Mar. 11, 2008
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Acts 29 · Church Planting · Contextualization · Culture · Mark Driscoll · Marshill · Preaching

Do the Men of the Church look up to John Tesh or Mark Driscoll?

Is Mark Driscoll right?
Do men care about church?
Should men care about church?
Do we, as the church, target the audience before us which statistically is more female( I’ve heard 60%)?
Do we find ways to make sure that men know that Jesus was a man, the ultimate man, a man, that every girl should want to marry, [...]

Mar. 6, 2008
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Faith · Mark Driscoll · Marshill · PCA · The Bible · Theology · Tim Keller

My Message to Marshill Church about the Worship Sermon.

On March 2nd Mark Driscoll preached the last sermon in his Ask Anything series.
After listening to the sermon and reading the blog post found here, I decided to send the church a message, via their Mission and Vision blog. I’ve posted the whole message below. If you’ve listen to or read the post on [...]

Oct. 15, 2007
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Mark Driscoll · Messy Christianity

Messy Christianity

One of the things that I mosted notices when I came to City Reformed was that it was really messy work. One of the biggest sins Christians fall into is thinking that people need to “clean up” their lives before they start coming to church, this tends to create very tidy very safe spaces, where [...]

Oct. 12, 2007
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Mark Driscoll · Marshill · missional

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 [...]

Sep. 28, 2007
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Blogging · Mark Driscoll · Pittsburgh · Tim Keller

This Week Around the Web

The first 1,000 to pre-order Mark Driscoll’s new book Vintage Jesus, will get a signed copy of the book. Wouldn’t it be cool if Keller did the same thing, for his new book. Thanks - Kevin
Check out this link to see a series of photos chronicling the divide between the rich and the poor around [...]

Sep. 4, 2007
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Mark Driscoll · Marshill · Preaching · Preaching Christ · WTSbooks · missional

How did the Early Church Preach and Teach Scripture?

I just came across a series of books by Hughes Oliphant Old, which examine how the church over the centuries has understood preaching and teaching the Scriptures. I always run into people that are expository only folks, and I ask them to show me the biblical evidence to prove that we can only preaching exegetically [...]

Sep. 3, 2007
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Church · Mark Driscoll · Pittsburgh · Urban Missions

Lets Talk About: Church Growth

A Few months ago I posted about how Marshill is set to expand and Mark Driscoll’s quote on growth in the church. He said”Is it allabout the number?…It is! Its about the number of people who meet Jesus, and who get new lives. We want that number to be as big as possible.”
Yesterday Our church [...]

Aug. 30, 2007
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Blogging · Church · Mark Driscoll · Tim Keller

Church Celebrities Good or Bad?

At this point I must confess that I can be called as a Church Celebrity groupie(see JollyBlogger). There are several preachers that I wish I could met, and even chat with. Two of my top “pastors id like to talk with” are Tim Keller and Mark Driscoll.
In reality I think most guys in ministry are [...]

Jul. 10, 2007
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Church · Church Planting · Culture · Mark Driscoll · Marshill · Tim Keller · missional

Interesting Links, and Articles

Goodmanson ask whether or not the Gospel is Awakening.
Mark Driscoll points to the signs of burnout.
David Fairchild talks about the Top 25 Church planting churches
And in other news:
CNN reports that the N-word was buried this week.