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A New Kind of Christianity

Karen — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:13:01 +0000

Review of Brian’s McLaren’s new book A New Kind of Christianity

by Tim Challies

It wasn’t too long ago that I wrote about Brian McLaren and got in trouble. Reflecting on seeing him speak at a nearby church, I suggested that he appears to love Jesus but hate God. Based on immediate and furious reaction, I quickly retracted that statement. I should not have done [Continue reading ...]

Universalism: Gospel Message of Emergent & New Age Spirituality

Karen — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:54:33 +0000

by Sola Sisters

One of the greatest misconceptions today is that the New Age Movement of the 80’s and 90’s is (1) a thing of the past and (2) has nothing whatsoever in common with Christianity. Nothing could be further from the truth on either count. Let me explain.

Most Americans today have sort of an eye-rolling, amused response to the phrase “New Age.” Perhaps [Continue reading ...]

Goodbye Emergent Church

Karen — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:15:17 +0000

Goodbye Emergent: Why I’m Taking The Theology of the Emerging Church To Task

writes Jeremy Bouma …

I’m not exactly sure when my saucy love affair with emergent and liberal Christianity ended. My “I don’t” isn’t as crystalized as my “I do.” Maybe it was when I read Pelagius‘ writings and realized much of Emergent theology really does mirror his [Continue reading ...]

Christian Apologists: Be Careful of Oprah’s Spiritual Teachings

Karen — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:48:30 +0000

Apologists Josh McDowell (sitting) and Dave Sterrett (standing) explain to audience members why Christians should be careful when listening to Oprah Winfrey’s spiritual teachings at an event hosted by McLean Bible Church in Vienna, Va., on Friday, January 22, 2010.

Persuasive, influential and does a lot of good, but Christians should be careful when Oprah speaks about spirituality, warned two apologists who recently co-authored [Continue reading ...]

Contextual Theology – Falling from Truth through Emerging Church

Karen — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:00:22 +0000

By Roger Oakland

In order for the emerging church to succeed, the Bible has to be looked at through entirely different glasses, and Christianity needs to be open to a new type of faith. Brian McLaren calls this new faith a “generous orthodoxy.”1 While such an orthodoxy allows a smorgasbord of ideas to be proclaimed in the name of Christ, many of these ideas are actually forbidden [Continue reading ...]

Muslims Demand Full Sharia Law in UK

Karen — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:00:22 +0000

September 15, 2008, heralded the UK’s First Official Sharia Courts, despite the government having said it would not happen!

Thus, Islamic Sharia law was officially adopted in Britain with sharia courts given powers to rule on Muslim civil cases. The government had quietly sanctioned the powers for sharia judges to rule on cases ranging from divorce and financial disputes to those involving domestic violence.

Sheikh Faiz-ul-Aqtab Siddiqi, whose [Continue reading ...]

Two Women Converted from Islam may Face Execution

Karen — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:16:00 +0000

Thursday, October 8, 2009 (1:47 pm)

By Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Chief International Correspondent

TEHRAN, IRAN (Worthy News)– Two young women who converted from Islam to Christianity may face execution or at least life imprisonment after an Iranian court officially charged them with “apostasy” and “propagation of the Christian faith”, trial observers and Iranian Christians confirmed Thursday, October 8.

Marzieh Amirizadeh Esmaeilabad, 30, and Maryam Rustampoor, 27, were [Continue reading ...]

Emergent Pattern – Understand The Times – Roger Oakland

Karen — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:29:59 +0000

Roger Oakland’s ministry “Understand The Times” has been such a blessing in my walk with the Lord. Here he explains the Emergent Pattern of The Emergent Church, a seeker friendly Christian movement touted to be the “New” Christianity for the Post-Modern World. But is the Emergent Church really a fresh approach to teaching sound doctrine, or is it part of the great end times apostasy predicted in [Continue reading ...]

Catholic Mysticism in The Emerging Church

Karen — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:00:50 +0000

Richard Bennett, a former Roman Catholic Priest … “Catholic Mysticism and the Emerging Church may be one of the most important topics that we have addressed. Catholic mysticism has helped mightily to transform the New Age Movement from being counter-culture to being embraced by Evangelicals, and Western civilization as such. Catholic mysticism has affected almost every facet of life without being noticed or perceived.”

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Tony Blair Warns of Dark Side of Religion

Karen — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:00:11 +0000

According to ‘Times Online’ report; September 7, 2009 – Tony Blair has warned against the “dark side” of religion and said the world’s faith community had issues it must “confront and overcome”. He also said that it was not enough to “tolerate” people of different faiths. Muslims, Jews, Christians and members of all faiths must treat each other as “equal.”

Mr Blair, speaking [Continue reading ...]