{"id":18572,"date":"2015-11-25T16:36:44","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T20:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=18572"},"modified":"2015-11-25T16:36:44","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T20:36:44","slug":"too-much-god-talk-rob-bells-progressive-successor-steps-down-from-leading-mars-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/too-much-god-talk-rob-bells-progressive-successor-steps-down-from-leading-mars-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Too Much God Talk\u2019: Rob Bell\u2019s \u2018Progressive\u2019 Successor Steps Down from Leading Mars Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/christiannews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Dobson-compressed-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"175\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kent Dobson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>By Heather Clark<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Christian News Network<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GRANDVILLE, Mich. \u2014<\/strong> Kent Dobson, who took over the leadership role at Mars Hill in 2012 after controversial author and speaker Rob Bell left the congregation he founded, has now also decided to step down, stating that \u201cbeing a pastor is not who I am.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy place here has not felt right, like I was wearing someone else\u2019s suit that didn\u2019t quite fit and I tried to get it tailored and maybe I had shoulder pads from the 90\u2019s or something. I don\u2019t know,\u201d he told the congregation on Sunday. \u201cIt just felt like it didn\u2019t quite fit me so well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dobson said that he feels restless and uncomfortable around \u201ctoo much God talk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve felt restless, but I\u2019ve always felt restless and a bit homeless when it comes to church and when it comes to God talk,\u201d he explained. \u201cWhen I hear too much God talk, I start to feel like (shudders) [it\u2019s] too much religion. I don\u2019t know; it gives me a restless feeling. 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