Celebrity preacher, author and conference speaker Kevin DeYoung recently wrote a blog on celebrity preachers. Seems he doesn’t much care for the term. I don’t know what you see when you go to his blog site, but I saw this sidebar: Nothing like advertising a bunch of books you have authored to lend credence to your celebrity status!… Read More »
It appears that after nearly three years since the sex abuse scandal and cover-up involving several Sovereign Grace Ministries leaders, chief among them C.J. Mahaney, things in the denomination have not changed. Sure SGM has restructured, becoming more of a formal denomination and C.J. has been replaced as head of the denomination by Mark Prater, but when it… Read More »
Remember the Docent Group? Celebrity pastors Mark Driscoll and Matt Chandler, along with celeb wannabes Jud Wilhite, Tim Hawks, John Ortberg, and Mac Richard all gave testimonials attempting to persuade other pastors to pay this company to do research for you. (You know – the thing your church is paying you to do.) The video can be viewed… Read More »