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The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill
Hosted by Mike Cosper, this podcast takes you inside the story of Mars Hill Church in Seattle – from its founding as part of one of the largest church planting movements in American history...
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An Update from Mike Cosper
From the creators of the hit podcast The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill comes a new show, Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, which takes you back to t...
Epilogue: A Return to Seattle
More than two years since producer Mike Cosper began recording interviews for the show, The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill returns with its most...
Bonus Episode: A Conversation with Dan Allender
When author and therapist Dan Allender met Mark Driscoll in 1998, he hoped the two might share building space for their respective ministrie...
Bonus Episode: Healing and Resurrection After Spiritual Trauma
The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill tells the stories of myriad hurts committed in the name of Christ and his church. Real pain inflicted on real...
Bonus Episode: A Conversation with Tim Keller
Bonus Episode: A Conversation With Tim Keller Mike Cosper sits down with Tim Keller for reflections on leadership, the troubles with network...
Bonus Episode: Everything is Still Falling Apart
Building an institution on celebrity power, charisma, and a spirit of grandiosity attracts a lot of people, money and a certain kind of cach...
Bonus Episode: Paint the Beauty We Split
Mars Hill’s music grew out of the same counter-cultural ethos that defined the rest of its ministry. Most of the church’s founding members t...
Special Episode: CT Reports on Itself
As production of The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill progressed, another story was developing—inside the walls of Christianity Today. On March 15...
Aftermath
Five days after resigning as lead pastor of Mars Hill Church, Mark Driscoll was once again in front of a crowd—this time, a packed conferenc...
The Tempest
Mars Hill grew dramatically in 2012, and it seemed like nothing could stop the church’s ever-widening expansion. Pastor Mark Driscoll’s book...
Bonus Episode: Boca Raton's Church Planting O.G.
Contrary to Mars Hill lore, Mark Driscoll didn’t plant his church alone. Though he prized the image of a solo, entrepreneurial pastor, Drisc...
Red Sky at Morning
As success grew at Mars Hill, Mark Driscoll’s ministry dreams expanded. With the advent of the multi-site church and advances in technology,...
The Bobby Knight Problem
In 2006, Mark Driscoll met with a group of Seattle pastors who were worried about Mars Hill’s public witness. Mark had risen to prominence w...
Demon Hunting
We are people built for wonder, spiritual creatures looking for spiritual footholds in a culture often devoid of belief in the supernatural....
Bonus Episode: Questioning the Origin Myth - A Rise and Fall Short Story
There’s a profound power to storytelling. In all kinds of communities, the stories we tell about who we are and where we came from are life-...
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Bonus Episode: I Kissed Christianity Goodbye
A Bonus Episode of The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill Love it or hate it, if you grew up in a youth group after 1997, you probably had to reckon...
State of Emergency
Church planting isn’t for the faint of heart. It requires a tenacity few pastors can fully anticipate when they set out. Healthy planting de...
The Brand
Mark Driscoll rose to prominence in the early days of the Internet. Unlike his megapastor predecessors like Robert Schuller and Bill Hybels,...