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The New Evangelicals Podcast

192. Responding To Mark Driscoll's Toxic Christianity

The New Evangelicals Podcast

Tim Whitaker

News, Religion & Spirituality, Politics, Christianity

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2023

⏱️ 141 minutes

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Summary

Tim and Dr. Kevin Carnahan go through a Mark Driscoll interview with Russell Johnson to unpack the misleading and at times blatantly false rhetoric said during the interview.  Kevin helps us navigate what a faithful Christian Witness says to people who put their allegiance to power and control over the call of Christ.    Watch the Youtube Video Support Our Work Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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or at returning to Eden.com. Hello friends. Do you really think I would leave you high and dry on the weekend of

1:36.4

Thanksgiving? If we can even call it that, what do we call Thanksgiving now? Now that

1:40.0

we know it's so problematic in its history, whatever we call this holiday.

1:44.0

Chances are, especially if you're in the States, you're traveling to see family and you're

1:48.8

probably thinking, you know, I wish I had another episode of Tim Whitaker and the New Evangelicals podcast to listen to.

1:56.5

And don't worry, I got you covered.

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In fact, I'm giving you the audio of a YouTube video I did about three weeks ago now. It is a response to Mark Driscoll's toxic

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Christianity. I brought on Kevin Carnahan. That name sounds familiar, I'm happy to hear that because he was the scholar

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