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By thepostman
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I haven't listened to today's episode yet but have listened to all of the others. I remember in the early 2000's thinking Mars Hill was it. He was edgy and said things from the pulpit I wasn't used to. Then it just fell apart and it has been fascinating to listen to it all but like you said disturbing too. I also feel silly for being so into Mars Hill. Another young and naive moment from me in the early 2000s.

I have found a lot of the modern church history stuff pretty fascinating. The podcast has been really well done.
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By Sly Fox
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A few years ago I was in the process of writing a manuscript on crisis coms in churches. I reached out to several of the folks in Mars Hill as the Driscoll crisis was unfolding hoping to use it as a case study. The fear in their responses to me were reminiscent of former cult members I used to interview. Everyone would tell me to keep digging but refused to say anything else. Sadly I eventually set that manuscript aside for more pressing corporate work. Perhaps I will pick it back up again.

I haven't caught up on the episodes but it is on my agenda.
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By Jonathan Carone
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Their former comms director - who I am admittedly not a fan of at all - has made quite the name for himself in the church comms world of the back of how badly they handled all that.
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By Sly Fox
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I finished off the series and there are penty fo reasons hy folks on this board would find it compelling. They actually handled the series fairly well as a whole. The constant reformed references by the host was a bit annoying but otherwise I belueve they handled the subject matter very well.

They recently dropped an extra episode on Josh Harris that I suspect many on this board might find worth a listen based on being in the purity culture movement back in the day.
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