A Pastor and a Philosopher Walk into a Bar Oceans of Problems: Hillsong Exposed Exposes Us All
In this episode, we reflect on the documentary from Discovery Plus, Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed. If you haven't watched the three part miniseries, it's gross, tragic, and maddening, and yet it feels like many of us in the church find a part of our story in this broken story of manipulation, abuse, and consumerism.
We talk about the fine line between being welcoming and being manipulative, how easy it is to abuse "volunteers," and how easy it is to throw anything and anybody under the bus in the name of "redeeming the world." It's scary stuff, but these are conversations we need to have in the church if we're going to have any integrity whatsoever.
We tasted Old Elk Blended Straight Bourbon Whiskey from Old Elk Distillery, who are doing some pretty cool things.
The beverage tasting is at 7:20. To skip to the main segment, go to 10:23.
You can find the transcript for this episode here.
Content note: this episode contains mild profanity.
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