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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 ...]

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 ...]

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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A Call Back To Truth

Karen — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:15:23 +0000

An interview, conducted September 2007, with theologian John MacArthur, about the state of the church, heralding a call back to truth of the pure Word of God (Proverbs 30:5-6), of which is a timely reminder with regard to today’s Emergent Church “Emergence Christianity” …

A Call Back To Truth

While Martin Luther called the church back to the truth of Scripture and the simplicity of the gospel, modern [Continue reading ...]

The Truth War

Karen — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:45:06 +0000

From the Reading Room …

In 2007, my reading of “The Truth War,” in particular, affirmed, once again, the urgent exhortation of Jude, indeed, as true believers of the Word of God, having faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and being true followers of Him alone, we are to defend the truth and earnestly contend for the faith, as it is written: Jude 1:3-4

Herewith, a [Continue reading ...]

Emergent Brian McLaren Merges with Ramadan

Karen — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:36:09 +0000

Brian McLaren:

Ramadan 2009: Part 1 What’s going on?

Ramadan is the Muslim holy month of fasting for spiritual renewal and purification. It commemorates the month during which Muslims believe Mohammed received the Quran through divine revelation, and it calls Muslims to self-control, sacrificial generosity and solidarity with the poor, diligent reading of the Quran, and intensified prayer.

This year, I, along with a few Christian friends (and perhaps [Continue reading ...]

Evangelicals Challenged to Preach Bold Hard Truth

Karen — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:23:58 +0000

In a climate where dogmatism is the new heresy, many evangelicals have backed away from bold preaching while “freely imbibing” the spirit of the postmodern age, says one well-known minister.

“It seems that zeal for the essential doctrines of biblical Christianity has become virtually as unacceptable among evangelicals and post-evangelicals as it always has been in the world at large,” John MacArthur writes in his newly released [Continue reading ...]

Emergent Church – Emergence Christianity

Karen — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:26:31 +0000

The Emergent Church

By Jan Markell

A not-so-funny thing happened on the way to the 21st century. In the late 20th century, certain leaders came out stating that we needed a “new way of doing church.” That old time religion wasn’t good enough. So in came new gimmicks replacing the solid gospel. We have seen the rise of the “seeker-sensitive” church movement that offends no one.

And then there is the Emergent [Continue reading ...]