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Who can and cannot be a “Good Soldier”?
Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church isn’t pleased with response to his “Good Soldier” video, shown last week for the National New Church Conference in Orlando. Bill Hybels of Willow Creek Church followed the video by affirming that women, too, have spiritual gifts. Driscoll makes clear that he believes Scripture endorses men only to lead churches. Watch the video for yourself:
TallSkinnyKiwi addresses some allegations about what did and did not happen with the video at the conference.
The Bulletin
Americans’ growing frustrations with Israel, Kash Patel sues The Atlantic for $250 million, and the popularity of John Mark Comer.
News
An interview with Sunday Bobai Agang about the lessons he learned from his abduction last month.
News
An NBA player’s fall resurrects an old anxiety: When does talking about faith become “detrimental conduct”?
News
Young people are using social media to spread the gospel and denounce the Communist regime.
Public Theology Project
The Atlantic’s McKay Coppins told me about problems that feel eerily similar to what I see in the church.
Wire Story
Women still dominate church pews, but studies find that devotion among Gen Z women has cooled to levels on par with Gen Z men.
The venerable theological tradition makes war slower, riskier, costlier, and less efficient—and that’s the point.