Interesting article, thanks for sharing.
As an aside, I was having a conversation for a foreman of our construction renovation at work last week, or is a Christian who loves talking about the faith. He mentioned a Michael Brown he listens to, but I'm not sure if it's the same one. He says he does debates and teachings on Youtube, so I'll keep searching.
I like how the article isn't accusatory or judging. I did find this telling/interesting though -
What is surprising is Marty seems to feel that “no one” is talking about challenges to the Christian faith. “No one” is discussing difficult intellectual issues. “No one” is engaging the apparent contradictions or interpretative problems in the Bible.
I can only ask (with sadness rather than condemnation), “Marty, what Christian world have you been living in?”
He asks, “How many preachers fall? Many. No one talks about it.” Really?
He is right that is a surprise. I consider myself to be a 'loner Christian' who doesn't interact as much as I should with others of the faith in a formal setting (church), and I'm a busy person with my head in the clouds most of the time, but I have to agree with Dr. Brown that it's surprising this guy is stating this. I see plenty of these challenges discussed on the boards here and through Apologetics. I hear the about the preachers fall stories or any scandals that pop up through my Podcasts (mainly listen to Christian ones) or in a Christian Facebook group I follow, or even Twitter if I'm on there for something else. Same for the miracles he's talking about.
I do have to echo Brown's comment that what kind of christian world was he living in where he didn't hear, read, or know about this stuff either? Even I do and I'm not out there like he is interacting with full churches and bodies of christians.
This could be part of the problem. He may have been so involved with the playful, singing, talent, have fun side that he wasn't merged into the actual, real side enough.