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New Season at Marshill Starts with Rebellion

Last Sunday Marshill started their new fall series in the book of Philippians.

Here is my relationship to Marshill, I love Jesus and they love Jesus.
I would consider myself a diaspora Marshiller, but I am not a member of the church. I have been reading Driscoll and listening to his sermons for 2 years now, since I came across his article in Criswell’s Theological Journal. When I hear people are moving to Seattle I tell them to check out Marshill. If I meet someone from Seattle I ask them if they go to Marshill. In fact for a time last year we were seriously considering moving to Seattle just to go to Marshill, God had different plans.

Well I am excited about this new series, i though Nehemiah got a bit off tract toward the end.
Here are some things I noticed in the first sermon:

1. New Technology in the Service.
2. Driscoll played a video of Olsteen and then corrects what he said about health and wealth. Bravo!
3. Mark is back to wrestling with the text. Which is my favorite part. I guess some people do better with Epistles than they do with narratives.

All this to say: if you have never read or listened to Mark Driscoll check him out. You can read about his ministry in a recent article put together by Christianity Today.

If you don’t necessarily like churches or Christians. Still check out Marshill. Its not your regular church, and they are not your regular stuffy Christians, they enjoy tattoos, tobacco and even beer, because they say its all made by God to be enjoyed by people.

Driscoll talks about punching bloggers in the Throat. He encourages anyone who wants to be a pastor to study comedians, such as Chris Rock. Marshill has a band called “team strike force”.
Here is the link to the last sermon.