Comments on: the NYT profiles Mars Hill [asked & answered] http://seattle.metblogs.com/2009/01/10/the-nyt-profiles-mars-hill-asked-answered/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:15:38 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: chau http://seattle.metblogs.com/2009/01/10/the-nyt-profiles-mars-hill-asked-answered/comment-page-1/#comment-16365 chau Sun, 11 Jan 2009 01:53:19 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/2009/01/10/the-nyt-profiles-mars-hill-asked-answered/#comment-16365 seattle would do well to completely ignore this ass hat. he's spent most of his life trying to create a god who is as insecure as he is. seattle would do well to completely ignore this ass hat. he’s spent most of his life trying to create a god who is as insecure as he is.

]]> By: josh http://seattle.metblogs.com/2009/01/10/the-nyt-profiles-mars-hill-asked-answered/comment-page-1/#comment-16364 josh Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:25:49 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/2009/01/10/the-nyt-profiles-mars-hill-asked-answered/#comment-16364 pretty much every sentence in that story was more quoteworthy than the next. it's really astounding. pretty much every sentence in that story was more quoteworthy than the next. it’s really astounding.

]]> By: Ryan http://seattle.metblogs.com/2009/01/10/the-nyt-profiles-mars-hill-asked-answered/comment-page-1/#comment-16363 Ryan Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:46:43 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/2009/01/10/the-nyt-profiles-mars-hill-asked-answered/#comment-16363 One of my neighbors with whom I mutually "share" an open wifi connection has his/her iTunes folder shared, as well. Along with Balkan Beat Box, MGMT, Sigur Ros, etc etc there is a large selection of Driscoll's sermons. Out of morbid curiosity, I tried listening to a sermon once and got about 90 seconds in before turning it off. Much of his appeal seems to be the manner in which he delivers his sermons -- not necessarily the substance therein. Agreed w/ Dylan, that isn't sustainable. One of my neighbors with whom I mutually "share" an open wifi connection has his/her iTunes folder shared, as well. Along with Balkan Beat Box, MGMT, Sigur Ros, etc etc there is a large selection of Driscoll’s sermons. Out of morbid curiosity, I tried listening to a sermon once and got about 90 seconds in before turning it off. Much of his appeal seems to be the manner in which he delivers his sermons — not necessarily the substance therein. Agreed w/ Dylan, that isn’t sustainable.

]]> By: Dylan http://seattle.metblogs.com/2009/01/10/the-nyt-profiles-mars-hill-asked-answered/comment-page-1/#comment-16362 Dylan Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:15:37 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/2009/01/10/the-nyt-profiles-mars-hill-asked-answered/#comment-16362 I was actually about to post this too, for this killer final passage: "At one suburban campus that I visited, a huge yellow cross dominated center stage — until the projection screen unfurled and Driscoll’s face blocked the cross from view. Driscoll’s New Calvinism underscores a curious fact: the doctrine of total human depravity has always had a funny way of emboldening, rather than humbling, its adherents." That sums up the reason why the local Christian community is just waiting waiting for the fall. I was actually about to post this too, for this killer final passage:

"At one suburban campus that I visited, a huge yellow cross dominated center stage — until the projection screen unfurled and Driscoll’s face blocked the cross from view. Driscoll’s New Calvinism underscores a curious fact: the doctrine of total human depravity has always had a funny way of emboldening, rather than humbling, its adherents."

That sums up the reason why the local Christian community is just waiting waiting for the fall.

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