’t need another safe, sterile marriage book We need a direct, compassionate and realistic view of what marriage is, what it can be, and how we can lovingly befriend our spouse for a lifetime. Mark and Grace have helped all of us who have vowed 'I do' to wildly enjoy our spouses." –Darrin Patrick, Lead Pastor, The Journey, St. Louis, Missouri "Real Marriage is brutally and sometimes painfully honest. Further, it is frank and direct in addressing a number of important marital issues. Sometimes you probably will feel uncomfortable. And, you may not agree with everything Grace and Mark Driscoll say. We didn’t. However, this is a book we will gladly use and recommend to others who care about healthy, biblical marriages. We believe both husbands and wives will be blessed by and benefit from its content. Grace and Mark are to be commended for writing a book that bares their souls and, more importantly, points to the redeeming power of the gospel in the sacred covenant called marriage." –Charlotte and Daniel Akin, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary "Wow! This is the most vulnerable marriage book we’ve ever read. Its honesty will take your breath away. Mark and Grace expose their relationship—its pain and passion—for all who care to learn the rudiments of real marriage. They don’t dance around the tough issues. They don’t tip-toe over dicey topics. The Driscolls jump in with wild abandon, and the result is a book that is frank but not crass, practical but not pedantic. If you’re married or plan to be someday, do yourself a favor and read every page of this book." –Drs. Les & Leslie Parrott, Founders of RealRelationships.com and authors of Love Talk "At last … a marriage book that balances pastoral compassion with prophetic courage! The taboo questions every couple secretly wants to ask are courageously confronted without compromising God’s Word or will for couples. Mark and Grace have taken the subject of marriage to an unprecedented place of true transparency, profound practicality, and scriptural solidity … which is a place every marriage needs to be." –Bob Coy, Senior Pastor, Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale "Mark and Grace have written an extraordinary book characterised by compassion for a bewildered generation that has failed to grasp the significance of marriage and covenant love, conviction that God’s grace and truth provide healing and guidance, and courage to go where few would dare to go as they display a costly and selfless transparency." –Terry and Wendy Virgo, New Frontiers and Church of Christ the King, Brighton, England