Notice C.J. Mahaney in this video for Together for the Gospel
The ever-head bobbing, arm-gesticulating, mind-numbling, enthusiast, fanatic, revolutionary, entertaining, amusing and attention-grabbling Circus Clown. My daughter would say, "Dad, he's EMO." As a certified high schooler, C.J. that is, he's done well entertaining 1000s...except at Sovereign Grace and his home church, Covenant Life, which he founded but from which he's been fugitive. Appeals from Covenant Life for accountability to the Elders has been rebuffed.
He's a Perpetual Mountebank, but he draws a crowd and drives up "ticket sales," a big plus in American revivalism.
Watch him work in the video below as he entertains his "Cage Handlers." It's one specimen and there are worse examples. One of them in the video, Al Mohler, wonders if they can get C.J. under control.
As a Mountebank, he knows how to work and manipulate his crowd. He really is good at it, for the naive that is. However, once one "catches on to him," he attempts to drive off criticism, and, failing that, he runs. Covenant Life got "onto him" and Mahaney was last seen speeding out of the parking lot. Heading out to Kentucky with few promises of even a "going away party" at Covenant Life. Doesn't look like old Ceej will be returning any time soon.
The historians, in due time, will catch up with it. Although, there isn't much of merit or interest on Mahaney or SGM other than as another study of anti-intellectualism in American religious history. Those who know C.J. already have "his number." For those not knowing about Mahaney, they'll have to suffer from the revivalist judgments of the T4G-leaders. One can hear the back room comments by the gate-keepers and accountants: "Old Ceejie-boy...he's good for sales and numbers, fellas...we gotta keep em.'"
http://t4g.org/media/2012/02/panels-the-new-t4g-format/
The ever-head bobbing, arm-gesticulating, mind-numbling, enthusiast, fanatic, revolutionary, entertaining, amusing and attention-grabbling Circus Clown. My daughter would say, "Dad, he's EMO." As a certified high schooler, C.J. that is, he's done well entertaining 1000s...except at Sovereign Grace and his home church, Covenant Life, which he founded but from which he's been fugitive. Appeals from Covenant Life for accountability to the Elders has been rebuffed.
He's a Perpetual Mountebank, but he draws a crowd and drives up "ticket sales," a big plus in American revivalism.
Watch him work in the video below as he entertains his "Cage Handlers." It's one specimen and there are worse examples. One of them in the video, Al Mohler, wonders if they can get C.J. under control.
As a Mountebank, he knows how to work and manipulate his crowd. He really is good at it, for the naive that is. However, once one "catches on to him," he attempts to drive off criticism, and, failing that, he runs. Covenant Life got "onto him" and Mahaney was last seen speeding out of the parking lot. Heading out to Kentucky with few promises of even a "going away party" at Covenant Life. Doesn't look like old Ceej will be returning any time soon.
The historians, in due time, will catch up with it. Although, there isn't much of merit or interest on Mahaney or SGM other than as another study of anti-intellectualism in American religious history. Those who know C.J. already have "his number." For those not knowing about Mahaney, they'll have to suffer from the revivalist judgments of the T4G-leaders. One can hear the back room comments by the gate-keepers and accountants: "Old Ceejie-boy...he's good for sales and numbers, fellas...we gotta keep em.'"
http://t4g.org/media/2012/02/panels-the-new-t4g-format/
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