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Who Killed Mars Hill?
The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill
Mars Hill Pastor Mark Driscoll
Joe Brown served as a staff member and later a pastor from about 19 99 all the way to the end of marceu. People who were a little bit disfranchised with cultural christianity had a little bit of that punk rock spirit, he says. Most people at Mars Hill wanted to break conventions, inside or outside of the church. Out of that world comes mark driscoll,. He's loud and angry. He talks about drinking beer and watching mma. For example, here's an excerpt from a sermon from november two thousand and nine: i believe the lord has shown me i am to do two things with the rest of my life, love my family
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Rather than debating accusations and issues in social media or the court of public opinion, he ends with
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this, as
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i look forward to the future, and i do look forward to it, i believe the lord has shown me i am to do two things with the rest of my life, love my familyand teach the bibleaao
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nor it matters. It isn't just a polite response. These folks loved mark, and that's a really critical piece of the puzzle when you try to understand what happened at marsell. Mark was a firebrand, and he attracted a lot of outside criticism over the years for his language, his attitude, his views on masculinity and sexuality and his general posture towards the world. But if you were inside marsell, those were features, not bugs. They were part of why you wanted to be there.
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I think a lot of who we were good at reaching were kids like me.
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This is joel brown. Joe served as a staff member and later a pastor from about 19 99 all
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the way to the end of marceu. People who were a little bit disfranchised with cultural christianity had a little bit of that punk rock spirit. And i would say most people
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had some sort of heart of rebellion, that
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we wanted to break conventions, inside
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or outside of the church. Mars hill embodied that spirit
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in many ways. The music, the aesthetics, the way they issued certain norms in ministry, everything had an air of that punk rock spirit. But most of all, it was embodied by mark himself. To day, it's not uncommon to find pastors with a kind of personal brand. You see them on youtube or inseto graham wearing expensive sneakers hanging out with celebrities, taking selfies at hip bars and restaurants. There are whole social media channels like preachers and sneakers, devoted to pointing the stuff out, too. But when mars hill started 25 years ago, things were very, very different. The cool pastors at the time were guys who wore pleated khakis and hawaiian shirts. They pastored churches that looked like crewse ships and preached in friendly, inviting ways. And out of that world comes mark driscoll. He's loud and angry. He talks about drinking beer and watching mma. He preaches for an hour or more, long, fiery, shouted sermons that talk about hell and judgment and blood and redemption, at a time when the church growth experts around him are holding seminars on how to make your church more seeker sensitive. And he speaks to young men, but not first and foremost and a you can do it, let's take the hill kind of way. He attacks young men constantly for the way they've been lured by the surrounding culture into being passive, lazy and weak. For example, here's an excerpt from a sermon from november two thousand and nine.
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