I'd never heard of this guy before, but after listening to their twenty-some minute conversation I decided I'm going to check out his website and see if I can pull down a few sermons. Let me give you an example of what I found so extraordinary.

Dr. Hutcherson said his church makes couples go through something like six months of pre-marital counseling and they won't marry the couple if they don't feel it will be a success. The church just doesn't tolerate divorce. One guy was beating on his wife and a few of the leaders went over and asked if he wanted to know how she felt. Six months later he pushed her once and Dr. Hutcherson went to see them in another state and told the guy to either put up his dukes to have it out or pick up his family and move back to Oregon. That's what the guy did -- he moved his family back and lived right next door to Hutcherson, who spent the next year and a half teaching them how to communicate in a more healthy manner.

He said we, as Christians, don't usually do this kind of thing because it takes too much time and effort <speaking for myself I think he's totally right>. Moreover, he said that if we, as Christians, are going to speak against gay marriage, we doggone better do a better job promoting traditional marriage. I don't think he said doggone, but the sentiment was the same. ;)

I don't know, for some reason that story just resonates with me. Something about the way this man talked made me think that he's found a way to authentically live as a Christian in our fallen world. I actually had the thought that his church is the kind I would pick up and move to become a member of. If you'd like to listen to the conversation, you can click here.