Category Archives: Emergent Church

“Why I Am Not Emerging…”

Don’t miss this brief response to the emergent church by Pastor James MacDonald here.

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The Compromises of the Emergent Church

Danny E. Olinger writes perceptively about Brian McLaren as a prime example of the Emergent Church movement:   McLaren’s goal is to deconstruct Christianity and to rebuild it in a fashion amenable to our postmodern culture—a kinder, less heaven-looking, more … Continue reading

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Brian McLaren’s (False) Hope

Excerpts from a video clip featuring Brian McLaren on "Hope": "…I think our world is, is on a precipice, it’s on the ledge, and we’ve got three, tremendously frightening crises, that we’re facing." "One is the crisis of how we’re … Continue reading

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Quoting Brian McLaren

"Why are so many religious people arguing about the origin of the [human] species, but so few are concerned about the extinction of the species?" —Brian McLaren Well, for one, Brian, some of us actually believe God’s promises for the … Continue reading

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“InterSpiritual Day”

The Emergent Church teams up with the Dalai Lama, "a simple Buddhist monk" for "InterSpiritual Day" where all faiths find a common ground and become "one." Any mention of John 14:6 when Jesus said, "…no one comes to the Father but through … Continue reading

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From Truth to a New Spirituality

As "traditional" Christians, we sure appreciate this chart compiled by Berit Kjos to compare biblical Christianity with the "new wave" of monism infiltrating the Church today. This chart exposes the cultural influx of pop-Gnosticism via the "emergent church movement" battling … Continue reading

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The “Shift” in Christianity

…The Shift is the name of another movie under production featuring New Spirituality gurus like Deepak Chopra and Marianne Williamson, alongside leftist environmentalists like Al Gore and religious figures such as Archbishop Desmond TuTu. Their message is the same, as … Continue reading

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Emerging Church Confusion–What Does It Really Mean?

The Emergent movement is examined in Emergent Church Confusion–What Does It Really Mean?

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Emerging Church Rejects the Rapture

Read quotes from Emergent Church leaders on the LTW blog to emphasize the importance of proper biblical interpretation in understanding what the Bible means. An allegorical interpretation of the book of Revelation conveniently holds people to no standard of objective … Continue reading

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The Emerging Church

Three Major Problems with the Philosophy Behind the Emerging Church Problem #1: Culture (i.e. postmodernism) dictates church practice (i.e. methodology).

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