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 »
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 »
It looks as if C.J. Mahaney may being attempting to revive his flailing conference speaking career by hitching his wagon to a different horse. Many of his recent efforts at re-inserting himself into the conference scene have been unsuccessful. T4G dumped him from their venue. He was originally slated to speak at Piper’s mission conference over Christmas break,… Read More »