Women as Head Pastors Was Final Straw for Southern Baptist Convention — Not Scandal, Sexual Abuse, or Dalliance with Dictators
Last week, the Southern Baptist Convention voted during a plenary session to disfellowship six of…
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Who Killed Mars Hill Church? There’s One Suspect Evangelicals Simply Aren’t Prepared to Interrogate
In the fall of 2014, Mark Driscoll resigned from his position as pastor of Mars…
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Sharing Many of the Same Flaws as its Subject ‘The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill’ Podcast Puts Blame Anywhere But Where It Belongs
The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill, a Christianity Today podcast hosted by Mike Cosper,…
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How Mega-Macho-Pastor Mark Driscoll Helps Explain Trump’s Evangelical Support
If pundits paid attention to evangelicals beyond their stances on moral values the popularity of…
Read MoreAs a “Cult Leader” Disgraced Pastor Mark Driscoll Does Not Rank
Mark Driscoll used Pacific Northwest aesthetics to kindle an audience for Mars Hill Church’s conservative,…
Read MoreMars Hill May Be Disbanding, But Big Questions Remain
Following Mark Driscoll’s leave of absence and subsequent resignation from the Mars Hill Church network…
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Christians and Cage Fighting, From “Fight Church” to Mark Driscoll
The pastors who promote MMA describe it as a sport through which to recapture man’s “God given attributes” of “aggressiveness” and “competitiveness.” I couldn’t help but think of Mark Driscoll.
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What Does Proper Christian Womanhood Have to do with the Ray Rice Story?
In 1882, the state of Maryland adopted an “Act to inflict Corporal Punishment upon Persons…
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“Muscular Christianity” Not to Blame For Driscoll: A Response
When I began attending Mars Hill Church in 2006, its main facility in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood…
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Blame Muscular Christianity for Driscoll Fiasco
If you even nominally follow the world of evangelical Christianity, you already know that superstar…
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