In today’s episode, Josh & Sarah step out from behind the scenes to ask Dom some questions people had about his experiences from playing in a straight-edge band to now serving as the Creative Director for City on a Hill.
0-4:30 Introductions
4:30-6:50. Dom discusses his life’s biggest challenge: "how do I continue to sit in a place of institution and structure as an oddball in the church...learning to be diplomatic in conversations that need to be had in the church."
6:55-11:00. Dom shares why he left the straight-edge band Throwdown in 2006. He felt he had a lot of pride in himself as being someone in the eyes of the world, and that his life didn’t match up with the Scriptures. He realised all the kingdoms he built up were for naught and needed to be let go so he could see something more beautiful.
11:20-13:00. Dom shares who he still keeps in touch with from his old crew. For him, it’s mostly Tommy who’s like a brother to him.
13:00-16:00. Dom discusses whether he would play in a band again, why the music industry was hard for him. Although he wouldn't tour, he is still enjoying the process of writing lyrics and working on a project called New Noise with a friend.
16:00-17:00. Dom discusses how he feels about playing worship in the church.
18:00-23:00. Dom shares how he continues to live a faithful lifestyle amidst the ups and downs of life. The trick is to look for ways to see and experience God afresh... to never become complacent in your knowledge of him.
24:00-26:00. Dom revisits a previous question on Throwdown and whether he would ever play in the band again.
26:30-34:00. Does hardcore belong in the church? He believes worship will evolve but that it shouldn’t be about the individual expression as a solo concert. Playing that out will be difficult.
34:00-36:45. Playing board games with Cory from Slipknot.
36:50-39:00. Dom’s dream festival line-up: Sigur Ros, Refused, Sleeping Giant, and Chris Dicker.
39:20–45:00. How straight-edge made Dom feel prideful, but also saved him having grown up with patterns of addiction. A bad hallucinogenic trip on weed first made Dom renounce ‘those college years’ of drugs and alcohol. Also why Dom stopped being edge, and whether he would ever re-edge.
45:30-49:00. How tattoos hurt and are not fun, but also his views on tattoos and the church.
49:30-51:00. Dom shares how he manages discontentment in the world and his own anxiety and depression, with the concept of heaven.
53:00-59:00. What makes people fear and hate God is the hypocrisy of Christians. The Bible speaks about grace, and loving God and people, but Christians are so judgemental because we forget the grace we have received in Christ.
59:30-1.03:00. How much of the Bible is literal, and how do you approach stories like six-day creation and the flood? Much of the Bible is allegorical, and if you wish to look into rationalisation of scriptures have a look at apologetics.\
1.04:00-1.08:00. How the church has handled homosexuality, and why they need to be more flexible to what the Spirit wants to do with this generation. Jesus would have some strong things to say to the church regarding the issue. We have to learn to love people in their journey, and have conversations, but the topic is a lot more complicated than can be discussed in 10 minutes.
1.09:00-1.13:00. Open mic discussion with Dom, Sarah, and Josh around the difficulty of discussing homosexuality but the need for it to be addressed, and for the church to pick a side.
1.13:00-1.1:16:54 lighthearted close answering the question of ‘what is your favourite food?’
